Percentage of Unionized Government Employees
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Government employees are more than four times likelier to be unionized than their private-sector counterparts, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Taxpayer-funded jobs are the only sector of the economy where unions have consistently grown for several years. And taxpayers are left with the check, rung up by government employee union officials and the politicians all too eager to appease them.Click on a state to view the full state profile.
- Some basic facts:
- The median public employee netted $39,416 in 2005, compared with $32,500 for the typical private-sector employee.
- The New York Times reported on August 8, 2006 that state and local governments may owe roughly $375 billion (on top of current budgeting) in order to pay out pensions. "Barclays Global Investments has calculated that if America's state pension plans were required to use the same methods as corporations," the Times reports, taxpayer liability would double.
- Between federal, state, and local government pension obligations, USA TODAY reported on May 24, 2006, every household in America owes public employees more than $27,500.
