Are Government Employees Overpaid?
- Last Updated on 01 April 2012
Today the Congressional Budget Office released a report comparing compensation of federal employees with comparable workers in the private sector. This chart sums up the results:
The CBO concludes:
Overall, the federal government paid 16 percent more in total compensation than it would have if average compensation had been comparable with that in the private sector, after accounting for certain observable characteristics of workers.
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