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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 2049461" data-attributes="member: 42">Sure, but when they get around to trying to make scapegoats out of federal workers, they usually don't use the total compensation costs for civilian workers during the comparison...so the fed job sounds more expensive.  Apples to apples and all that.Fact is, every job costs more than people think.  It's more than whatever the worker's paycheck is.  Heck, contracting isn't always cheaper either....when I was working an overseas gig as a contractor my hourly rate was $40 but the company billed the government over $70!</blockquote>