claim: "federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts."
author: scott brown
evidence_1: nov 11, 2010 ... scott brown, r-mass., that "federal employees are making twice as much as their  private counterparts." at the time, we ruled it false. but we're ...
evidence_2: dec 1, 2010 ... the average private employee makes $60,000 a year. ... cited claims is that  federal workers make twice as much as private-sector workers. .... on average  22.13 percent less (table 4) than their private-sector counterparts.
evidence_3: jan 30, 2012 ... federal workers with a professional degree or doctorate earned about 23 percent  less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts.
evidence_4: jun 19, 2017 ... a change in methodology could make it easier to understand the ... of federal  workers with their counterparts in the private sector, which ... as well as require  much greater work to frequently redo estimates as .... your paid twice as much as  a private sector employees working less hrs and unaccountable.
evidence_5: https://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1afedpay10_st_n.htm