Is your federal pay above or below average for your state?
What agency has the most employees? Which feds get paid the most? Federal News Radio looks at the latest federal pay data from the Office of Personnel Managemen...
Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia have the highest average salaries, at $115,594, $108,491, and $102,311 respectively. Wyoming has the lowest, at $63,148.87. One of the biggest factors in the differing pay rates between states is locality pay. Locality pay was designed to eliminate the pay gap between non-federal and civil service salaries, based on the local labor market
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