Are Wages in Czech Education and Health Care Sectors the Same?

This paper deals with the development of wages in Czech education and health care sectors since the beginning of the global economic crisis to the present. Data for this research come from the official website of the Czech Statistical Office and they include employees of the Czech Republic. The variable surveyed is the gross nominal monthly wage of the employee. Capturing development in wage levels in these two sectors, including a comparison with two the best-paid and two the worst-paid sectors, is the main objective of this study, as the issue concerning wage in education and health care sectors is a frequently debated topic in the Czech Republic. Depiction of the development of wage differentiation and diversification characteristics in Czech education and health care sectors is no less important objective of this research. Data from the CSO include employees in the business and non-business sphere in the Czech Republic. The wage is paid to the employee for the work done in the private (business) sphere, the salary in the budget (state, public, non-business) sector. In terms of data presented on the CSO website, wages in the business sector and salaries in the non-business sector are below the wage term.