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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$150k with lots of leave and not that much stress (in many but not all positions). [/quote]

What % of feds ever see $150k? I would bet less than 5% or 10%.[/quote]

Less than 5%.  You can see the 2023 annual GS schedule here:  [url]https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/23Tables/pdf/GS.pdf[/url]

As you can see, on the regular GS scale, only 15, step 10 makes over $150K base.  If you add in locality pay, then most 15, step 7 and higher and 14 step 10 can make over $150K.

[url]https://ourpublicservice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FedFigures_19Shutdown.pdf[/url]
There are 2.25M federal civilian civil service employees.  Nationwide only about 4.2% of the work force is GS-15 and only 8.8% of the work force is GS-14.  So about 2% is GS-15, step 7 and higher.  Plus about 0.8% of GS-14 step 10.  So, only about 2.8% of the work force makes $150K or higher on the GS scale.  Now, there are other scales, including SE, but even on those scales, guesstimate that only about 1-1.5% of the workforce would be over $150K.  I would say it is highly unlikely that there is more than 4% of the workforce that makes over $150K.

My spouse is a GS-14, step 10 (non-sup) with locality pay that makes over $150K.  They have been in the work force for 33 years, and is one of the most sought after SME.  They do the work of about 1.5 others and have way too much work that others won't or can't do, dumped on them.  So, they get the high end, but they work very hard for their salary.
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Yet somehow they're all on DCUM.

I hate reading "even a dual fed household makes $300k." No! The vast, vast majority don't!  [/quote]

We shouldn’t be counting base salaries, but including locality pay. Base salary is not that meaningful.[/quote]

Everyone is including locality pay when they state their salary. [/quote]

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