Poll: Federal workers thriving more than private sector

Employees of the federal government are thriving financially more than the rest of the United States workforce, according to a new Gallup survey.

Forty-four percent of federal government workers report having solid financial situations, compared to 34 percent of non-government workers. The poll defined thriving as having a “well-being that is strong and consistent.”

{mosads}A quarter of federal employees whose monthly household incomes are less than $2,000, for example, are thriving, compared to 15 percent of workers outside of the government, the poll, released Thursday, found. 

For federal workers whose household incomes are between $2,000 and $2,999, about a third of them are doing well financially, compared to 21 percent of all other workers. 

For people making $10,000 a month, 60 percent of federal workers are thriving, as are 54 percent of non-government workers. 

More than 35 percent of federal employees with a high school education or less are thriving, compared to 27 percent of non-government workers with that same education . 

The poll stemmed from 80,000 interviews with adults between Feb. 16, 2014, and Feb. 15, 2015, with a 2 percentage point margin of error.