Ever wonder how much State Employees Make?

[RVertigo]

Here's a list of every WA state employee (Including Cops and Teachers) and their salary...

http://lbloom.net/index05.html

The Governor's Mansion Cook makes more than me!  

[Roadstergal]

I'm not on it... I should be on the UW list.

If he's trying to make a "state employees make too much" point, though, I can see why he'd skip me.   :lol:

[RVertigo]

I think it's just a freedom of information thing...

The government is usually set up like any oversized corporation.  The people on the bottom make squat, while the people on the top make craploads...  and there are TONS of people near the top.

You can look up your teacher's salaries too...  heh.

[un1261]

The Governor's Mansion Cook makes more than me!  

Ever thought about learning to cook? :lol:

[weaselnoze]

the vice president at university of washington makes just shy of 200,000 a year.  wtf. wonder what his christmas bonus is

[weaselnoze]

ok u guys have to read this.  i read every single text on this page including newspaper clippings.

[RVertigo]

Ever thought about learning to cook? :lol:

I'm starting to think about it right now!

[Roadstergal]

the vice president at university of washington makes just shy of 200,000 a year.  wtf. wonder what his christmas bonus is

On the one hand, that's a lot more than I make.

On the other hand, compare it to the salary of the vice president of any other corporation.  Any of the oil companies, hrm?  Wal-mart, the thieving bastards?  Boeing, may they crash and burn?  I bet none of those guys make as little as $200K as year.

I have a friend who does similar work to what I do, and works at the UW.  Said friend does have more experience, and makes more than I do, but complains about how said friend made much more money in industry (biotech).  I think I make a decent amount.  So it's all relative.

[RVertigo]

As long as you're getting paid enough to justify working hard, then you're making enough...

I just don't think politicians work hard.   :lol:

[Anonymous]

There is a BIG difference between a corporation and the government and therefore the compensation.

Know what it is?

Making money.

Corporate leaders MUST make money.  Government leaders just use it up.

Corporate leaders must be innovative.  Government leaders only need to know how to spend money.

Teachers are VERY overpaid.  Oh how they whine and cry.  BUT, for a PART TIME (usually 180 day/year) job, they do VERY well.  Considering once you do it for a year every year thereafter is basically the same.

[Cal Price]

OK, some figures in isolation look a lot but how do they compare/ what is the average income for the area? what is minimum wage etc,. ?

[pantablo]

As long as you're getting paid enough to justify working hard, then you're making enough...

I just don't think politicians work hard.   :lol:

not directly related to this quote but it made me think of it. People relate "working hard" with real physical labor, and thereby devalue those people that contribute to society, a business, to clients in significant ways but without a physical thing to show for their hard work. Its a very blue collar way of thinking. Unfortunately the world has moved on to a service society...

I'm an architect. As such, I dont produce buildings, I produce the instruments for others to build them (ie drawings and specifications). You wouldnt believe the number of people that think if they dont build their buildings they dont have to pay me...Like I didnt do any "work" just because they dont have a building. WTF? I'm white collar-I work hard but I really get paid for ideas.

[Phaedrus]

I agree with Pablo for sure. But there are times when some of the white collar work is not even "work".

I am a state employee. I work for New York State as a computer / network technician / webmaster / tech support. I do a lot, but since I "work for the state" a lot of people automatically assume I do nothing. And I am not really overpaid considering all I do. I could probably even make a lot more in the private sector, but where the state, at least NYS, really shines is benefits. We have benefits that even a lot of large corporations, at least in my area, have a hard time competing with. Salary is fair, but I'd hardly say overpaid.

Are there lazy state workers? OHHHHHH YEAHHH. I see'em all day long...

[Roadstergal]

Yes, indeedy.  I work overtime routinely, but don't collect the overtime, just because some column needs finishing or the server's down and needs to be back up now, or...

And yes, I could make more in the private sector, but in some ways, I think the culture of the private sector (in some places) is more of a look-like-you're-doing-work rather than actually doing it.  I like wearing jeans to work and just getting stuff done.

[vtlion]

I like wearing jeans to work and just getting stuff done.

You'll never get anywhere in the private sector with that attitude  :lol: ...

... unless you start your own company

I've worked in the private sector for two different pharmaceutical companies, each with different ideas about what "appropriate dress" is for a chemist.  The first was a major, established company with multiple facilities in the eastern US... I wore jeans and polo shirts every day.  The second was a startup.  The CEO took bankers, executive recruits, etc through the labs regularly and so it was shirt-and-tie all day every day even for the lab rats.  I guess the point is that there is more variety and personality among private corporations than most folks seem to think.

Two of the major commonalities to these two jobs... hard work and crappy pay  

[gazingwa]

Me??? i have a desk job (inventory control) and wear t-shirt, jeans, work boots to work....  The only ones who have to dress up here are the salesmen, and they do it more for selling than requirement

[RVertigo]

People relate "working hard" with real physical labor

I don't...  Making your body work is only hard if you never use it.  After a few months of digging ditches it will be easy...

Using your brain is hard work as well...  Coming up with innovative new ideas is harder than digging a ditch.  And it doesn't really get easier...  You have to continue to come up with better and better ideas.  Physical labor jobs usually require very little training...  6 months at the top end.

Plus when you're doing physical labor, you can "get into a groove" and not think about what you're doing...  The day is over before you know it.

Don't get me wrong...  Both "Physical" and "Mental" jobs can be very hard and I have respect for anyone that works hard at what they do...  My earlier comments were about people and politicians that don't do anything for their Taxpayer's money.

[Phaedrus]

I worked one Summer picking and stacking stone. I would pick the rocks from the fields, and stack them onto pallets. Wire them up and have the foreman come by with a forklift and put the pallet onto a flatbed. Each pallet was around 3,000 lbs and 37" high. That was very physical work; very hot, the rocks were very heavy, and sometimes you really had to WORK to get the rocks picked out of the ground in the first place.

But I loved it because of that "getting into a groove" thing. I'd enjoy the hot sun, the fresh air, and the feeling of accomplishing something tangible. It was cool to build my pallets of stone. And I was only paid $20-25 per pallet, so think of the thousands of pounds of rock I had to move just to make a couple hundred bucks!