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Federal Personnel: Federal/Private Sector Pay Comparisons

OCE-95-1 Published: Dec 14, 1994. Publicly Released: Dec 14, 1994.
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GAO reviewed the methodologies for estimating the differences between federal and private-sector white-collar pay, focusing on possible explanations for the discrepancy between official and academic estimates of the federal/private pay gap.

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Comparative analysisCompensationFederal employeesIncome statisticsPayPrivate sectorSalary increasesStatistical methodsWage surveysHuman capital