Rank-and-file Canberra public servants will need pay rises of nearly $4000 this year just to cover the cost of parking their cars each day in the city's Parliamentary Triangle.

An analysis by The Canberra Times shows wages will have to rise by between 3.6 per cent and 4.4 per cent for the most common classifications in the public service in Canberra, just to keep pace with the $11-a-day parking fees due to start on July 1.

Public servants will need pay rises of nearly $400 this year just to cover the cost of parking in the Parliamentary Triangle. Credit:Graham Tidy

As unions and the Abbott government move closer to war over pay and conditions, the analysis shows bureaucrats working in and around the national precinct look set for a big rise in their day-to-day living costs