The average public sector employee makes 18 to 37 per cent more than a comparable employee working in the private sector, according to a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The report, which compares employee compensation in the private and public sectors found that, when salaries, benefits and working hours are factored in, a private sector employee makes up to $8,150 less per year, and works up to six hours more each week, compared to someone doing the same job for the government. If government workers were paid at the same rate as their private sector counterparts, Canadian taxpayers would save up to $20 billion a year, according to the report.(more)
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http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/6069-government-wages.html
FOR MORE DETAILS
Wage Watch http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/cfib-documents/rr3348.pdf
Report
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Battle of the Wages: Who gets paid more, public or private sector workers?
http://cupe.ca/battle-wages-who-gets-paid-more-public-or-private-sector-workers
Methodology:
CUPE obtained the most detailed data available from Statistics Canada, with earnings information on over 500 specific detailed occupations. The study used data derived from 1.9 million records from the 2006 long-form Census and compared earnings levels for those who worked full-time, full-year for each specific occupation by industry group, with breakdowns by gender, age and region. The analysis did not adjust for other factors that can have an impact on pay, such as education, level of unionization, skills, working experience and size of employer. All these tend to be higher in the public sector workforce.
LivingWork Consultants was commissioned to analyze and aggregate the data using rigorous statistical methods. In comparison, the Wage Watch report published by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which used an identical data source, used techniques that biased their results and involved equations that are mathematically incorrect.
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