Fraser Institute News Release: Government Employees in Alberta Paid 6.9 Per Cent More than Comparable Private-Sector Workers
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/29/15 -- Government workers in Alberta receive higher wages and likely more generous non-wage benefits than their private sector counterparts, finds a new by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
"As the province grapples with declining oil revenues and yet another possible budget deficit, now is a prudent time to examine the compensation levels of government employees, a key spending item," said Mark Milke, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute.
Using Statistics Canada''s Labour Force Survey data from January to December 2013, calculates that, on average, government workers in Alberta, including federal, provincial, and local government workers, receive 6.9 per cent higher wages than comparable workers in the private sector. This wage premium accounts for differences in the personal characteristics of workers such as age, gender, marital status, education, tenure, type of work, size of establishment, industry, and occupation. When unionization is accounted for, the government-sector wage premium declines to 4.0 per cent.
But wages are only part of an employee''s total compensation. Non-wage benefits - including pensions, early retirement and job security - can represent an important portion of an overall compensation package. While individual data on these benefits are not readily available in Canada, there are strong indicators that the government sector as a whole also enjoys superior non-wage benefits.
Specific non-wage benefits examined in the study include:
"Of course, governments need to provide competitive compensation to attract qualified employees but the fact is wages and benefits in the government sector are out of step with the private sector," said Charles Lammam, Fraser Institute associate director of tax and fiscal policy and study co-author.
"An important way for governments in Alberta to better control spending is by ensuring public-sector compensation broadly reflects private-sector compensation for similar positions."
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