- The public sector varies from country to country
- Employment levels in the public sector generally range from 17 to 20 per cent
- The most employing sector in this category is the manufacturing sector which employs approximately 22 % of jobs in South Africa
-Public sector organizations are established to provide public services using public money
- Public sector organizations , a rise in wages translates generally into increased taxes
- Strike in public sector affects basic services such as transport , health services etc.
- In this sector the state does a lot of infra structuring
-This results in increased taxes and retrenchment , all this happens   so that the state can maintain its budget and expenditures
- The public sector forms a barkage to the state's structure