Why does DC Govt jobs pay so little?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this an attorney job? In my experience, state governments pay attorneys much less than federal or private practice. Surprised to hear the benefits are bad, though.

DC had Union vs. non union benefits. White collar non union. The healthcare is pretty good. It is no raises fur three year and 5 percent towards retirement has a long vesting period. Most places give 6 with no vesting period. Attorneys get like 160k in DC

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Anonymous wrote:Turned it down, did math and it pays $1,000 a month less than my bills so essentially I am paying to work there

Um, no. You wouldn't be paying to work there. But, certainly they dodged a bullet. You seem douchey AF.

+1000. But the reaction of my fellow DC govt folks to OP would have been priceless. OP wouldn’t have lasted more than a few months.

I was offered a three year contract. I don’t have a huge mortgage at all. But with a few kids, cars, all that my monthly bills run around 9k. Take home was 8k. Which is fine if a bonus. But no bonus.

So once hired I was set.

Cool story, bro. Why did you even seek a Government job?

Hoping for fat benefits, pension, medical in retirement in exchange for “big box” store salaries. Instead just got the cheap salaries. The no raise concept was crazy.

And why did you pick DC Government? Is your Google broken? It's not like any government hides their benefit package. All you did was waste your time and DC's time for a job you never intended to take.

Glass door put estimated salary at 200-220k. Then it turns out
Range 140k to 160k no raises

You really aren't very sharp. It took me 2 minutes to find the March 2021 list of DC employee salaries. Wasn't difficult and would leave no question what the job would pay. Everyone knows that glassdoor is inaccurate.