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Those 15,000 employees represent just one percent of all federal workers.
National Journal reports:
"The vast majority of the top 1 percent of feds were doctors at the Veterans Affairs Department. The highest earning employee was a Veterans Health Administration doctor in Pittsburgh, who took in just more than $400,000 last year. More than 1,200 employees made more than $300,000.Federal employees can also receive large boosts to their base salaries through bonuses during the year.
Other agencies that require a highly specialized workforce paid several employees at least $200,000, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Financial Housing Finance Agency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission."
Most bonuses are relatively small - fewer than 1,000 feds received a five-figure pay bump, according to the database. Some top executives, however, were able to really cash in.
Sixteen federal employees received bonuses of more than $50,000. The highest award was nearly $63,000.
Reader Comments
What is the point of this article?
1) if you work for the government you don't deserve a high salary
2) there are too many high paid individuals in proportion to "civilian" jobs
3) government employees are generally paid less than commercial employees
4) the proportion of highly compensated government employees is less than in the commercial sector
The article presents facts devoid of context and lets the reader fill in the gaping holes. That kind of reporting is never informative, but is instead usually intended to be inflammatory.