Government Employee Spending Largest on Pension Payments

Based on a report by the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the realization of government employee spending reached Rp387.75 trillion in 2021.

This amount reached 92.07% of the budgeted amount of Rp421.14 trillion and was 1.9% higher than the 2020 realization.

The largest realization of government employee spending in 2021 was for pension and waiting allowance payments, amounting to Rp128.34 trillion. This accounts for 33.1% of the total government employee spending last year.

The next largest realization of government employee spending was for the payment of salaries and allowances for Civil Servants (PNS), amounting to Rp86.04 trillion (22.19%).

This was followed by spending and allowances for transit employees at Rp77.9 trillion (20.09%), salaries and allowances for the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri) at Rp63.03 trillion, and salaries and allowances for non-PNS at Rp18.38 trillion (4.74%).

Then there was spending on employee social security programs worth Rp10.78 trillion, honorariums at Rp1.44 trillion, salaries and allowances for state officials at Rp969.88 billion, overtime pay at Rp792 billion, rounding of PPPK salaries at Rp61.26 billion, salaries for PTT doctors at Rp1.73 billion, and accounting differences of Rp102.67 million.

Overall, this employee spending accounted for 19.38% of the total realization of central government spending, which amounted to Rp2 quadrillion in 2021.