Pay scale chart 2024: BPS, PPS & SPS Pay Scales in Pakistan

Introduction
BPS (Basic Pay Scales)
SPS Pay Scale in Pakistan
- SPS Salary 2024 in Pakistan
- SPS scales equivalence to BPS
PPS Pay Scale in Pakistan
- PPS Salary 2024 in Pakistan
- PPS scales equivalence to BPS
Conclusion

1.Introduction

There are several salary systems are enforced in Pakistan including Basic Pay Scales (BPS), Special Pay Scales (SPS) and Project Pay Scales (PPS). BPS pay scale is enforced in all government secretariats, divisions, judiciary and departments of Federal, Punjab, Sindh, Kpk, Balochistan and AJK. SPS pay scale is enforced in strategic nature's institutions like the Atomic Energy Division of Pakistan, NESCOM, SUPARCO and SPD etc. PPS are contractual pay scales, specially introduced for employees working on different government projects. Project Employees hired on a lump sum (inclusive of all allowances) salary package for Public Sector Development Programs (PSDP). Details of Latest BPS, SPS and PPS Pay Scales in Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh, Kpk, Balochistan and AJK 2024-2025 as follows:

2.BPS (Basic Pay Scales)

In BPS pay scale system a basic salary rates are fixed by the federal government of Pakistan, states and provinces. And overall salary is formulated by adding some regular & adhock allowances in the basic salary rates. Overall salary further increased from time to time, as announced by the Government of Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh, Kpk, Balochistan and AJK in the Annual Financial Budget. Basic salary rates are revised only in the case of the revision of basic pay scale rates. Budgetary salary increases are included in salary in the form of adhock allowance and continued till revision of basic salary rate. The total salary of an employee is the sum of the basic pay, some regular and special allowances.

a.Basic Pay scale chart 2024 as per BPS 2022

Basic pay scales was revised in the financial budget for the year 2022, therefore Currently Basic Pay scale rate BPS 2022 is enforced and Basic Pay scale chart 2024 is as under:-

Scale	Basic pay	Annual Increment	Maximum Limit	Salary Stages
BPS-1	13,550	430	26,450	30
BPS-2	13,820	490	28,520	30
BPS-3	14,260	580	31,660	30
BPS-4	14,690	660	34,490	30
BPS-5	15,230	750	37,730	30
BPS-6	15,760	840	40,960	30
BPS-7	16,310	910	43,610	30
BPS-8	16,890	1,000	46,890	30
BPS-9	17,470	1,090	50,170	30
BPS-10	18,050	1,190	53,750	30
BPS-11	18,650	1,310	57,950	30
BPS-12	19,770	1,430	62,670	30
BPS-13	21,160	1,560	67,960	30
BPS-14	22,530	1,740	74,730	30
BPS-15	23,920	1,980	83,320	30
BPS-16	28,070	2,260	95,870	30
BPS-17	45,070	3,420	113,470	20
BPS-18	56,880	4,260	142,080	20
BPS-19	87,840	4,530	178,440	20
BPS-20	102,470	6,690	196,130	14
BPS-21	113,790	7,420	217,670	14
BPS-22	122,190	8,710	244,130	14

b.BPS Pay scale chart 2024 for Newly Employed Government Employees

BPS Pay scale chart 2024 shows the net salary amount that employees will receive upon joining a government organization in current year. Salary of already working employees is higher than new employees because already working employees are getting an annual increment every year, merged into their basic salary. This salary chart reflects standard net salary rates other benefits like House hiring, medical reimbursement, car monetization and some special allowances are not included in these salary rates:-

