Federal Employee Salaries - Your Tax Dollars at Work

[longknife]

<div class="bbWrapper"><i>Working for the federal government could be more financially lucrative than being elected governor of a U.S. state, according to a new report.</i><br /> <br /> <i>A 40-page</i> <a href="https://issuu.com/openthebooks/docs/mappingtheswampopenthebooks?e=31597235/56782853" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><i>report</i></a> <i>titled “Mapping the Swamp: A Study of the Administrative State” </i><a href="https://issuu.com/openthebooks/docs/mappingtheswampopenthebooks?e=31597235/56782853" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><i>https://issuu.com/openthebooks/docs/mappingtheswampopenthebooks?e=31597235/56782853</i></a> <i>states that nearly 30,000 federal employees are earning salaries which surpass those of any state governor.</i><br /> <br /> <i>According to the report, which was released by government watchdog group Open The Books, there are “29,852 federal employees who out-earn every governor of the 50 states, receiving more than $190,823 each.”</i><br /> <br /> <i>The study outlined the significant growth in federal salaries from 2010 to 2016.</i><br /> <br /> <i>Over that period, the report said, “the number of federal employees making $200,000 or more has increased by 165 percent, those making $150,000 or more has grown by 60 percent, and those making more than $100,000 has increased by 37 percent.”</i><br /> <br /> If you really want an upset stomach, read about this stuff @ <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/the-number-of-federal-workers-that-earn-more-money-than-any-state-governor-is-staggering/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">The Number of Federal Workers That Earn More Money Than Any State Governor Is Staggering</a></div>

 

[Darkwind]

<div class="bbWrapper">Yet, CEO&#039;s are the worlds greatest problem. <img src="/styles/smilies/blowup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blowup:" title="blowup :blowup:" data-shortname=":blowup:" /></div>

 

[TheOldSchool]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 19727" data-quote="Darkwind" data-source="post: 18975574" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=18975574" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-18975574">Darkwind said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yet, CEO&#039;s are the worlds greatest problem. <img src="/styles/smilies/blowup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blowup:" title="blowup :blowup:" data-shortname=":blowup:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Hey don&#039;t bring them into it. They paid well to buy those tax cuts.</div>

 

[Michelle420]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 39846" data-quote="longknife" data-source="post: 18975565" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=18975565" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-18975565">longknife said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <i>Working for the federal government could be more financially lucrative than being elected governor of a U.S. state, according to a new report.</i><br /> <br /> <i>A 40-page</i> <a href="https://issuu.com/openthebooks/docs/mappingtheswampopenthebooks?e=31597235/56782853" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><i>report</i></a> <i>titled “Mapping the Swamp: A Study of the Administrative State” </i><a href="https://issuu.com/openthebooks/docs/mappingtheswampopenthebooks?e=31597235/56782853" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener"><i>https://issuu.com/openthebooks/docs/mappingtheswampopenthebooks?e=31597235/56782853</i></a> <i>states that nearly 30,000 federal employees are earning salaries which surpass those of any state governor.</i><br /> <br /> <i>According to the report, which was released by government watchdog group Open The Books, there are “29,852 federal employees who out-earn every governor of the 50 states, receiving more than $190,823 each.”</i><br /> <br /> <i>The study outlined the significant growth in federal salaries from 2010 to 2016.</i><br /> <br /> <i>Over that period, the report said, “the number of federal employees making $200,000 or more has increased by 165 percent, those making $150,000 or more has grown by 60 percent, and those making more than $100,000 has increased by 37 percent.”</i><br /> <br /> If you really want an upset stomach, read about this stuff @ <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/the-number-of-federal-workers-that-earn-more-money-than-any-state-governor-is-staggering/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">The Number of Federal Workers That Earn More Money Than Any State Governor Is Staggering</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I wish I could get a federal job.</div>

 

[airplanemechanic]

<div class="bbWrapper">Ok, well let&#039;s actually take a look at federal jobs.<br /> <br /> Most of them require a 4 year college degree. With that same degree, one could do much better in the private sector. My dad had an engineering degree and worked for the MMS for 42 years before he retired. He passed up MUCH better paying jobs to have his job which gave him better home time and better retirement. With that same degree he could have worked for a drilling company and made twice as much. <br /> <br /> But imagine that, a job that requires a 4 year degree actually pays pretty well. And these jobs don&#039;t pay that much the day you start. After 40 years, my dad was in charge of an entire drilling district in the Gulf of Mexico and he didn&#039;t make half of those salaries you people mention. But he did get steady pay raises over 40 years.</div>