Islamabad: The combined ratio of salaries, perks and operating expenses is much higher for upper grades from 17 to 22 than for lower rates.
“the combined ratio of salaries, perks, and operating expenses is much higher for BPS-22 employees, getting 32.52 times from BPS-1 employees. This suggests that perks and benefits and operating expenditure are highly compressed, with a large gap between the highest and the lowest salaries,” a study done by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) titled “ife Time Cost of Public Servants” revealed on Sunday.
The aggregate ratio encompassing salaries, perks and benefits, and operating expenses for BPS 22 employees is significantly greater than that of BPS 1 employees, at 32.52 times. This indicates a substantial disparity in perks, benefits, and operating costs, with a considerable chasm between the highest and lowest salary levels.
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the latest headcount of federal government employees in Pakistan is 1,374,911 as of December 2022. This number includes civilians, armed forces and autonomous/semi-autonomous/corporations.
In Pakistan, the government spends ample money on paying employees and providing pensions: The cost of producing these employees is about Rs3 trillion, and pension costs about Rs1.5 trillion. Project workers, people working in government companies and other organisations cost approximately another Rs2.5 trillion. The salaries for the military and the total amount spent on wages becomes around Rs1 trillion.
