Given layoffs, benefit cuts and unemployment stuck at 9.5 percent, private-sector workers read with chagrin a report showing that federal employees have total compensation packages worth twice as much as private-sector workers. Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA Today reported that the average for pay in the private sector is $50,482 a year. The average salary in state and local government nationwide is slightly higher – $53,056 a year.
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