[ethbr1]

What does this have to do with the price of DC housing and federal employee salaries' ability to purchase it?

[mothballed]

Lower salaries at the same home prices would make it even more difficult. This is what we see in NYC, for instance.

DC has some of the highest home prices but also the highest incomes.

[alistairSH]

But Feds aren’t the ones earning those big salaries. They make ok money, but an engineering manager in the DC suburbs earns more.