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Government Employees Overpaid by $468 Billion Each Year
Cutting wasteful spending could begin with ending overpayments to government employees
Government employee compensation is low hanging fruit for politicians looking to rein in government’s overspending problem. Unaffected by market forces, government agencies need not abide by traditional business practices. This problematic arrangement manifests itself when one compares state and federal worker compensation to similar private sector compensation.
State and local employee overpayment [1]
|
State and local government employee compensation |
$80,000 |
|
Comparable private sector Compensation |
$61,000 |
|
Amount state and local gov employees are overpaid |
$17,000 |
|
Number of state employees |
19.5 million |
|
Total overpayment |
$332billion |
Federal employee overpayment
|
Federal employee compensation |
$123,000 |
|
Private sector employee compensation |
$61,000 |
|
Amount federal employees are overpaid |
$62,000 |
|
Number of federal employees sans postal |
2.2 million |
|
Total overpayment |
$136 billion |
When controlling for factors such as education, age, experience, intangible benefits (job security) federal premium is: [2]
- Federal employees' hourly wages are 22% more than workers in the private sector
- Aligning federal workers' compensation with market rates would save taxpayers $47 billion a year
- When combining wages and total benefits, federal employees earn 30% to 40% more than private-sector workers
- Full-time federal employees can take 13 paid sick days a year along with all 10 days of national holidays
- The average federal civilian employee earns on average $32,115 a year in non-cash compensation compared to a private sector employee who earns three times less, $9,882 annually
- Federal employees receive 22% more in employer payments toward their health care than their private sector counterparts.
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[1] Cato: Employee Compensation in State and Local Governments. January 2010
[2] Heritage: Federal Pay Still Inflated After Accounting for Skills. September 2010
Posted by Chris Prandoni 
on Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:23 AM EDT
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