than private sector workers. shannon bream is live from washington now with more. you've got more on the disparity in pay and benefits between these workers, so when you stack up the government jobs versus counterparts, how does it shape up? >> reporter: well, gregg, we're working from numbers from the bureau of labor saw dissics -- statistics, so these numbers are coming directly from a government source. 83% of the time if you stack up a federal job against the private sector, the federal job is going to pay you more. we've got some examples here. if you're a cook in the federal world instead of a private sector, it's a benefit to you of $15,121. if you're a graphic designer for the federal government, you should make $24,255 more than your counterpart on the private side, and a public relations manager, the federal employee is going to outearn the private sector employee by more than $44,000, gregg. gregg: what's the reaction on