[proxy_user]

That shows that averages are meaningless. Some are underpaid, some are overpaid. It really depends on qualifications, skills, amount of work done.

I don’t doubt there are many loafers, but there are also many hard workers with good skills who have their reasons.

[muawiyah]

The federal government doesn't hire hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers, and that does tend to skew the average.

These gross aggregate comparisons are good for a headline, but unless you have a job by job comparison, you don't really have an idea whether or not a particular government job is any good.

Worth knowing, Fed-Ex, UPS and USPS pretty much pay the same hourly rate for comparable jobs ~ and the fringe benefits are pretty much the same.

The biggest differences are in the more esoteric benefits available only to management and top level administrative people.

[caver]

“That shows that averages are meaningless. Some are underpaid, some are overpaid. It really depends on qualifications, skills, amount of work done.”

Not to argue your premise, but I wonder what the lowest paid government job is?