no need. they compare California (high competition from private sector) with other states without such competition. they could manipulate it to proove any poin

no need. they compare California (high competition from private sector) with other states without such competition. they could manipulate it to proove any point. with the same data I could say that with sunnier days lead to more employee attrition. any point that California differs from the other state can be blamed, after the author ignored the private sector salaries, and he chose to pick a competing state without salary transparency to make their point.