Everyone employed in the federal government will be getting a 2% pay increase this year, a rate above the inflation rate, according to James Shrek of the Heritage Foundation.
“While private sector employees have had a drop in over seven million jobs, and millions of private sector workers are now unemployed, government employment has actually increased by almost 200,000 jobs in Washington,” Shrek said. “Private sector employees are bearing all the pain and making all the sacrifices while government employees basically aren’t feeling any of it.”
A USA Today analysis of federal salary data found that federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months. According to the report, the average federal worker’s pay is $71,000, 44% more than the $40,000 average in the private sector.
www.onenewsnow.com 12/14/09
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