U.S.: A federal pay freeze might halt out-of-whack wage increases
- 3% the yearly increase in pay rates above inflation for public-sector workers
- 0.8% the increase of the same measure for private-sector workers source
- » Also worth noting: As of 2010, 82,000 federal workers make over $150,000 – a huge leap from even five years earlier. And had Obama not ordered the pay freeze, federal pay would’ve gone up by 1.4 percent across the board. Federal workers are getting paid out of whack with the private sector as-is. To stop this now, as he’s getting hit on all sides, seems like a very smart move on Obama’s part, though we’ll see as the story develops.