<Dl> <Dd> Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 2018 . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 2018 . </Dd> <P> Nineteen percent of federal employees earned salaries of $100,000 or more in 2009 . The average federal worker's pay was $71,208 compared with $40,331 in the private sector, although under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, most menial or lower paying jobs have been outsourced to private contractors . In 2010, there were 82,034 workers, 3.9% of the federal workforce, making more than $150,000 annually, compared to 7,240 in 2005 . GS salaries are capped by law so that they do not exceed the salary for Executive Schedule IV positions . The increase in civil servants making more than $150,000 resulted mainly from an increase in Executive Schedule salary approved during the Administration of George W. Bush, which raised the salary cap for senior GS employees slightly above the $150,000 threshold . </P> <P> Basic pay rates for Senior Executive Service (i.e. non-Presidentially appointed civil servants above GS - 15) will range from $119,554 to $179,700 in 2012 . </P>

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