The province spent an estimated $48.2 billion on public sector salaries last year, not including pensions and benefits
, with $19.1 billion to school board employees, $18.2 billion to hospital staff, and $8.3 billion to ministry and agency workers, the FAO says.
Ontario’s 6.3 million paid workforce last year was made up of 4.8 million private sector employees and 1.6 million federal, provincial and municipal workers.Article contentThe average wage for an Ontario public sector worker was $69,259 a year, lower than municipal employees at $70,418 and federal employees at $89,574, the FAO says.
Inflation, staffing shortages and collective bargaining could all push public sector wages higher, the FAO says.tap here to see other videos from our team“We estimate that elevated inflation could lead to $6.6 billion in higher spending cumulatively over the five years to 2026-27,” Weltman said.
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