No, it is much more than a few points; instead it is 7.5% in the private
sector, and something 27% in the public.
Joel Blau
Seth Sandronsky wrote:
Unionization rates for U.S. private sector workers are a few percent
lower than the rate for government workers. This data suggests at
least one factor in the higher pay of the latter versus the former, no?
Seth Sandronsky
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:57:43 -0500
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On Nov 10, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Perelman, Michael wrote:
> I know that you may find some examples, but public employees
> typically make less – although with benefits, the case is less clear
> cut.
Of course there are lots of details about education, but still, on
average, public sector workers in the U.S. make more than private -
almost 30% more per hour.
<http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0910.pdf>
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