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Top-paid gov’t employee earns 31 times more than lowest

Macholo said by the end of this financial year, DPSM would have had the living wage conversation  PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Macholo said by the end of this financial year, DPSM would have had the living wage conversation PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Officials at the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) have revealed huge earning disparities, with the highest-paid civil servant earning about 31 times more than the lowest-paid. DPSM Director, Gaone Macholo, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting this week that the highest-paid government employee earns significantly more than the lowest-paid one.

For example, the top earner takes home about P100,000, and other extended perks while the lowest earner's salary is P3,200. This represents a difference of over 31 times payment disparity.

Macholo disclosed that the basic salary of the lowest-paid employee in the public service is P2,800, with an additional upkeep allowance of P452, totalling P3,200.

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