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76% of Cayman Islands civil servants earn under $50,000 per year

Screen Shot 2015-06-17 at 10.05.31 AMFurther to a Freedom of Information request the government have released the following information:

The full-time annual remuneration levels for the Civil Service on the 30th June 2013 ranged from $17,394 to $160,020 (excluding the Chief Justice, His Excellency the Governor and Puisne Judges). The graph shows that the majority of the Civil Service were paid at the lower end of this salary range. The largest group (29%) of Civil Servants earned in the $30,000 to $39,999 salary range, with 76% of the Service earning under $50,000 per year.

The provision of medical benefits and pension, without employee contribution, should be noted when making comparisons on overall remuneration packages for Civil Servants with external organisations.

The Cayman Islands Government salary grades are split into salary points. Each grade contains between 5 and 13 Individual points, however automatic annual increments have been frozen within the Civil Service since 2002

The current Public Service Management Law (2011Revision) and Personnel Regulations (2012 Revision) delegate authority to Appointing Officers to determine the point placement of Individuals within a grade. A range of factors are considered, Including experience and qualifications.

The table and graph above summarise the position of employees within the point scales for the Civil Service as at 30th June 2013. 73% of the Service were on a point placement that was less than the mid-point of the range, with 31% of Civil Servants on the lowest point on their grade. Some 3% of the service were on the highest point of the grade, and a further 3% had an individual salary that was outside of the grade structure (the same percentages as 30th June 2012).

Of the new appointments to the Service during 2012/13,170 of all appointments (47%) were made to point 1 of the salary grade, while 80% of all appointments were made to points 4 and below of the salary grade.

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The original request asked for:
Number of persons in the Civil Service whose salary and emoluments are:

1. Greater than CI$150,000

2. CI$120,000 to CI$150,000 per annum

3. CI$100,000 to CI$120,000 per annum

4. CI$50,000 to CI$100,000 per annum

5. CI$25,000 to CI$50,000 per annum

6. Less than CI$25,000 per annum

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