US Private Employee Compensation Still
Trails Government Employee Compensation

Federal Non-Military Employees Paid 70% More
State & Local Government Employees Paid 10% More

Government Employee Compensation Advantage: 1994
Government Employee Compensation Higher for Similar Jobs
Government Employee Increases Higher: 1980-1994

Government Employee Compensation Advantage: 1994

Latest information from the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States indicates that private (non-government) employees continued to be compensated at rates below those of government employees in 1994.

Government Employee Compensation Higher for Similar Jobs

Previously published research (The Excess Value of Government Employment ) indicated that US government employees receive higher compensation than private (non-government) employees in comparable employment.

  • Federal non-military employee compensation is estimated at more than 50 percent higher than that of comparable private employees.

  • State government employee compensation is estimated at 39 percent higher than that of comparable private sector employees.

  • Local government employee compensation is estimated at 31 percent higher than that of comparable private sector employees.

Government Employee Increases Higher: 1980-1994

Government employee compensation has risen at significantly higher rates than that of private employees.

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