Income and major: new study--NOT by Payscale

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Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:11:44 +0000

There are lots of different governments and lots of geographical areas for government pay. Federal government salaries are pretty good at the entry level, but as noted capped at the top and the higher you go the fewer jobs there are with big salaries. Most state and municipal government salaries are not so good except in places like NY or California where they could exceed Federal salaries. None of the big salaries in the government come near the big salaries in the private sector. Further, except for occasional awards, hard work and success in your job doesn’t necessarily result in an increase in salary.