Comparing public-versus-private sector pay and benefits: Examining lifetime compensation

Social Sciences

• private sector 100%
• employee 84%
• public sector 58%
• occupation 57%
• social security 45%
• Public sector workers 38%
• public policy 35%
• income 32%
• worker 30%
• pension 25%
• retirement 22%
• assistant 21%
• liability 21%
• engineer 19%
• scenario 17%
• costs 13%
• evaluation 10%
• literature 9%

Business & Economics

• Private Sector 91%
• Social Security 49%
• Public and Private Sector 40%
• Income 37%
• Workers 29%
• Employees 28%
• 401(k) 28%
• Public Policy Issue 27%
• Blue-collar Workers 26%
• Public Sector Employees 26%
• Public Sector 25%
• Public Employees 25%
• Public Pensions 24%
• Defined Benefit 24%
• Retirement 21%
• Liability 17%
• Engineers 16%
• Public Policy 16%
• Scenarios 12%
• Evaluation 10%
• Alternatives 9%
• United States of America 8%
• Costs 7%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Compensation and Redress 90%
• Personnel 75%
• Gages 19%
• Engineers 13%
• Costs 7%