According to revenue information released by the government, 30 % of President Obama's workers will be paid $100,000 or more in 2009. They also fall under a staff income freeze. The day following he was sworn into office, Obama related he would freeze the incomes of central authority employees who make $100,000 or more. The order has effects on 146 of the 487 employees on the payroll.
Obama announced at the time the freeze was acceptable given the condition of the economy, and exploited the same concept when he recommended a two % pay increase for civil service employees and a 2.9 % raise for members of the armed forces in his version budget in Feb. The House has approved a 3.4 p.c pay hike for service members, and promoters of pay parity are pushing for civil servants to get the same raise.
The state's Treasury employees Union remained silent on what implication the central authority wages could have on the debate over Fed pay. Only one of the central authority staffers is making more than the top-paid members of the Senior Executive Service, who will earn as much as $177,000 in 2009. The highest paid worker He is detailed to the central authority from the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
According to the Fed earnings database run by Asbury Park Press, Marcozzi was a GS-15 getting a base income of $149,000 in 2008, more than the $124,010 earnings for a GS-15,.
