[JRios1968]

... thoughtful liberal bloggers...

This is a contradiction in itself.

[all the best]

That’s up to individual workers to decide. If they think they can do better else where, then they should make the move. Until then they should be grateful for their job and get to work.

[Mr. K]

As someone extremely brilliant once said:

“There are Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”

[wilco200]

90% of these jobs are useless and thus “overpaid” on their face

[GonzoGOP]

One thing that they always seem to forget is that teachers get a three month vacation every year. So that 64k is spread over 9 months not 12. I know several teachers who take on seasonal jobs with the forest service or with tourist related industries an pick up part time “fun money” that way. This is a gigantic factor that is represented in almost no other occupation, except perhaps Great Lakes sailors who get two months a year off when the lakes freeze up.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Clearly many are overpaid, but some public employees are doubtless underpaid. That is a great negative of unions, they yoke the hard-working and conscientious worker with the slovenly and dishonest. For instance, we shouldn’t forget that there were Wisconsin teachers who DID NOT leave their jobs.

[Free Vulcan]

If you take salary and bennies they aren’t underpaid. Yeah private business may make more, but when you take back out what they pay for bennies v. what they get, govt workers are often way ahead. Cash outflow for these things are much more protected for the govt employee.

[wfu_deacons]

The proper comparison would be a comparison of teachers in public and private sectors correcting for education and experience. The cited study would have shown private school teachers are even more under-compensated.