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Re:Former TSA screener says the job does little to keep flie... by wereHamster on Sunday March 10, 2013 @04:43PM (#5353374)
8.1B USD / 47k employees -> a salary of about 172k. That's pretty good unemployment benefits.
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Re:Former TSA screener says the job does little to keep flie... by Samuel_Michon on Sunday March 10, 2013 @04:46PM (#5353388)
"TSA personnel primarily responsible for screening passengers make between $25,518 and $44,007" [1]

$8.1 billion is the entire TSA budget, it's not just wages for Transportation Security Officers. Looking at the budget [2], total wages for screening personnel are closer to $2 billion.

[1] http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/29/fox-panelists-ou...

[2] TSA appropiatons bill, page 32: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-110srpt396/pdf/CRPT-110srp...

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