House, The Cabinet approves a 10% salary increase for civil servants. New hires start at 18,000 baht in 2025.
Mr. Danucha Pitchayanan, Secretary-General of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDB), revealed that the Cabinet meeting resolved to approve the salary increase for civil servants. It will increase at a rate of 10% for a period of 2 years in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. It is expected that the first salary increase will begin after the 2024 budget, which comes into effect in the middle of this year.
Mr. Danucha said that this round of salary increases will increase only for newly hired civil servants first. By adjusting the salary rate to increase by 10% per year, so that in the second year of work, in 2025, newly hired civil servants will have a salary of 18,000 baht, but while waiting for the base salary to increase. During this period, there will be money to help with living expenses to help first. But how much will it increase? The Comptroller General's Department will go back and consider the details to present to the Cabinet again.
As for the group of civil servants hired 1-2 years before the new salary base adjustment begins, Consideration will be given to adjusting the base salary to be slightly higher than the newly hired civil servant who receives a salary of 18,000 in order to have a gap between the salary of the original civil servant who just joined shortly before and the newly hired civil servant.
Mr. Danucha said that initially for this salary increase, the resolution of 4 agencies came to the same conclusion that There will be an increase in the salary of civil servants from the operational level who have bachelor's degrees and are hired as new civil servants. Only reached the Specialist level or C8 level, as for the Expert level. or directors at level C9 will not receive a salary increase. Because there is already a high base salary
As for the budget limit that will be used, Budget Bureau and relevant agencies will consider the details again. Initially it is expected that A main budget of 5,000 - 6,000 million baht must be used in 2024 from the central budget, which is considered a small amount. Because there are only about 5 months left. As for fiscal year 2025, it is expected that the budget will be in the tens of billions of baht.
While increasing the salary of civil servants this time Whether or not it will be related to the group of pensioners as well, the Secretary-General of the NESDB admits that it will not be related to pensioners. Because it is mainly related to newly hired civil servants.-314
Source: Thai News Agency