[garmaine]

No, they tend to be just paid less, period. They pay and benefits is WAY better in the private sector, and job security is only partially true.

[munk-a]

This comment has been downvoted but I wanted to highlight that it is quite correct, people actually working in the public sector tend to be paid poorly compared to similar private sector jobs, this is a bit of a new trend where the previous generation in the US was more familiar with public sector jobs being good paying reliable jobs that could help secure a family into the middle income bracket but that time has passed.

I am excluding, by the way, private contractors working in the public sector which tend to be grossly over paid but lack any sort of pension benefits.