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People can make much more money by earning a college degree; a person with a Bachelor's degree will earn, on average, almost twice as much as workers with a high school diploma.

More than half (57%) of teachers hold master's degrees; however, this teaching profession has an average national starting salary of $30,377 while computer programmers start at an average of $43,635, public accounting professionals at $44,668, and registered nurses at $45,570.

Per a survey results provided by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, an English professor has an average salary of $43.50 per hour while a dentist and a nuclear engineer only make $33.34 and $36.16 per hour repectively.

Teachers spend an average of 50 hours per week on instructional duties, including an average of 12 hours each week on non-compensated school-related activities such as grading papers, bus duty, and club advising.

Almost 50 percent of new teachers leave the profession during the first five years of teaching, and 37 percent of teachers who do not plan to continue teaching until retirement blame low pay for their decision to leave the profession.

All athletic trainers have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; they are mid-level professionals equivalent to physical, occupational, speech, language and other similar therapists.

Athletic trainers know and practice the medical arts at the professional standards, and 70% of them have a master’s or doctorate degree.

Podiatric Physicians are the major providers of foot care services, providing 39 percent of all foot care while orthopedic physicians provide 13 percent; all other physicians provide 37 percent, and physical therapists and others provide 11 percent. There are about 13,320 doctors of podiatric medicine actively in practice in the United States

45% of female scientists who said they had few children than desired because of their careers; it was 25% for male scientists.

House lawmakers proposed an amendment that would strip General Schedule employees of their regularly scheduled step increases for the rest of the year 2011.

President Barack Obama signed a law that freezes civilian federal employee pay for the next two years that would affect fiscal 2011, which began Oct. 1, and fiscal 2012.

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President Obama ordered federal agencies to radically overhaul the federal hiring process, and eliminate the lengthy "KSAs," or essays that describe an applicant's knowledge, skills and abilities. Applicants now are able to know the results of their job applications within 80 days.

Government analyses show that federal employees make on average 24% less than their private-sector counterparts. In 2009, private industry pays higher salaries than the federal government for PhD-level employees in information science, biological sciences, environmental life sciences, chemistry, economics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and civil, architectural, electrical and computer engineering.

More than 50 former or current federal employees have received Nobel Prizes; Approximately 1 in 4 American Nobel laureates have been federal workers.

Today nearly two-thirds of women with children under 18 have jobs outside the home.

18% of American workers called sick on Friday, which is more than any other day of the week. Tuesday has the lowest percent of absenteeism (11%).

According to 2007 Census Bureau data, only about 26 percent of mothers with a college degree stay home, while more than 40 percent of mothers lacking high school diplomas are at home.

The U.S. jobless rate is 9.1% as of July 31, 2011. In 1933, the U.S. unemployment rate peaked at 25%.

In the U.S. as of September 30, 2010, the jobless rate was 9.8 percent for adult men, 8.0 percent for adult women, 26.0 percent for teenagers, 8.7 percent for whites, 16.1 percent for blacks, 12.4 percent Hispanics, and 6.4 percent for Asians.

In 2010, the private sector pays $46,661 for a recent college graduate. Entry-level federal workers start at $34,075 or $42,209 for candidates with superior academic achievement.

The federal government often pays higher salaries for its blue-color and clerical workers, compared with those in the private sector.

In 2010, around 20% of federal workers have a master's degree, professional degree or doctorate, vs. 13% in the private sector. Approximately 51% of federal employees have at least a college degree, compared with 35% in the private sector.

For the first 11 months of year 2010, employment in the U.S. dropped to 130 million, from 131 million the year before. However, employment in automobile and parts manufacturing employment rose to 628,000, from 668,000 over the same period.

In the US there are now 5.9 job seekers for each job opening, and the top priority during a job search is job security.

Senate approves federal hiring reform bill.

The federal civil service system that has provided Federal employees comfort, and sometimes frustration, for 60 years might be transformed to a new system soon.

The most stressful cities in the US are: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Cleveland, and Providence, R.I.

The average working time in (hours): South Korea: 2390; Mexico: 1980; Japan: 1828; Greece: 1811; USA: 1777; Spain: 1745; Canada: 1717; Britain: 1652; Italy: 1523; Denmark: 1423; Germany: 1362; France: 1346; Sweden: 1316; Netherlands: 1309.

25% of U.S. workers are on the job at 7 a.m.; 15% of U.S. workers are on the job at 7 p.m.

The standard business office workweek in Europe, North America, Asia: Monday through Friday; Algeria, Saudi Arabia: Sunday through Wednesday; Iran: Saturday through Thursday; Egypt: Sunday through Thursday; Israel: Sunday through Thursday;

In the U.S. the 10 best jobs are: Mathematician, Actuary, Statistician, Biologist, Software Engineer, Computer Systems Analyst, Historian, Sociologist, Industrial Designer, and Accountant while the 10 worst jobs are: Lumberjack, Dairy Farmer, Taxi Driver, Sailor, Emergency Medical Technician, Roofer, Garbage Collector, Welder, Roustabout, and Ironworker. (Source: Jobsrated.com)

In the 2009 fiscal year, 11,275 federal employees were fired for misconduct or poor performance. In addition, there are a sizable number of employees who voluntarily leave after they are counseled that their work performance is unacceptable.

The secrets of a successful manager are approachable, respectful, encouraging, and reasonable

61% of U.S. workers live paycheck to paycheck to make their ends meet, up from 49% in 2008 and 43% in 2007. (Source: Careerbuilder.com)

The 2009 recession was the longest recession since the Great Depression

If you are involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009, and are eligible for COBRA, the federal government will pay 65% of your premium, through your employer, for up to nine months. You pay the other 35%.

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U.S. Unemployment Rate
(Source: Department of the Labor)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
2001	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.9	5.0	5.3	5.5	5.7	4.7
2002	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.0	5.8
2003	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.9
2004	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.5
2005	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.1
2006	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.6
2007	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.0	4.6
2008	5.0	4.8	5.1	4.9	5.4	5.6	5.8	6.1	6.2	6.6	6.8	7.3	5.8
2009	7.8	8.2	8.6	8.9	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.7	9.8	10.1	9.9	9.9	9.3
2010	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.4	9.6
2011	9.1	9.0	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.5	8.95
2012	8.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

American Workforce (2009) (Source: The Washington Post)
Education Level	Private Sector	Federal Workers
Doctorate	1.6%	2.4%
Master's/Professional	10.8%	17.4%
Bachelor's	22.7%	30.7%
Some College/Associate's	28.1%	30.4%
High School	28.6%	18.1%
Less Than High School	8.1%	1.0%

Normal Retirement Age
(Source: Social Security Administration)

Year of birth	Age
----------------------	--------
1937 and prior	65
1938	65 and 2 months
1939	65 and 4 months
1940	65 and 6 months
1941	65 and 8 months
1942	65 and 10 months
1943-54	66
1955	66 and 2 months
1956	66 and 4 months
1957	66 and 6 months
1958	66 and 8 months
1959	66 and 10 months
1960 and later	67
Notes: 1. Persons born on January 1 of any year should refer to the normal retirement age for the previous year. 2. For the purpose of determining benefit reductions for early retirement, widows and widowers whose entitlement is based on having attained age 60 should add 2 years to the year of birth shown in the table.

Retirement before "Normal Retirement Age" (NRA) reduces benefits, and retirement after NRA increases benefits.

NRA, also referred to as "Full Retirement Age," varies from age 65 to age 67 by year of birth.

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