What job would be better for me?

I wonder what would be better for me should I stay at my current role in the federal government or go work for a University Research Center Laboratory. Like what would be better benefits wise? Would it be considered a downgrade to go from the government to a UARC? Like what would be better option especially with everything going on in the federal government (my coworkers are stressed and stretched thin) and I'm wondering if it would be better to go work for a laboratory job).