State government workers earn 3 to 10 percent more money than their counterparts in the private sector, while local government employees tend to make 10 to 19 percent more, a new study reveals.
According to a report issued by American Economic Association:
The data suggest that public sector workers, especially local government ones, on average, receive greater remuneration than observably similar private sector workers. Overturning this result would require, we think, strong arguments for particular model specifications, or different data.