Posted on 07/02/2014 9:34:43 AM PDT by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has 59,297 employees – 17.3 percent out of 342,089 workers total -- that make $100,000 or more in yearly salary, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Among those employees, 18,709 of them earn a salary of $180,000 or more.
An OPM database, FedScope, contains historical data on the federal civilian workforce going back to 1998. The database holds information about civilian federal workers employed by most Executive Branch agencies (excluding intelligence agencies, the White House, and the Office of the Vice President) and some Legislative Branch agencies. It does not include employees of the Judiciary Branch or congressional staff.
The database includes the numbers for federal workers at varying “salary levels,” set out in $10,000 increments, ranging from “less than 20,000” dollars to the highest level of “180,000 or more” dollars in annual salary.
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It seems that denying Veterans timely access to care is a good-paying gig.
Yes, you could spend 12 years receiving medical training to become a surgeon or radiologist...
But not so great pay for a cardiologist or neurologist or surgeon.
It would be interesting to see what the percentage is doctors etc... and what is paper pushers.
The bonuses they received could have bought homes & track chairs for our wounded warriors. They have no conscience.
Exactly.
I can’t even imagine making that kind of dough..................
I suspect most of the 18,000 are physicians.
Typically, I believe these are “double dippers” who were at one time in the military and after they “retired” (from the military) immediately or soon there after, were hired by the VA.
Presumably these are salaries that the VA pays out. So I wouldn’t expect other incomes are included.
However, since not every VA doctor or dentist earns $180,000, I'll guess that a substantial number are bureaucrats who earn their $180,000 by hiding vets on waiting lists until they die.
“Nice work if you can get it. “
Insider retirement jobs. As I recall, in 2007 there were only a handful of government employees making over $150k. I question that anybody in a giant bureaucratic organization is worth more than $100k. In large organizations almost nobody has any real authority or responsibility. So, why are they highly paid?
I presume the highly paid group is mostly or entirely physicians. The 2014 GS ceiling, without locality pay, is $130,810. (See OPM.gov) Locality pay bumps that up in major metro areas, to a celing of $157,100. These figures are for a GS 15, step 10, which is the top of the pyramid for regular civil service.
SES employees may make more, but they are few in number.
The government can also pay more for physicians and, I presume, a handful of other specialties. But rank and file feds, while generously compensated, do not make $180,000.
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Many of the people that work in a healthcare facility will be highly educated professionals that require higher salaries. Doctors, Nurses, ancillary department professional, I.T., and top management.
If you do not pay the industry average, you will not be able to staff your organization. The issue is not with high salaries but with management trying to cook the books to make themselves look better to the oversight committees. undisciplined management and poor oversight by those responsible.
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