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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about govt jobs like the US postal service in this area.  Mostly AA.  My observation only.[/quote]

White yuppies are not looking to work for USPS or DC Metro or UPS or in HR, you can't afford to live in NW DC or any "acceptable" neighborhood with those jobs. [/quote]

Idiotic post - plenty of GS-15 and SES HR folks alongside GS-15 and SES Legal folks in my neighborhood living in reasonable 800-1.2 m houses....[/quote]

Sorry but that is not the norm for HR. Most technical jobs pay more than HR. Yes there are some here in fed jobs making the GS 15 but there are plenty in the GS-11-12 series. Then in private industry those jobs start around $45k-I know because I've applied to some of those jobs. The pay isn't up there with law,medicine and even accounting/finance. [/quote]

You're insisting it is not true and yet offer no data--in point of fact federal employees in the 0200 series (HR) average higher salaries than those in IT (2200 series)....your turn...[/quote]

Since you have the same access to Google as I have I will throw you this. Your circle of neighbors and friends does not account for overall industry knowledge. Let's remember that people in the DC region also work in private industry. There are many that visit this board from many regions and even 30-50 miles outside DC.

This is from the BLS--which is solid governmental data:
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/home.htm
The vast majority of tech people in agencies are actually contractors that work for the big firms like Lockheed, GD, etc. They actually do make more than the federal workers but are subject to layoffs if a contract ends.

Here are the salaries for HR professionals:
HR Specialists 
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/human-resources-specialists.htm

HR Managers
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/human-resources-managers.htm

Now, if you want to get more into this know that there are more specialist than managers, then there are plenty of assistants and those lower end jobs pay less than comparable IT jobs. (especially starting out).

If the job paid so well then you would not see an abundance of women and minorities in the field.  Money motivated people don't gravitate towards the HR profession, it is seen as a staff 'support' role-it does not drive the organizations bottom line.  These positions are seen as expendable when a company needs to save money.

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You're making a key mistake-HR in Government is very different from HR in the private sector...look at OPM data for IT versus HR [/quote]

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