Pay Scale	Basic Pay	Annual Increment	Medical Allowance	Convenience Allowance	House Rent	DRA 2021 @ 25% of Bps 2017	DRA 2022 @ 15% of Bps 2017	ARA 2022 @ 15% of Bps 2017	ARA 2023 @ 35/30% of Bps 2022	ARA 2024 @ 25/20% of Bps 2022	Special Allowance (Min wage Rs. 37000/-)	Orderly Allowance	Total Salary
BPS 1	13,550	430	1,500	1,785	2,005	2,283	1,370	1,370	4,743	3,388	5,009	-	37,000/-
BPS 2	13,820	490	1,500	1,785	2,049	2,328	1,397	1,397	4,837	3,455	4,434	-	37,000/-
BPS 3	14,260	580	1,500	1,785	2,120	2,403	1,442	1,442	4,991	3,565	3,494	-	37,000/-
BPS 4	14,690	660	1,500	1,785	2,187	2,475	1,485	1,485	5,142	3,673	2,579	-	37,000/-
BPS 5	15,230	750	1,500	1,932	2,255	2,565	1,539	1,539	5,331	3,808	1,303	-	37,000/-
BPS 6	15,760	840	1,500	1,932	2,315	2,655	1,593	1,593	5,516	3,940	196	-	37,000/-
BPS 7	16,310	910	1,500	1,932	2,383	2,748	1,649	1,649	5,709	4,078	-	-	37,955/-
BPS 8	16,890	1,000	1,500	1,932	2,474	2,845	1,707	1,707	5,912	4,223	-	-	39,189/-
BPS 9	17,470	1,090	1,500	1,932	2,579	2,943	1,766	1,766	6,115	4,368	-	-	40,436/-
BPS 10	18,050	1,190	1,500	1,932	2,670	3,040	1,824	1,824	6,318	4,513	-	-	41,670/-
BPS 11	18,650	1,310	1,500	2,856	2,778	3,143	1,886	1,886	6,528	4,663	-	-	43,887/-
BPS 12	19,770	1,430	1,500	2,856	2,940	3,330	1,998	1,998	6,920	4,943	-	-	46,254/-
BPS 13	21,160	1,560	1,500	2,856	3,135	3,565	2,139	2,139	7,406	5,290	-	-	49,190/-
BPS 14	22,530	1,740	1,500	2,856	3,221	3,795	2,277	2,277	7,886	5,633	-	-	52,074/-
BPS 15	23,920	1,980	1,500	2,856	3,524	4,030	2,418	2,418	8,372	5,980	-	-	55,018/-
BPS 16	28,070	2,260	4,211	5,000	4,091	4,728	2,837	2,837	9,825	7,018	-	-	68,614/-
BPS 17	45,070	3,420	6,761	5,000	6,649	7,593	4,556	4,556	13,521	9,014	-	-	102,718/-
BPS 18	56,880	4,260	8,532	5,000	8,714	9,588	5,753	5,753	17,064	11,376	-	25,000	153,659/-
BPS 19	87,840	4,530	13,176	5,000	13,284	14,803	8,882	8,882	26,352	17,568	-	25,000	220,786/-
BPS 20	102,470	6,690	15,371	5,000	15,758	17,273	10,364	10,364	30,741	20,494	-	25,000	252,833/-
BPS 21	113,790	7,420	17,069	5,000	17,469	19,180	11,508	11,508	34,137	22,758	-	25,000	277,419/-
BPS 22	122,190	8,710	18,329	5,000	18,684	20,595	12,357	12,357	36,657	24,438	-	25,000	295,607/-

c.Regular Allowances

These allowances are mandatory to pay to every government employee. Regular allowances are as under

1.House rent Allowance/House rental ceiling

2.Conveyance Allowance

3.Medical Allowance

d.Special Allowances

These allowances are not mandatory to pay to every government employee but only pay in special conditions or as per financial health of institutions. List of some special allowances are as under:-

a.Dearness Allowance

b.Compensatory Allowance

c.Orderly Allowance

d.Disparity Allowance

e.Judiciary Allowance

f.Teaching Allowance

g.Hard Area Allowance

h.Utility Allowance

i.Education Allowance

j.Integrated Allowance

k.Washing/Dusting Allowance etc.

