I am getting so sick and tired of the knock that federal employees take from our private sector counterparts, that I decided it was time to sound off about it. Every year, USA today publishes a "survey" that says that the private sector is paid nearly 50% less than the federal workforce. Disregarding the flawed research for a minute, if the average salary of a private sector employee in a comparable federal occupation was really that much lower, Congress would have taken action long ago. Why? Because the federal government employs 2 million people, which is less than 1% of the population of the United States.
Of that 2 million, nearly y 70% posses a college degree, and the majority of those possess a masters or a law degree. There are also Medical Doctors and PhDs, as well as registered nurses. So it stands to reason that yes, those professionals would earn more money than a line worker or a convenience store clerk. And this is where the USA Today survey is flawed. If the USA Today had actually bothered to compare things like level of education, salaries for CEOs, CFOs, and other highly placed executives, Professors with tenure, lawyers, doctors, etc... the disparity disappears.
But hey, if they did that, they wouldn't sell papers. And we can't have that, can we?
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