Toronto 
It is no secret that government workers enjoy better pay and benefits compared to private sector employees of a similar job profile.
If you need a quantitative comparison, Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank, published a study – Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario – which finds that on average, the wages of government employees in Ontario are 34.4 per cent higher, than wages in the private sector in 2021.
Analyzing the most recent (2021) data from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey, Fraser Institute says government employees are paid 10.9 per cent higher wages (8.8 per cent when unionization is taken into account) after adjusting for differences such as age, gender, education, tenure, type of work, industry, and occupation.
Government sector employees also enjoy more generous non-wage benefits than the private sector, including higher rates of pension coverage, higher rates of defined benefit pensions, earlier ages of retirement, lower rates of job loss, and more days lost per worker:
- Pensions: 83.9 per cent of government workers in Ontario are covered by a registered pension plan, compared to 25.1 per cent of private-sector workers. Of those covered by a registered pension plan, 94.5 per cent of government workers enjoyed a defined-benefit pension compared to 36.9 per cent of private-sector workers.
- Early retirement: Government workers in Ontario retire earlier than their private-sector counterparts— about 2.5 years on average.
- Personal leave: In 2021, full-time workers in the government sector were absent from their jobs for personal reasons more on average (14.0 days) than private sector workers (8.8 days).
- Job security: In 2021, 5.5 per cent of private sector employees experienced job loss in Ontario, compared to only 1.3 per cent of government workers.
Ben Eisen, a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute, says reducing the compensation gap in Ontario will ensure long-term government sustainability and produce better value for money to taxpayers.
The detailed report is available here.
No surprise here ….. and the SAME in the USA.
There are no greater “moochers” than PUBLIC Sector workers, and no greater “enablers” than the Elected Officials who trade their favorable votes on Public Sector pay, pensions, and benefits in exchange for Union campaign contributions and the favorable block-voting of the Union membership.