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	Name:	4691 -
	Subject:	this is about comparing the average worker
	Date:	3/13/2010 9:33:13 PM

The point of this thread was kind of lost in discussing the exceptions or the top percentage. The fact is that now the AVERAGE federal job has a higher salary than the AVERAGE comparable private sector job and that does not even include the value of the far superior federal benefits package. I disagree with MrHodja statement that federal workers have only a low to moderate reward. When comparing average federal worker to average private sector worker in a comparable job, the average federal worker has little to no risk (very high job security) and well above average reward (high combined salary and benefits package) whereas the average private sector worker has very high risk (low job security) and below average reward (declining salary and benefits). The trend of real wage and benefits decline has continued for some time now and it is not likely to ever return to past levels at least as far as benefits. It is not a good indicator of an economy or a country when the best jobs are government.