Documents by Mercer Consulting for the APSC comparing private and public sector remuneration since 2007

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The release comprises a series of Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd reports prepared for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) on behalf of the Australian Public Service Commission, covering APS remuneration from 2007 onward. The 2007 Broader Market Comparison, dated June 2008, draws on 96,396 records from 48 agencies (against about 155,500 APS employees), with 2,117 SES records and 29,307 non-SES records in the analysis. It benchmarks APS SES and non-SES total remuneration packages against State and Territory public services and the private sector. Later reports, including 2008 (dated August 2009), 2009 and 2010 editions, show APS remuneration relative to the Combined Public Service midpoint and individual jurisdictions. Findings include SES TRP medians about 11 to 14 per cent above the CPS midpoint in 2008, EL 1 and EL 2 medians about 24 and 32 per cent above, and APS 5 median TRP movement of 7 per cent in 2009. Western Australia was excluded from the 2010 survey over data concerns. No Code of Conduct or integrity findings are included.