How Much Are State and Local Government Workers Overpaid?

Posted by freedomforall 3 months, 1 week ago to Government
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"Employer Cost Synopsis

Government Wages Plus Benefits: $61.27
Private Wages and Benefits: $43.78
Government Wages: $37.90
Private Wages: $30.76
Government hourly wages are 23.2 percent more than private workers on average.

Benefits are the real killer.

Government total compensation is 39.9 percent more than private workers.

What About Teachers?


Employer costs from the BLS, chart by Mish
Teachers make $52.29 per hour in direct wages. But they make a whopping $79.38 per hour in total benefits.

Benefits for teachers are an addition 52 percent of wages."
SOURCE URL: https://mishtalk.com/economics/how-much-are-state-and-local-government-workers-overpaid/


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  • Posted by 3 months, 1 week ago
    I argue that they are paid 100% more than they are worth, but if you consider
    how much they have interfered with productivity of others, 1000% is probably
    more accurate.
    D.C. NIFO
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  • Posted by $ 25n56il4 3 months, 1 week ago
    I have no quarrel with what teacher's are paid and their benefits. They have a great responsibility. But working for the government state and federal is a full ride. You can't even get fired!
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    • Posted by mhubb 3 months, 1 week ago
      the test scores in most (democrat controlled) cities are nothing but terrible

      the teachers are mostly no worth their pay
      thanks to their unions not giving a damn about kids (in the words of the teacher unions president years ago)
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      • Posted by 3 months, 1 week ago
        Most of the teachers' test scores are pathetic.
        They are leftist useful idiots, propagandists, deserving of just compensation for ruining the minds and productive promise of young people.
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