Government-Private Sector Pay and Benefits Gap Widens
From USA Today (HT Don Luskin):
A typical full-time state or local government worker made $78,853 in wages and benefits in the third quarter of 2006, $25,771 more than a typical private-sector worker, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The difference was $7,604 in 2000. The compensation advantage holds true for all types of public workers, from teachers to laborers and managers. Better benefits for government workers is the biggest reason for the growing compensation gap.
Good thing we’ve had a Republican administration and (most of the time) Congress, or it might have been worse. (/ intense sarcasm)
