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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Truly a sad development
	Date:	3/11/2010 2:04:06 PM

This is an old argument, and it seems to me that it depends on how it is calculated. Keep in mind that government employees (at least not federal employees) do not get some of the perks that some private offer their employees - no profit sharing, no "business" trips in lush locations, no "business" class travel and the bonuses are nothing compared to what some private companies give. the "new" retirement system is not nearly as generous as the one I retired under.
It is true that the whole salary structure has got much better in the last 20 years -- not the pay per grade, but at least in DoD there were far more higher grades, many of them out in the "field".
Since the government has outsourced most of the administrative and clerical positions, as well as some of the analytic positions, it's entirely likely that the average of government salaries are now higher. I think where the government falls down is in the salary of it's highest level executives. I don't think it is competitive with private industry either in terms of salary or benefits. But, that's just my observation.