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Originally Posted by yads
http://www.justice.gov.sk.ca/provcou...20MCMillan.pdf
According to that, Per capita incomes in Alberta have gone up from 30K to 48K from 2000-2010. In 2000 the population was about 2.88 million and in 2010 it was 3.725 million. In 2000 we were spending $6,800 million on public sector salaries and in 2010 it was $14,900 million. So on a per capita basis we were spending $2,361 in 2000 and in 2010 it was $4,000. A growth of 69% while all per capita income increased 60% in the same time span.
Keep in mind that public sector salaries are included in the per capita salary. If you take those away, private sector salary increases are even less.
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Statistics Canada data shows that the average wage in alberta increased 50% in the decade following 2000, but that Alberta public sector wages also increased by 77%. In fact, the "provincial public administration" wage growth in Alberta was the second fastest of all the major categories tracked by Statistics Canada over the past decade, exceeded only by “Management of Corporations and Enterprises.” Pretty much a similar job...?
Also, it should be noted that many public sector employees are 'specialist' in that they don't compete with the Private Sector for jobs (Teachers, Doctors, Nurses) and really only with other provinces; of which Alberta far out pays most provinces including our closest neighbors.