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Even with a ~40K standard dev I'd say that's a well paid lot.
Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC.
Great UI, love it. Didn't realize how many cushy jobs the government has...damn. Now I know why my parents kept telling me to look in the public sector first and foremost.
In Sweden, all the tax records are public information. You can literally look up how much your neighbor makes in a year. So each year after tax season, the tabloids all print up huge lists of "the richest people in YOUR neighborhood!". I've always been disappointed that with all this data, they've never gone beyond that and visualized the data geographically.
and here's a link to a full export (csv): https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigma-data-export/shutdown/enigma-...
Great UI, love it. Didn't realize how many cushy jobs the government has...damn. Now I know why my parents kept telling me to look in the public sector first and foremost.
Working for the government can be great, depending on who you work for and whether or not it fits your personality, but don't be deluded into thinking that the majority of government employees have cushy, high paying jobs.
Note: Politicians and Senior Executive Service employees are a different story, many of them are overpaid and ineffective at their jobs.
for anyone who's interested, i generated a link to this sorted by the base salary (descending): https://bits.enigma.io/s/t/8b6aa881e02d8c2b851a3d5140c263f4 and here's a link to a full export (csv): https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigma-data-export/shutdown/enigma-...
Even with a ~40K standard dev I'd say that's a well paid lot.
You have to remember that most actual employees are white-collar types. Almost anything commoditizable or blue-collar gets sent to contractors. Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC.