Love people when they say you work for the local government so you make a lot of money. They are correct with this statement if you are in management and are family or friends of the local politicians. They are the ones who get $10,000 of thousands of raises and have the six figures. The little guys who are the workers make average of $39,500 and benefits aren’t free anymore either. The state mandated that we are only allowed to receive a 2% increase not even close to the COLA increases.