question for State workers

[Semidevil]

So when they say government jobs have the best benefits, what do they mean? what type of benefits are we talking about? I know that there is job security, and maybe free insurance. Besides that, what other perks are there?

I see that the salary for gov jobs are really low compared to the private sector in a lot of positions.

What does the government offer that can make you switch to a state job??

 

[JLGatsby]

The low pay negates the good benefits.

 

[dquan97]

Pay is 10-20% less than private. I have 3yrs in and make $50K as a state auditor w/o cpa license. Health insurance is 80% of total cost, which is $130/mo for a family of 4 ($10 copay). Biggest benefit is the pension plan, which is 2% per year, so if you have 30yrs experience with the state, that's 60% of your highest salary that you get as pension...plus free medical care when you retire.

Icing on the cake: no forced overtime, laid-back workload, plenty of holidays, vacation and sick time....

 

[cavingjan]

Usually its pension/retirement, vacation, holidays, and insurance. Depending upon the agency, you can also include flextime and limitation to 40 hours of work a week.

Making more money is nice but if you are spending proportionally more time at the office...

The facility where I work has 10 holidays and they start at 13 days vacation and 13 days of sick. Vacation increases at 3, 5, and 15 years with 15 years service giving you 26 days vacation a year and 5 years giving you 20 days.

 

[Zerhyn]

My uncle works for the State of California in San Diego. And when he retires he will be getting 90% of his pay. To me that is a pretty nice benefit.

 

[IGBT]

..all benefits are negotiated. nothing's free.

 

[chambersc]

something I was looking at is for lawyers who agree to make no more than x amount of money a year in the public sector get a generous loan repayment assistance program. how much exactly that is, I'm not exactly sure but think it's upwards of 85%.