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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
If you include employee health benefits, the benefit package for the average employee of the Postal Service, excluding management, is $35,000 a year.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn highlights the high cost of Postal Service employee benefits compared to the private sector.

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