2024-04-20 03:51:54
Monthly, the State spends more than $600,000 on public sector salaries. The highest peak was reached in 2023, when the annual salary payment exceeded USD 7,200 and added another significant amount in thirteenth and fourth remunerations.
In 2024, the lack of resources in the fiscal coffers prompted the implementation of a plan to optimize public spending, which includes reducing the cost of bureaucracy. It was there that the Ministry of Labor detected that there are more than 1,000 positions in 10 public companies with salaries greater than USD 5,072which is the salary that the President receives.
Although in companies such as CNT, Celec, CNEL and Petroecuador, salaries double and even almost triple that amount, in other state institutions they are much lower.
How much do public servants earn?
The salary of public officials is determined in a table approved by the Ministry of Labor. However, the amounts differ slightly depending on each institution and the occupation of each official.
You can find out the exact amounts that each collaborator receives by entering the website of the institution to which it belongs, in the section Transparency.
Currently, the public servers table has 22 degreesranging from USD 527for Public Service Servant 1. Salaries for higher hierarchical levels were modified.
Currently, a Ministerial Agreement sets the amounts of the monthly salaries of public servants, including the entities that make up the autonomous sectional regime and Public Companies. In this way, no state official will be able to receive income greater than that of the President.
These are the amounts updated in March 2024:
For 2024, the Ministry of Labor also issued tables with salaries for the 22 sectoral commissions that govern for 2024. These had an increase of 2,223%. Get to know the complete list: