Ok, I stop poking fun at you.
Sometimes, the simple question is not a simple question, your
question
"Public and private, which gets more pay, on average" is not
easy to answer, coz you are making it too general.
First of all, a starting job in the public sector mostly can be
higher than the private sector.
Overtime, the private sector pay may catch up coz increments
can be larger
depending on company performance. For example, in this horrible
crisis, public sector pay should be better than private sector pay
right now.
Basically, if you want a stable job, go to public for its stable
increments and job security, but private offers more risks and
benefits as well.
So like I said, there's no sacrifice of one over the other.
i think in terms of starting, private is not that far behind, if
you take into account bonuses.
public sectors bonus is usually quite standard, 1 month, at best
2.
for private, some bankers and engineers get up to 9 month bonus.
at worse, it could be 0, but that should be quite extreme. if you
mixed it up, starting about the same, long run private wins.
