Evening star., 1923-10-13
PAY INCREASES UNDER
RECLASSIFICATION VARY
WIDELY IN DEPARTMENTS
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military establishment brings in Off
| GERS to fill all the top positions. which
tends to reduce the average per-
centage of increase. Two things,
| however, tend to pull up the avera sc:
| First, in the technical bureaus tbare
are a considerable number of higher
paid places on the civilian rolls, such
| as engineering. construction repairs,
yards and docks, all of which have
technical civilian employees drawing
salaries above the averag.; and Sec
ond, these are all paid from lump
sum appropriations, so that the Navy
Department runs fairly true to nor
NAL.
The summary of the Personnel Clas-
sification Board for the Navy Depart
ment is Is follows:
Present base pay. sS,177,732.
Base pay plus the bonus tor what
is now received), $3,646, ,96S.
Appraised pay under reclassification.
$3,S13,720.
Amount of increase over, base pay.
S6S5,9S8.
Percentage of increase over base
pay. 20.
plus the bonus, S166,752.
Percentage of net increase, 4.57.
state REPAYMENT Illustration.
The State Department is a good
Illustration OF where the bulk of en-
ployes are statutory. but there has
grown up small percentage of the
force covered by lump sum appropria-
tions. On this account the average
percentage of increase for the State
Department Is a little lower than
normal. due to these so-called draft
ing Offices.
The summary of the personnel cias-
sification board for the $50 employees
of the State Department Is as fol-
lows:
Present base pay, s1,045,230.
Base pay plus the bonus. $1,173,1 $50.
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
ton, and to be carried in the next
budget, $1.231,360.
Amount of increase over base pay,
$16O130.
Percentage of increase ove- base
pay, 1908
Amount Of increase over base pay
plus the bonus. $58.21o.
Percentage of net increase over
base pay plus the bonus, 4.S1.
Labor Department Nenr Standard.
The Labor Department also has it's
force of 625 employees split between
those on the statutory rolls and those
who are paid from lump-sum appro-
priations and. therefore, are receiv-
sification rates. The immi grafton
service, the children's bureau, the
women's bureau, the federal employ
| ment service and like activities are
paid from lump-sum appropriations.
| while the older bureaus are all statu-
The summary of the personnel Clas-
! sification Board for the Labor Depart
ment is as follows:
Present base pay, $972,640.
Base pay plus the bonus, $1,0S8.752.
F.; Appraised pay under reclasstfica-
| tion, $1,144.7S8.
Amount Of increase over base pay,
| s172,148.
Percentage of increase over base
pay, III.
Amount of increase over base pay
! plus the bonus, S45,996.
, Percentage Of net increase over base
pay plus the bonus. AZ.
Lump Sum Employees.
In the Department of Justice prac-
! tically two-thirds of the entire appro-
! priation goes to lump sum employees,
| while about SO per cent of the cleri-
cal force are statutory salary work.
ers. The assistant attorneys general.
/ the bureau of investigation, etc, are
lump sum people.
| The summary of the Personnel Clas-
, siflcation Board for the $50 employees
| follows:
| Present base pay, $1,657,672.
! Base pay plus the bonus Cor what
, is now received), $1,775,7s3.
| Appraised pay unoer reciaSSlnca-
! tion, s1,S35,f64.
! Amount of increase over base pay,
: $177,792.
Percentage Of increase over base
pay, 1913.
i Amount of increase over base pay
! plus the bonus, S5S,671.
! Percentage of net increase, 3.36.
| Commerce Department, which next
! to the Post Office Department has the
| largest percentage of statutory posi-
| tions, has the largest average per-
| centage of net increase under re-
| classification of any of the regular
| departments. The summary of the
| Personnel Classification Board for the
| 1850 employees of the Department OF
| Commerce is as follows:
| Present base pay, $4,1S1,515.