Sentences with phrase «paying private sector jobs»

As Westchester County Executive, Rob Astorino championed smarter, more efficient government and lower taxes, resulting in more than 30,000 new, well paying private sector jobs for the area.

«I'm confident that we have built a top - notch team in the State Senate that will work directly with the members of this body to achieve great things for New York, including lower taxes and spending, and more good - paying private sector jobs,» Senator Skelos said.

Not exact matches

Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

Wall said that one niche within public jobs to search for the higher - paid positions is higher education, where state employees tend to have salaries more in line with the private sector.

These are overwhelmingly full - time, well - paying, private sector jobs.

[2] These jobs tend to provide higher pay and better benefits, and they have been more resilient to economic downturns than other private sector industries over the past decade.

Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized workers and non racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and not in the public sector.

Another reason for that intolerably high public sector compensation premium — Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born racialized -LSB-...]

When Mr Soapbox worked for the municipal government years ago, he was told that the reason why he was paid less than the private sector was because a government job was secure and had less risk... then they laid off 40 % of his department.

We or us would have to pay the health care cost of the gay couples for government jobs and in private sector more company profits go to a non-worker which leave less for the people who actually work for the company.

Could the contrast be any greater between Romney, who looted American companies and shipped their jobs overseas, only pays taxes at a 13 % rate, stashes his money in the Cayman Islands to avoid U.S. taxes, and President Obama who saved GM and created 30 straight months of private sector job growth?

Who in their right mind would even want the job of school superintendent: parents hate you, teachers hate you (if you're doing your job)-- and the pay scale for superintendents is absurdly below what would be paid to a private sector CEO / COO managing the people and contracts and mandates that public school superintendents manage.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's longtime fiscal ad viser, Dean Fuleihan, who earlier this month «retired» after 33 years working for the Assembly to take what many expected would be a private - sector job, wound up landing a cushy government job that pays about $ 30,000 more, records show.

The economists said, «The state economy appears to be undergoing a period of adjustment, during which above - average private sector job growth has coupled with a less volatile but more diversified wage base» as financial services jobs and their high pay no longer dominate.

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.

«This contract agreement will mean better - paying jobs for local workers, created by a well - run, profitable, private sector business.

«Maybe in five or ten years you will be doing a different job and be better paid and you won't need that home, you will be able to go into the private sector... looking at a more flexible system, I think makes sense.»

The truth is that in both the public and private sectors people have made sacrifices: longer hours, more flexibility, pay freezes, to protect jobs.

The figure represents 22 percent of all private - sector wages paid in New York City in 2012, even though only 5 percent of the private - sector jobs, throughout the whole city, are on Wall Street.

Without question, a 45 percent toll hike on trucks is fiscally irresponsible and will likely result in fewer private sector jobs, a less competitive economy and New York families paying more for basic necessities.

You have to keep in mind, these are very high - paying jobs — on average, about five times higher than the comparable salaries in the private sector.»

He said that he would promote «more job security for workers in private and public sectors» as well as «promoting fairness in pay and aspiration.

While no one questions the need for updated infrastructure in our county, the best way to pay for it is not «one shot» repairs and maintenance expenses, but by creating real sustainable revenues through private sector job growth.

Even fewer want to carry on studying rather than get a job in the private sector, which pays even better, obviously.

«Compared with the private sector, the public sector still offers black workers better pay, more professional opportunities and more job security.»

If teachers are not paid fairly for their noncognitive skills, we would expect teachers who shift to private - sector jobs to receive significant raises.

He said that he has every confidence in Harvard's ability to train excellent public leaders — but that ability won't help students who can't afford tuition or take private sector jobs to pay off loans.

That's right: While the private sector slashed jobs, trimmed benefits, renegotiated contracts, cut pay, and sometimes declared bankruptcy, the education part of the public sector actually fattened.

Research indicates that today's public - sector workers such as teachers receive less compensation — or combined pay and benefits — than similar workers in the private sector.25 Historically, public - sector jobs were attractive to workers due to their stability, their high - quality benefits such as defined - benefit pensions, as well as their intangible benefits such as pride in public service.

We conclude that public - school teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public - school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.

... public - school teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public - school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $ 120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.

This forgiveness program acts as an incentive to work in public service since private sector jobs often have higher pay rates.

That debt - to - income ratio is impossible, so PSLF makes that career path possible — and attracts people who might have otherwise taken high - paying private - sector jobs.»

She says she turned down higher - paying jobs in the private sector, for example.

And, like a kind of mini private - sector version of the Works Progress Administration, it gave artists paying jobs doing what they liked to do.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

«The pay disparities between public - and private - sector law jobs have widened over the past two decades to the point that law - firm jobs can pay three to five times what graduates earn in the public realm.

Without the incentive of loan forgiveness, most professionals in their right minds would prefer higher - paying jobs in the private sector that will allow them to pay off their debts than roll the dice on a public sector career that may put their finances underwater forever.

Starting pay for graduates and school leavers with A levels in the armed forces is at least on a par with that for other public sector employers and in some instances may be more generous than for first jobs in similar areas in the private sector.

However, the pay may well be lower than for similar jobs in the private sector.

Pay special attention to the job titles as they are sometimes different in the private sector.