Since the summer of 2010, EPI has released several reports analyzing and comparing the compensation of public-sector workers to their private-sector peers. Evidence from these reports has shown that, on the whole, public-sector workers earn less than those in the private sector. In reverse chronological order, here is all of EPI’s work on this issue:
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Low-wage workers have seen historically fast real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle: Policy investments translate into better opportunities for the lowest-paid workers
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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country: Amid increasing child labor violations, lawmakers must act to strengthen standards
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EPI comments on USCIS fee schedule regulation
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Increasing the Maryland minimum wage to $15 in 2023 would boost incomes for low-wage workers and advance gender and racial justice: Testimony in support of the Fair Wage Act of 2023 (SB 555) before the Maryland Senate Finance and Budget and Taxation Committees
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Increasing the Maryland minimum wage to $15 in 2023 would boost incomes for low-wage workers and advance gender and racial justice: Testimony in support of the Fair Wage Act of 2023 (HB 549) before the Maryland House of Delegates Economic Matters Committee
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Flexible work without exploitation: Reversing tech companies’ state-by-state agenda to unravel workers’ rights and misclassify workers as ‘contractors’ in the gig economy and beyond
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Major strike activity increased nearly 50% in 2022: Upcoming Supreme Court case threatens workers’ ability to strike
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EPI comments on DHS and DOL Temporary Rule to increase the fiscal year 2023 numerical limitation for the H-2B visa program and portability for H-2B workers
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EPI comments on NLRB’s proposed rulemaking on Fair Choice and Employee Voice
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The economic case for expanding the scope of reconciliation
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The economic costs of worker misclassification
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EPI comments the OFCCP’s request for reauthorization of its compliance review scheduling letter
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Inflation should not change how policymakers respond to recession
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Unionization increased by 200,000 in 2022: Tens of millions more wanted to join a union, but couldn’t
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The economics of abortion bans: Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers
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Inequality in annual earnings worsens in 2021: Top 1% of earners get a larger share of the earnings pie while the bottom 90% lose ground
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Detailing the new methodology behind EPI’s quarterly state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity series
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EPI response comments regarding the NLRB’s Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
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Threatening migrants and shortchanging workers: Immigration is the government’s top federal law enforcement priority, while labor standards enforcement agencies are starved for funding and too understaffed to adequately protect workers
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed rulemaking on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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The Fed and a smooth macroeconomic transition to a cleaner U.S. economy
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EPI comments on NLRB’s proposed rulemaking on the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
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The pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing national shortage of teachers
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Domestic Workers Chartbook 2022: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
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The Older Workers and Retirement Chartbook
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References
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Chapter 1. Older workers
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Chapter 2. Retirement
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Chapter 3. Risk
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EPI comment on proposal to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement an Executive Order pertaining to project labor agreements in Federal construction projects