Study finds that benefits equalize pay rates of state and private sector workers

State and local employees in Alaska are paid less than private-sector workers, but benefits make up the difference. That’s according to a new study from the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Mouhcine Guettabi,
Assistant Professor of Economics at UAA (Photo courtesy of University of Alaska Anchorage)Public workers earned 8 percent less than those in the private sector. But total compensation was about the same, since public employees have bet