 wage benefit disparity  patrick anderson of the anderson economic group in an analysis of wage and benefit packages between the public and private sectors made the following statement   here are the uncontradicted facts michigan state civil service employees had a pay and benefits package that averaged over 85000 in 2009 private sector workers had pay and benefits that averaged about 42000 depending on exactly how you calculate it mdash and some experts in the state calculate it a little differently mdash this public private pay gap can be a little smaller or a little larger but it doesn rsquo t go away  for the complete article by patrick l anderson from domemagazinecom click on the following story link titled  telling the truth wasn rsquo t lsquo rookie mistake  rsquo 37  