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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I’ve talked with several people about salaries in Calgary in recent years (including someone who works in HR), and the most commonly cited figure for cost-of-living increase is 3 per cent. These are private-sector numbers. I don’t know if that’s just a Calgary thing, with salaries still depressed due to the energy-industry downturn (though not all the examples were in the energy industry).
I’d be curious to see the average annual private-sector increases in B.C. in recent years. Workers in all sectors may be losing out to rising cost of living. I’d be surprised if there’s a substantial gap between the private and public sector.
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You would have to factor in how much more private sector employees make compared to their public sector counterparts. I can't speak for all industries, but I know when I went between the public and private sector in the natural resources industry, my salary changed by 10-20% for doing similar work.