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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by iancmceachern on Monday July 17, 2023 @09:47AM (#36758188)
The top earners in the US government make a lot: https://www.federalpay.org/employees/top-100

Doesn't seem son hard...

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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by johnrgrace on Monday July 17, 2023 @11:46AM (#36759648)
Every one of those top 100 is a medical officer and most I'd guess are doctors, they could all work in private sector healthcare and make a lot more money. I notice that not a SINGLE CTO or technology lead in government made the top 100 list.
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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by iancmceachern on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @03:02PM (#36791550)
The choice of the number 100 is arbitrary. I'm sure we can find some CTO or whatever you want at spot number 587 that makes 387k a year or whatever. Yes, the top 100 are medical officers, but the government has 17,000 employees that made more than 200k last year. They can't all be medical officers...

https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2015/02/17000-federal-e...

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