host: jodi schneider, we're still not seeing money. guest: as the economy improves, we are seeing, depending on the industry, bonus payments, commission payments, those types of things coming back as well. the expectation will be that this year we continue to see those types of things. host: richmond, va., good morning. she also seems to be gone. let's go to oregon. good morning. caller: i discover a question about government wages. you compare all of these, but what are the government wages vs the private sector wages? i see some of those graphs on that tv about the increase in government wages vs the american wages, the police department, the firemen, county workers, city workers, stuff like that. host: government versus public wages? guest: we include state and local government workers. we do not have any slides on that here today, but i can tell you that the rate of change there has slowed as well. it started a little bit later and, perhaps, not quite as much, but in recent quarters we have seen some fairly substantial declines. ty

philip doyle is with the bureau of labor statistics and jodi schneider. just some of our guests and topics tomorrow morning on the "washington journal" heard live here on c-span radio and a reminder, check out all of our programming online any time at c-span.org. thanks for joining us on this thursday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> in a few moments, a hearing on manufacturing and jobs with testimony from commerce secretary john bryson. in two hours, steve forbes, the president and ceo of "forbes" talks about the economy and the tax code. after that, a hearing looking into a general services administration conference in las vegas. >>> when i was embedded in eastern afghanistan, the soldiers started telling me that the u.s. government was wasting tens of billions of dollars on totally mismanaged development and logistics contracts. >> in funding the enemy, douglas wissing follows the money in afghanistan and finds corruption from top to bottom, right into the hands of the taliban. >> i was in one meeting where the brigade command ir, an inc

host: jodi schneider, we're still not seeing money. guest: as the economy improves, we are seeing, depending on the industry, bonus payments, commission payments, those types of things coming back as well. the expectation will be that this year we continue to see those types of things. host: from richmond, virginia, debra, good morning. debra seems to be gone. let's go to oregon. jim, good morning. caller: i just have a question about the government wages. let's compare the government wages versus the private sector wages. and see some of them graphs on the tv about the increase in government wages versus the american wages and benefits and packages for like the police department, the firemen, county workers, city workers, stuff like that. host: government versus public wages? guest: we include state and local government workers. we do not have any slides on that here today, but question tell you that the rate of change there has slowed as well. it started a little bit later and, perhaps, not quite as much, but in recent quarters we ha