Quoting a recent article on house hold income
District of Columbia: $110,614
The median household in D.C. rakes in a yearly income of $110,614, the highest in the country.....
From my perspective, this is from all the taxes and fees we pay the federal government. For Washington DC to have the highest per household income is flat wrong.
No, the high income in DC is not a factor of government. Only about 14-15% f employment is Federal Government, the rest is private sector (high tech, legal, entrepreneur ship, etc.).
Yes, the average Federal salary does exceed the national norm due to the large number of professional employees that are employed. Basically, during the Reagan Administration, virtually all unskilled trades were eliminated by contracting out for such services. Doctors, PhD's, high level military officers in DC ARE paid higher salaries than assembly workers in auto plants in Alabama, South Carolina or Michigan.
BTW, the salaries paid to physicians in Federal Employment is less than that paid to private sector physicians. This is one reason the VA has had trouble attracting physicians to serve the medical needs of veterans, resulting in lengthy waits for appointments. From an internet search:
https://www.federalpay.org/employees/occupations/medical-officerFrom a Google search:
What percent of federal employees work in Washington DC?
However, the D.C. metro – with 14.1 percent of its workforce made up of federal employees – actually ranks fourth in terms of the share of its workforce made up by the federal government. Topping it are Colorado Springs (with a 16.4 percent federal share), Virginia Beach (16.1 percent), and Honolulu (15.4 percent).
