Here is a link to a federal Office Personnel Management's report on federal salaries. As of 2017, average federal employee salary is $85,284. 25% of the federal workforce makes greater than $105,839. It doesn't look like any of those federal workers are close to $15 an hour which is roughly $30,000 a year. If Biden's order just app…
Here is a link to a federal Office Personnel Management's report on federal salaries. As of 2017, average federal employee salary is $85,284. 25% of the federal workforce makes greater than $105,839. It doesn't look like any of those federal workers are close to $15 an hour which is roughly $30,000 a year. If Biden's order just applied to federal workers, I'd say it was just for PR purposes with no actual effect on pay.
Talking about average wage is kind of meaningless. Here is an example of why. I will use military pay and ranks because it is fairly clear and readily public info.
Average monthly pay in the US military is about $9,400 (mathematical average of the high and low pay).
There are about 43 people making the highest wage (4 star generals). There are over 95,000 people at or near the bottom of the scale.
NO enlisted man makes the average wage (not really a surprise). You have to get to Warrant 5 or O-5 (Lt Col) to make that or slightly better.
Just as a FYI, median wage is a better measure as the median wage is the wage that 50% of the people make more than and 50% of the people make less than.
There are a number of federal workers who make the federal minimum wage.
Per CNN: "Most of the federal employees paid below $15 hourly are currently employed by the Departments of Agriculture, Defense and Veterans Affairs. Federal workers in a variety of roles across the country will benefit from this new minimum wage policy, including about 130 wildland firefighters, 400 plant protection technicians, 3,800 custodial workers and roughly 50,000 Defense Department employees at military bases around the US, among others." That's a pretty significant number.
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15.00 is a first step in raising it for all.
Here is a link to a federal Office Personnel Management's report on federal salaries. As of 2017, average federal employee salary is $85,284. 25% of the federal workforce makes greater than $105,839. It doesn't look like any of those federal workers are close to $15 an hour which is roughly $30,000 a year. If Biden's order just applied to federal workers, I'd say it was just for PR purposes with no actual effect on pay.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/reports-publications/salary-information-for-the-executive-branch.pdf
Talking about average wage is kind of meaningless. Here is an example of why. I will use military pay and ranks because it is fairly clear and readily public info.
Average monthly pay in the US military is about $9,400 (mathematical average of the high and low pay).
There are about 43 people making the highest wage (4 star generals). There are over 95,000 people at or near the bottom of the scale.
NO enlisted man makes the average wage (not really a surprise). You have to get to Warrant 5 or O-5 (Lt Col) to make that or slightly better.
Just as a FYI, median wage is a better measure as the median wage is the wage that 50% of the people make more than and 50% of the people make less than.
There are a number of federal workers who make the federal minimum wage.
Per CNN: "Most of the federal employees paid below $15 hourly are currently employed by the Departments of Agriculture, Defense and Veterans Affairs. Federal workers in a variety of roles across the country will benefit from this new minimum wage policy, including about 130 wildland firefighters, 400 plant protection technicians, 3,800 custodial workers and roughly 50,000 Defense Department employees at military bases around the US, among others." That's a pretty significant number.
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15.00 is a first step in raising it for all.