l.Uniform Allowance

m.Health Risk Allowance Executive Allowance

n.Secretariat Allowance

o.Additional Charge Allowance

p.Computer Allowance

q.Executive Allowance

r.Equipment Allowance

s.Daily Allowance

t.Travel Allowance etc.

e.Rental Ceiling or House Hiring rates for Government Employees 2024-2025

Currently Rental Ceiling 2021 is enforced & rates are as under:-

Scale	Islamabad	Other cities
BPS-1 to BPS-2	7,029/-	6,591/-
BPS-3 to BPS-6	10,980/-	9,654/-
BPS-7 to BPS-10	16,403/-	14,682/-
BPS-11 to BPS-13	24,744/-	21,462/-
BPS-14 to BPS-16	31,085/-	27,134/-
BPS-17 to BPS-18	41,147/-	35,898/-
BPS-19	54,704/-	46,816/-
BPS-20	68,700/-	59,007/-
BPS-21	82,261/-	71,107/-
BPS-22	98,444/-	89,230/-

3.SPS Pay Scale in Pakistan

Structure of Special Pay Scale (SPS) is same as Basic Pay Scale (BPS) but instead of normal basic pay rates a special rates are formulated. SPS salary rates are higher than BPS salary rates. SPS salary system is enforced in strategic nature’s institutions like Atomic Energy Division of Pakistan, NESCOM and SPD etc. Further details are as followings:-

a.SPS Salary 2024 in Pakistan

Currently Special Pay Scales SPS 2022 are enforced. SPS Pay scale chart 2024 shows the net salary amount that employees will receive upon joining a strategic nature organization government in current year. Salary of already working employees is higher than new employees because already working employees are getting an annual increment every year, merged into their basic salary. This salary chart reflects standard net salary rates other benefits like House hiring, medical reimbursement, car monetization and some special allowances are not included in these salary rates SPS Pay scale chart 2024 along with special basic rates of SPS 2022 is as under:-

Scale(SPS)	Special pay	Annual Increment	Maximum Limit	Salary Stages	Approx Gross Salary
SPS-1	17,480	880	43,880	30	40,000/-
SPS-2	21,830	1,190	57,530	30	48,000/-
SPS-3	26,200	1,800	80,200	30	67,000/-
SPS-4	31,320	1,930	89,220	30	79,000/-
SPS-5	41,760	2,200	107,760	30	95,720/-
SPS-6	44,360	2,500	119,360	30	113,000/-
SPS-7	46,990	2,820	131,590	30	125,720/-
SPS-8	58,180	3,420	126,560	20	145,000/-
SPS-9	80,290	4,260	165,490	20	198,000/-
SPS-10	99,760	4,530	190,360	20	258,000/-
SPS-11	102,470	6,690	196,130	14	268,698/-
SPS-12	117,130	7,420	221,010	14	307,140/-
SPS-13	125,080	8,710	247,020	14	328,000/-

b.SPS scales equivalence BPS:-

SPS 1 is equivalent to BPS 1 to BPS 4
SPS 2 is equivalent to BPS 5 to BPS 6
SPS 3 is equivalent to BPS 7 to BPS 8
SPS 4 is equivalent to BPS 9 to BPS 10
SPS 5 is equivalent to BPS 11 to BPS 12
SPS 6 is equivalent to BPS 13 to BPS 14
SPS 7 is equivalent to BPS 15 to BPS 16
SPS 8 is equivalent to BPS 17
SPS 9 is equivalent to BPS 18
SPS 10 is equivalent to BPS 19
SPS 11 is equivalent to BPS 20
SPS 12 is equivalent to BPS 21
SPS 13 is equivalent to BPS 22

