One of the only benefits of a gubment job is good health coverage... salary? sucks! retirement? if I want to ride out 35 years its not bad - but as a political appointee, not gonna happen... vacation and leave time? very generous if you can actually get it off... civil servants take every minute, I've taken 2 weeks total in 5 years.
Blue Cross Blue Shield $17.74 every two weeks - I remember when it was less than $5 every two weeks...
Free eye and dental
$300,000 in life insurance $13.12 every two weeks... boy thats gone up, used to be around $6 every two weeks.