At a time when one out of 11 Illinoisans are out of work, Illinois's state employees are protesting the fact that they didn't get their third pay raise of the year. This short video is an introduction to the report Out of Sync: Government and Private Employee Compensation in Illinois.
The average compensation for a state employee in Illinois is $69,500 which is 23% more than the private sector worker in the state. Between 1993 and 2008 state employees saw their compensation grow by nearly 18% while private sector workers saw their compensation decline by 2%. All figures inflation adjusted.
To read the report visit: www.illinoispolicy.org/outofsync
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