Next Year's Civil Servant Salaries 41.3 Trillion Won... 1.1 Trillion Won Increase from This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Next year's civil servant personnel expenses are expected to reach 41 trillion won.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the 1st, the central government civil servant personnel expenses budget for next year has been set at 41.3 trillion won, an increase of 1.1 trillion won (2.7%) from this year (40.2 trillion won).

This is an increase of 7.9 trillion won (23.7%) compared to 2017 (33.4 trillion won), when the Moon Jae-in administration took office.

Earlier, considering the difficulties faced by the private employment market due to the COVID-19 situation, the government reflected a 1.4% wage increase rate for civil servants in next year's budget and froze the wages of senior public officials for the fourth consecutive year. However, personnel expenses appear to have surged due to the increase in the number of civil servants itself.

According to the Government Organization Management System, the number of national civil servants under the Moon Jae-in administration at the end of last year was 735,909, an increase of 104,529 compared to the end of the Park Geun-hye administration (631,380).

Adding this year's planned recruitment (8,345) and next year's scheduled recruitment (5,815), the number of civil servants will increase by about 120,000 over five years.

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