Did you know we have people working for our government with masters degrees and they only make $36k a year?  Biologists who only make $29k a year?

Well now, seems the LSJ posted the salaries of state workers back in 2007 (still on their site) and guess what I found?  In the six counties I looked up, biologists with the DNR were making $60k+ a year.  "Technicians" - no degree required, making $50k+ a year.  Positions that require more than a 4 yr. degree = $79k+ a year.  Data entry specialists = $58k+ a year.  

Who do they think they are kidding?  Yes, there are new hiring guidelines, however, you start out as a general hourly worker and then move up to the "specialist" dept. which is union speak for "living" wages and bloated benefits.  It's all a shell game.  It's all in black and white.  Number of state workers down, wages are up - way up!!!  The sad thing about it is there are so many entrenched workers being paid big bucks who think they are entitled to these wages and benefits and have not figured out who is paying for them.  

As for the 100 or so cities, many of them are clustered around the Detroit-Area. They have a little more time, two or three years max.