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Report: 77,000 federal employees make more than governors
– 06/01/11 12:58 PM ET
Thousands of federal employees rake in a higher yearly salary than the governors of the state where they work, a new report has found.
In all, the Congressional Research Service reported that 77,000 federal workers — almost a quarter of them medical officers — earned more than their state’s chief executive in 2009.
The report, which was requested by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), does have some caveats — it does not include federal employees at Central Intelligence Agency, the Postal Service and other agencies.
