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Data Analysis
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the comparison of base salary and total remuneration between the civil service and the private sector.
The job-content score in respect of each private sector job in the survey was plotted on a graph against the remuneration for that job. Three lines for the private sector were drawn, showing
the Average remuneration for each job-content score;
the Upper Quartile or Q3 line (i.e. 25%
of private companies' pay practices for each job-content score were above the line and 75% were below); and
the Lower Quartile or Q1 line (i.e. 75% of private companies' pay practices for each job-content score were above the line and 25% were below).
A line indicating average civil service remuneration for each job-content score was then plotted on the same graph.
Private Companies Used
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While sufficient data were provided by private companies in the survey up to the D2/DJL2 level, such data became scanty and therefore less reliable from D3/DJL3 upwards (as the number of companies providing data on jobs at these senior levels decreased from less than 20 to a few). As a result, Hay Manage- ment Consultants found it necessary for their assessment of D3/DJL3 upwards to use data from their Chief Executive Officer Survey carried out in October 1986 in respect of 21 private companies covering about 200 senior positions.
The Results as regards Salaries
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In comparing salaries, no distinction was made between local and expatriate staff when gathering data on salaries in the private sector as the Government treats local and overseas officers in the civil service as one homogeneous group.
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An analysis of the results as regards salaries is at Appendix I. The results indicate the following -
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