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dc.titleCreating Public Payroll Indicators: A Methodological Guide
dc.contributor.authorSchuster, Christian
dc.contributor.authorNaranjo Bautista, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorLipinski, Robert
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity of the State Division
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutions for Development Sector
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2025-12-11T00:12:00
dc.date.issue2025-12-11T00:12:00
dc.description.abstractEffective public pay and employment practices are vital to fiscal sustainability and a capable workforce. This technical note provides practical, replicable methodological guidance for analyzing a crucial evidence source: public payroll data. Every government operates a payroll, issuing payments to all public employees, typically on a monthly basis. Thanks to the digitization of payroll systems, these transactions are now digitally recorded in most governments. Analytics of these records can provide rich insights to enhance public pay and employment. These include strengthening the sustainability of pay expenditure, narrowing gender pay gaps, addressing turnover and retention, and projecting staffing needs as retirements approach. Yet many governments either do not analyze their payrolls or generate only a limited set of insights. This note provides guidance to help governments expand their payroll analytics. It rests on a simple observation: payroll records across countries share a common structure, with each row is a payment to a public servant. Building on this, the note sets out a common approach to analysis and visualization that uses accessible code, a replicable dashboard for policymakers, and, thanks to standardized methods, enables benchmarking across organizations and countries. The guidance covers eight domains: employment growth, average pay trajectories, pay expenditure growth, salary equity, gender pay gaps, turnover, career development and promotions , and retirement projections. By standardizing payroll analytics, the methodology also lays the groundwork for cross-country public payroll indicators, providing a new lens on how public administrations operate.
dc.format.extent50
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013861
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Creating-Public-Payroll-Indicators-A-Methodological-Guide.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Creacion-de-indicadores-de-nomina-publica-guia-metodologica.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/portuguese/document/Criacao-de-indicadores-da-folha-de-pagamento-publica-guia-metodologico.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectPayroll
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPublic Employment
dc.subjectPublic Sector
dc.subjectPublic Expenditure
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subject.jelcodeC81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data • Data Access
dc.subject.jelcodeH83 - Public Administration • Public Sector Accounting and Audits
dc.subject.keywordsPublic pay;Public payrolls;turnover;Gender pay gaps
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-03246
idb.operationRG-E1945
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