The salary system is changing in the public sector: Civil servant wages will be rearranged

A new study is being initiated to eliminate salary differences between personnel working in different statuses in the public sector. In line with the target in the 2027 Presidential Annual Program, it is planned to simplify the wage system of public personnel and rearrange salaries according to duties, authority, workload and responsibility levels.

A new measure regarding the wage system of public personnel was included in the "Human Resources in the Public Sector" section of the 2027 Presidential Annual Program published in the Official Gazette dated October 27, 2026.

The program stated, "The public personnel wage system will be simplified and wage levels will be rearranged based on duty and responsibility."

In this context, it is aimed to analyze the current wage systems of public personnel employed in different statuses and create a new wage architecture.

It was stated that within the scope of the activity determined in the program, the workload, authority and responsibility levels of public personnel according to their titles will be taken into account.

The main purpose of the work on the creation of the new system will be to simplify the complex wage structure resulting from different employment statuses in the public sector and to redefine wage levels according to the nature of the tasks.

Thus, it is aimed to move to a structure based on duty and responsibility in determining the salaries of public personnel.

The General Secretariat of the Presidency will be responsible for the work on the reorganization of the wage system of public personnel.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and the Presidency of Strategy and Budget will also contribute to the study.

A concrete schedule or figure has not yet been announced in the program regarding when the new wage system will be completed, which personnel groups it will affect and how it will be affected, and to what extent the salaries will be changed. It is expected that the details regarding the regulation will be determined as a result of the studies to be carried out.