Padm 505 Literature Review

Literature ReviewNameCourseTutor’s NameDateIntroductionEmployees in federal, state, and local governments cost the US taxpayer about $1.9 trillion annually. The federal government employs about 2.2 million civilian employees and spends about $215 billion in employee compensation every year. Government employees cover a broad complement of skills knowledge and talents that can also be employed in the private sector. The government therefore competes with other employers for people who possess the right mix of characteristics needed for job performance CITATION Con171 \l 7177 (Congressional Budget Office, 2017). A comparison of compensation between government employees and private sector employees is subject to several complicating factors. The main complicating factor is the general characteristic of government employees. On average government, employees are older; more experienced and possess higher education than private sector employees CITATION Con171 \l 7177 (Congressional Budget Office, 2017). The question whether government employees are paid higher than other employees intends to address the issue whether particular government employees would receive less compensation performing a similar job in the private sector, compensation in this regard is the sum of wages and benefits. Competitive