House Makes It Easier To Cut Federal Salaries
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Kathryn Watson
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1:34 PM 01/04/2017
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House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd L) arrives for a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2nd L) arrives for a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Rules adopted late Tuesday by the House of Representatives to reduce federal red tape may also make it easier for Congress to downsize the government workforce and slash bureaucrats’ pay.
There are 2.1 million federal employees who are paid an average total compensation of $123,160, with salary and benefits for all employees excluding U.S. Postal Service workers, costing taxpayers $267 billion in 2016. The private sector average compensation is $69,901, according to a Downsizingovernment.org review of Bureau of Economic Analysis data.
The four richest counties in the U.S. and five of the top 10 are located in the Washington, D.C., region, which has the highest concentration of federal workers. Despite the already generous compensation paid their members, federal employee unions demanded a 5.3 percent pay raise in 2016.
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