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Federal Personnel: Federal/Private Sector Pay Comparisons

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 14, 1994
Report No. OCE-95-1
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Summary:

Although official estimates consistently find that federal pay is low compared with private sector compensation, academic studies have found the opposite. Individuals in both the media and academia have criticized official estimates of the pay gap, arguing that the methodology used to compare pay is defective. They claim that data from sources other than the official surveys, when analyzed using different methodologies, lead to a different conclusion: that federal pay levels are higher than those for employees in the private sector with comparable characteristics, such as education and work experience. GAO examined this contradiction and identified factors that may account for the differing conclusions.

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