Evaluating military compensation.
Contributors: Murray, Carla Tighe.; United States. Congressional Budget Office.
Series: A CBO study
Publisher: Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: United States. -- Dept. of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures; United States -- Armed Forces -- Pay, allowances, etc. -- Evaluation; United States -- Armed Forces -- Personnel management -- Evaluation
Genres: Evaluation.
Other titles: CBO study, evaluating military compensation
Notes: "June 2007."

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Table of contents: title: Introduction and summary.  Defining military compensation ; Comparing military and civilian compensation ; Factors that complicate military-civilian comparisons; title: Military pay, promotions, and rank; title: Estimates of military compensation.  Total compensation for enlisted personnel by years of experience ; Cash earnings for selected occupations; title: Comparing increases in military and civilian pay.  The "gap" between changes in basic pay and civilian earnings ; Issues in using the "pay gap" to evaluate military compensation ; Increases in regular military compensation versus the employment cost index; title: Comparing levels of military and civilian pay.  Cash compensation ; Noncash and deferred benefits ; General limitations of military-civilian comparisons; title: Linking military compensation to recruiting and retention.  Effectiveness of using pay to resolve occupational shortages or surpluses ; Effects of cash and noncash compensation on recruiting and retention; title: Options to increase the visibility and efficiency of military compensation.  Integrating the components of total compensation ; Increasing cash relative to noncash compensation; title: Appendix A: Total compensation for the median enlisted member; title: Appendix B: How pay changes with deployment; title: Appendix C: Types of occupation- or skills-based compensation.