Hearing
Are Federal Workers Underpaid?
Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Ross Opening Statement
We are here today to discuss whether federal employees are compensated fairly.
According to the Office of Personnel Management the average salary for federal employees was $74,311 in 2010. The average private sector worker earned $50,462, according to an August 10, 2010 analysis conducted by the Cato Institute. The federal government also pays an average of 36 percent of employees’ base pay health insurance ...