Federal worker compensation is rising faster than compensation in the private sector.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has released data on worker compensation for 2016.

President Trump issued his first federal budget Tuesday, and critics have been quick to call the proposals cruel and heartless.

Average private sector wages in the United States rose 3.0 percent in 2011, which was more than the 1.2 percent average increase for federal government workers. This was the second year in a row that average private pay rose faster than average federal pay, but that comes after many years of an escalating federal pay advantage.

Federal employee Jason Ullner portrays federal workers as victims in today’s Washington Post.