Evaluating military compensation.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Congressional Budget Office

Series:

CBO study

A CBO study

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States--Armed Forces--Personnel management.

Armed Forces--Personnel management.

Expenditures, Public.

Genre:

Government publications

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 36 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction and summary. Defining military compensation ; Comparing military and civilian compensation ; Factors that complicate military-civilian comparisons

Military pay, promotions, and rank

Estimates of military compensation. Total compensation for enlisted personnel by years of experience ; Cash earnings for selected occupations

Comparing increases in military and civilian pay. The "gap" between changes in basic pay and civilian earnings ; Issues in using the "pay gap" to evaluate military compensation ; Increases in regular military compensation versus the employment cost index

Comparing levels of military and civilian pay. Cash compensation ; Noncash and deferred benefits ; General limitations of military-civilian comparisons

Linking military compensation to recruiting and retention. Effectiveness of using pay to resolve occupational shortages or surpluses ; Effects of cash and noncash compensation on recruiting and retention

Options to increase the visibility and efficiency of military compensation. Integrating the components of total compensation ; Increasing cash relative to noncash compensation

Appendix A: Total compensation for the median enlisted member

Appendix B: How pay changes with deployment

Appendix C: Types of occupation- or skills-based compensation.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 29, 2007).

Distributed to depository libraries in paper (ii, 36 p. : ill., charts; 28 cm.), shipping list no.: 2007-0343-P.

"June 2007."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Evaluating military compensation.

OCLC:

148075978

Access Restriction:

Use copy Restrictions unspecified