“I would make anywhere from 30%-100% more if I took an equivalent IT job in the private sector.”
you sure about that? check the latest census numbers on median wage per industry…
my gut feeling is that in the past 10 years, public employment has surpassed private in terms of compensation and benefits… private was where you had a shot at making the big bucks, public was secure, but kinda meagre. not so much so, if cops and teachers are pulling 70k salaries… (numbers oft bandied about here in the past as examples of “median workers” who could afford their dream homes in santee)
