The "Comparative Chart of Private Sector Salaries and Civil Service Remuneration" done by the CPA in 1989 (See Table II) indicates that low level salaries are about 7 % higher than the private sector, but middle and upper level pay lags behind by about 30 %.
人事行政局民國七十八年所做的「民間企業薪資與公務人員待遇比較表」（請見附表二）即顯示，低階公務員的薪資較民間企業同等職位者高出將近百分之七；反之，中、高級公務員待遇卻較民間企業低了近三成。