What is the budget for Central Government Employees' salaries?

The Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform announced on Tuesday (September 5th) the availability of 17,928 civil servant candidate positions (CPNS) across 61 institutions. The 2017 CPNS recruitment policy aims to fill crucial positions supporting the Nawacita program, replacing civil servants nearing retirement. Previously, the government also opened 1,648 CPNS positions at the Supreme Court and 17,962 at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

This CPNS recruitment will undoubtedly increase the government's personnel expenditure budget. Based on the 2017 State Budget (APBN), personnel expenditure reached Rp 343.3 trillion, representing 26.1 percent of the total central government expenditure of Rp 1,315.5 trillion. This personnel expenditure comprises Rp 220.2 trillion for Ministries/Institutions (K/L) and Rp 123.1 trillion for non-K/L entities.

Meanwhile, the realization of K/L personnel expenditure in the first half of 2017 reached only Rp 93.6 trillion, or 42.5 percent of the 2017 APBN target. This achievement is lower than the first-half realization of the previous year, which reached Rp 100.9 trillion, or 48.5 percent of the 2016 APBN target of Rp 208.2 trillion.