Scale (PPS)	Initial Pay	Annual Increment	Maximum Limit
PPS-1	28,000	1,400	44,800/-
PPS-2	35,000	1,750	57,750/-
PPS-3	43,750	2,188	70,000/-
PPS-4	52,500	2,625	84,000/-
PPS-5	70,000	3,500	112,000/-
PPS-6	105,000	5,250	168,000/-
PPS-7	157,500	7,875	252,000/-
PPS-8	218,750	10,938	350,000/-
PPS-9	306,250	15,313	490,000/-
PPS-10	437,500	21,875	700,000/-
PPS-11	612,500	30,625	980,000/-
PPS-12	875,000	43,750	1,400,000/-

SPS Pay Scales in Pakistan | BPS, PPS, SPS Pay Scales 2024

Government jobs in Pakistan are highly sought after due to their job security, benefits, and structured pay scales. In Pakistan, various scales are implemented across different sectors, primarily categorized as SPS Pay Scales in Pakistan, BPS and PPS. Understanding these scales is crucial for those seeking government positions. This article aims to provide a comprehensive guide to SPS Pay Scales in Pakistan, alongside comparisons with BPS and PPS pay scales.

What are SPS, BPS and PPS Pay Scales?

SPS (Special Pay Scale): The SPS pay scale is specifically designed for scientific and technical positions in organizations like SUPARCO, PAEC, and NESCOM. These positions usually involve research and development, where employees are offered higher salaries than typical civil servants.
BPS (Basic Pay Scale): BPS is the most widely used pay scale in Pakistan’s government sectors, covering a broad range of job categories. From Grade 1 to Grade 22, this scale is used for general government employees. Promotions and pay increases are often based on years of service and merit.
PPS (Project Pay Scale): The PPS pay scale is used for specific projects, mainly on contract-based positions. Employees working under PPS pay scales are hired for specific durations, often with higher pay packages compared to regular BPS employees but without the same long-term benefits.

Differences Between SPS, BPS and PPS Pay Scales

Salary and Benefits: SPS positions generally come with higher salaries and better benefits, especially for employees in scientific roles. On the other hand, BPS offers more stability and long-term career prospects. PPS roles, while often well-compensated, are usually contractual with fewer job security benefits.

Promotions: SPS employees enjoy a faster promotion process compared to BPS employees, who often have to wait longer for increments and promotions. PPS roles, however, may not have a standard promotion procedure since they are mostly project-based.

Applicability: SPS pay scales in Pakistan are limited to technical and scientific roles, while BPS pay scales cover a vast range of government positions, from clerks to senior-level bureaucrats. The PPS scale is mostly used in project-based hiring by various government departments and non-government organizations (NGOs).

Why Choose SPS, BPS or PPS Pay Scales?

For Stability: If you’re seeking long-term employment with pension benefits, BPS might be the better option. It covers a wider range of jobs, and promotions are systematic.
For Higher Pay in Technical Roles: If you have a technical or scientific background and prefer a role that offers better compensation and opportunities for research, the SPS Pay Scales in Pakistan are ideal. Positions like engineers, researchers, and IT experts are commonly hired under this scale.
For Contract-Based Employment: If you’re looking for short-term projects with a competitive salary but without long-term commitments, PPS pay scales might suit you best.

10.Conclusion

The different pay scales in Pakistan’s Government sector play a crucial role in shaping the country's workforce landscape. Although these scales aim to ensure fair compensation and maintain a structured salary system, challenges such as disparities, inflation, and economic fluctuations persist. It is imperative for the government to periodically review and revise these pay scales to align with the evolving economic conditions and ensure that public servants are adequately rewarded for their contributions. Additionally, efforts should be directed towards addressing issues of transparency and accountability in the implementation of pay scales, fostering a more equitable and motivated public sector workforce. Ultimately, a well-structured and responsive pay scale system is essential for job satisfaction, enhancing productivity, and promoting overall economic stability in Pakistan.

Pay scale chart 2024: BPS, PPS & SPS Pay Scales in Pakistan

Table of Contents

1.Introduction