Scammers siphoned $36B in fraudulent unemployment payments from US

Re:Scammers siphoned $36B in fraudulent unemployment payment... by DethNinja on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:35PM (#25586419)

Is it really true that government jobs pay less than their private counterparts? In Canada government jobs are actually provide far more compensation than private ones but I guess it might be different for USA.

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Re:Scammers siphoned $36B in fraudulent unemployment payment... by jcranmer on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:34PM (#25587041)

In the US, actual public employees (not contractors!) are generally required to be paid according to the GS payscales: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries...

A GS-9, which is roughly a freshly-minted graduate with a Master's degree, starts at $45k/year, growing to about $60k/year (although this is also adjusted by locality). This is well below prevailing tech sector rates.

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Re:Scammers siphoned $36B in fraudulent unemployment payment... by DethNinja on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:03PM (#25587352)

Thanks for the data, yep that’s pretty bad.

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