Following through on a January proposal, President Obama has called for a salary increase of 0.5 percent for civilian federal workers in his fiscal 2013 federal budget.

Currently, civilian federal workers average about $123,000 per year in salary and benefits, double that of private-sector workers, who average about $60,000 per year, and about $53,000 more than their counterparts in state and local government, who average roughly $70,000 per year.