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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EPI comments on DHS’s proposed rule on “Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections”
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed rule on “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States”
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EPI comments on DOL’s proposed overtime rule
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EPI comments on CMS’s proposed rule on minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities
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Paid sick leave access expands with widespread state action: Low-wage workers without access face economic and health insecurity
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Student debt and homeownership barriers in D.C.
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Economic recovery in the Midwest: Challenges and opportunities after the pandemic
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Rooted in racism and economic exploitation: The failed Southern economic development model
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Massachusetts should resist tech company threats and protect rights of rideshare drivers and all workers: Testimony submitted to the Massachusetts House Joint committee on Labor and Workforce Development on House bill 1848
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Teacher pay penalty still looms large: Trends in teacher wages and compensation through 2022
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CEO pay slightly declined in 2022: But it has soared 1,209.2% since 1978 compared with a 15.3% rise in typical workers’ pay
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Testimony prepared for the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions for a hearing on ‘The Impact of Biden’s Open Border on the American Workforce’
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EPI comment regarding DOL’s proposed information collection to update the National Database of Childcare Prices
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What to know about this summer’s strike activity: What’s spurring the rise in labor actions?
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Record-low number of federal wage and hour investigations of farms in 2022: Congress must increase funding for labor standards enforcement to protect farmworkers
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The impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2023, by congressional district
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Chasing the dream of equity: How policy has shaped racial economic disparities
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Why the U.S. needs at least a $17 minimum wage: How the Raise the Wage Act would benefit U.S. workers, their families, and entire communities
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Unions promote racial equity
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The CROWN Act: A jewel for combating racial discrimination in the workplace and classroom
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The impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2023
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Letter to Senate HELP Committee supporting the renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board
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Testimony in support of SB 170 and SB 171 before the Michigan Senate Labor Committee: Repeal of Michigan laws preempting local labor standards will empower communities to address inequality, boost low wages, and ensure major public investments generate good jobs
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Coalition letter in support of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act
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EPI comment re proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, ‘Regulatory Analysis’
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EPI comment regarding OSTP Request for Information on automated worker surveillance and management
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Testimony prepared for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on ‘Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children’
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Power in partnership: How government agencies and community partners are joining forces to fight wage theft
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Testimony prepared for the House Committee on Small Business for a hearing on ‘Prices on the Rise, Examining the Effects of Inflation on Small Businesses’
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Congress should vote against overturning an updated rule that protects farmworkers from being underpaid