Sentences with phrase «average private sector worker»

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

Even after the changes, the Pensions Policy Institute recently calculated that contributions to the teachers» pension scheme will be worth twice as much as a percentage of their salary as those the average private sector worker receives from their employer under a defined contribution scheme.

Not exact matches

According to the BLS, the average hourly wage for non-management private - sector workers last month was $ 20.67, unchanged from August and 2.3 % above the average wage a year earlier.

As of 2013, only about half of private sector workers had a 401 (k) and the average account balance was just $ 18,433.

Lets just say this, using the census data, controlling on 4 digit occupation (NocS), gender and age, there is less than a 2 % difference in average annual pay, between private and public sector workers working within similar occupations.

The study shows that on average, male workers actually make slightly more in the private sector than comparable occupations in the public sector.

Average hourly earnings for private - sector workers rose to $ 26.82 in March from the previous month.

Average hourly earnings for all private - sector workers rose 2.7 % in March from a year earlier — in line with annual gains in recent months.

When workers in the private sector are facing pay restraint, a 1 % average limit on annual increases is necessary to minimise public sector job losses.

It has overseen an explosion in the wage bill of the state, to the point where the average public - sector worker now earns # 74 more per week than a private - sector employee, as well as having much better pension and other entitlements.»

Today's Daily Telegraph splashes with the news that public sector pay continues to grow under Labour: «The Office for National Statistics disclosed that, in the three months to October, state workers received an average annual rise of 2.8 % This was close to triple that seen in the private sector, where pay edged up by 1.1 %.

CITY HALL — City workers are paid 17 percent less, on average, than their colleagues in the private sector, according to a new report released Wednesday by City Comptroller John Liu.

On average, the number of sick days used by public sector employees is nearly three times that of private sector workers, who took an average of three days off in 2008, the New York Post reported Thursday.

A private - sector worker would need to save roughly 32 percent of his salary in a 401 (k) to match the guaranteed benefits paid to the average teacher in a public - sector DB plan.

The state has one of the highest per - capita incomes in the country, and the average teacher makes $ 66,597, which even with benefits is on par with or slightly behind similarly educated private sector workers, according to Jeffrey H. Keefe, a Rutgers professor who studied the issue for the liberal - leaning Economic Policy Institute.

Throughout the school year, schools are closed for 29 days, more than two workweeks longer than the average private - sector worker has in paid vacation and holidays.

While the average private - sector worker with paid leave has 16 days off in paid holidays and vacation, the largest school districts shut their doors for an average of 29 days each school year.

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In fact, the value of fringe benefits (as a percentage of wages) for the average public - school teacher is more than double the benefits package received by the typical worker in a large private - sector firm.

The Pew Center on the States has posted a new dataset based on Census numbers, comparing average wages for private sector workers and government workers in all 50 states from 2007 through 2012.