When you include benefits and job security the title should read:
Federal pay significantly ahead of private industry:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm"The data flip the conventional wisdom on its head," says Cato Institute budget analyst Chris Edwards, a critic of federal pay policy. "Federal workers make substantially more than private workers, not less, in addition to having a large advantage in benefits."
Of course the government is disputing that:
But National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley says the comparison is faulty because it "compares apples and oranges." Federal accountants, for example, perform work that has more complexity and requires more skill than accounting work in the private sector, she says.
