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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way the "feds" reply on this listserv make me cringe. They sound so entitled and self righteous. They don't need to explain to anyone what they do, but making $225K is totally OK. Median [b]household[/b] income in 2014 was $51,939. That includes double income households.

I'm not saying everyone has to make $52K or even twice that $104K, I'm saying that more than 50% of Americans are paying taxes based on salaries of $52k...[/quote]

Not everyone can post what they do -- in my case, I am a gov't contractor making 165.....oh, I have a PhD in the physical sciences and 20 years of relevant experience.  I can not tell you what I do -- by law.  And I am not overpaid.  If you want good people doing the work, you need to pay appropriately.  The people that complain about the fed salaries have no idea what people do....in my case, I could leave my job and work for someone else and probably get a 50% bump.  I chose not to because I believe in our mission and the work is interesting.

In my last project, the government lowered the labor rates 30% -- which would mean a 30% salary cut if people stayed on the project.  However, what happened is I (and my colleagues) went to work for other projects.  Now, the company that won can not deliver what the government wants -- they are meeting the requirements (which is hours in labor categories), but the work is not filling the needs.

Like everything else, you get what you pay for....[/quote]

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