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TABLE 7.-Number of regular, full-time civilian positions with salaries of $9,975 or more in the agencies inventoried, distributed by departmental and field service and salary rate, Sept. 1, 1947

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Of the 3,107 positions covered by the inventory, 2,502 or 80.5 percent are paid at rates established by statute, most of them under fixed compensation schedules of general application. More than half of the total of 3,107-1,779 or 57.2 percent-fall under the pay scales of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended by the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946. Other statutory pay schedules, applicable to the Foreign Service of the United States under the State Department, the postal field service, and the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, account for 457 positions, or 14.7 percent.

For 266 or 8.6 percent of the positions covered, the salary rate is prescribed by specific statutory provision applicable to the individual position or positions named by Congress.

For 596 positions, constituting 19.2 percent of the total inventory, the salary rate is established by administrative action of the head of the department or agency. However, in nearly one-third of these instances, numbering 184 or 5.9 percent of the total inventory, a limitation or ceiling rate is provided by statute. In the case of the remaining 412 positions, or 13.3 percent of the total inventory, rates may be fixed by administrative action of the head of the department or agency without reference to a statutory maximum.

For 9 positions, or 0.3 percent of the total inventory, the salary rate is established by other authority or method.

Table 8 summarizes these figures.

TABLE 8.-Number and percentage distribution of regular, full-time civilian positions with salaries of $9,975 or more in the agencies inventoried, according to method of fixing salaries, Sept. 1, 1947

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The proportion of positions with salaries of $9,975 or more fixed under statutory pay schedules of general application varies considerably according to the department or agency.

In each of 21 of the 55 agencies inventoried, more than 75 percent of the posi tions are subject to such schedules. The proportion is very high in eight of these agencies, including the War Department (98.9 percent), the Navy Department (97.5 percent), the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (96.2 percent), and the Veterans' Administration (97.8 percent). In each of 10 agencies, 50 percent but less than 75 percent of the positions paying $9,975 or more are subject to statutory pay schedules of general application. In each of 24 agencies, the proportion is less than 50 percent. In 16 of these, including the Atomic Energy Commission, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Power Commission, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and Tennessee Valley Authority, no positions paying $9,975 or more are subject to such pay schedules.

Positions whose rates of $9,975 or more are established under statutory pay schedules of general application fall almost entirely under four schedules, namely, those for Foreign Service of the United States under the State Department, those for the postal field service, those for the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, and those of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Under the first schedule, the State Department has 206 positions. Under the second schedule, the Post Office Department reported 15 positions, all first-class postmasterships. Under the third schedule, the Veterans' Administration has 233 positions.

Under the fourth schedule that of the Classification Act-39 agencies have 1,779 positions with salaries of $9,975 or more (but not exceeding $10,000). In 18 agencies, 75 percent or more are in this category; in 11 agencies, from 50 percent to 74 percent; in.7 agencies, from 25 percent to 49 percent; and in 3 agencies, less than 25 percent. The largest number of such positions (370) in any one agency is in the War Department.

The 266 positions for which rates of $9,975 or more are fixed individually by !specific statute are distributed among 49 of the 55 agencies. Nine agencies have 1 such position; 23 agencies, from 2 to 5; 7 agencies, from 6 to 9; and 10 agencies, from 10 to 19. In the latter group are the White House, Atomic Energy Commission, and Federal Communications Commission with 10 each; Agriculture and Treasury with 11 each, Interior with 13, State with 14, Interstate Commerce Commission with 15, Tax Court of the United States with 16, and the District of Columbia government with 19.

The inventory shows 184 positions at $9,975 or more, the salaries of which may be established by administrative action of the head of the department or agency, but not to exceed a specified statutory maximum.

These are distributed among 13 agencies, 6 of which each have less than 10 such positions. Agencies having 10 or more are: Housing and Home Finance Agency, 13; Treasury, 14; Maritime Commission, 16; Tennessee Valley Authority, 19; Agriculture, 28; Justice, 32, and War Assets Administration, 42.

Also reported were 412 positions paying $9,975 or more, the salaries of which may be established by administrative action of the head of the department or agency, but not subject to a statutory maximum limitation. These are distributed among 14 agencies. One agency has one such position; two agencies, 2 each; and tw agencies, 6 each. Of the 412 positions, 395 are in the following nine agencies: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 10; Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, 18; State, 19; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 26; Housing and Home Finance Agency, 29; Treasury, 45; Agriculture, 57; Atomic Energy Commission, 61; and Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 130. Table 9 shows the distribution of the 3,107 positions by agency and according to the method of fixing the salary rate.

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TABLE 9.-Number of regular, full-time civilian positions with salaries of $9,975 or more in the agencies inventoried, distributed by agency and method of fixing salaries, Sept. 1, 1947

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For the following position groups, the characteristic method (although not in all cases the exclusive method) of fixing salary rates of $9,975 or more is by specific statute of Congress setting forth the particular rate for the individual position. Figures in parentheses indicate the number of positions whose rates are fixed in this manner:

The President of the United States (1).

Heads of executive departments (10).

Under Secretaries (11).

Heads of independent agencies not boards or commissions (12).
Members of boards or commissions (84).

Governors of Territories or possessions (4).

For postmasters, ambassadors and ministers, Foreign Service officers, Foreign Service reserve officers, and Foreign Service staff officers, the exclusive method of fixing salaries is statutory, involving the application of fixed compensation schedules of general application to the organizations covered.

For many more position groups, however, a mixture of salary-fixing methods is in current use. For example:

Of 31 Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Attorneys General, and Assistant Postmasters General, 22 have their salaries established under the Classification Act of 1923, and 9 by individual statutory action.

Of 14 deputy or assistant heads of independent agencies not boards or commissions, 6 are subject to the Classification Act, 5 have their salaries established by individual statutory action, and 3 otherwise.

Of 39 full-time members of corporate boards, 15 have their salaries established by individual statutory action, 21 by administrative action (14 without maximum statutory limitation), and 3 otherwise.

Of 306 chiefs of bureaus, or other first major subdivisions of the reporting agencies, 183 are subject to the Classification Act, 49 have their salaries established by individual statutory action, 70 by administrative action (44 without maximum statutory limitation), and 4 otherwise.

Of 438 heads of regional or other field offices, 249 are subject to the Classification Act, 85 to pay schedules of other laws having general com pensation schedules, 4 to specific statute applicable to the particular position, and 100 to administrative action uncontrolled by a statutory maximum limit Of 1,187 heads and assistant heads of organization units, other than first major subdivisions of agencies, 802 have their salaries fixed under the Classi

fication Act, 139 by other statutory schedules of general application, 9 by specific statute applicable to the individual position, 236 by administrative action (171 without maximum statutory limitation), and 1 otherwise.

Of 497 professional, scientific, technical, or other specialists, not included in other position groups listed, 353 have their salaries fixed under the Classification Act, 9 by other statutory schedules of general application, 10 by specific statute applicable to the individual position, and 125 by administrative action (55 without maximum statutory limitation).

Table 10 shows the distributions by position groups and salary-fixing methods.

TABLE 10.-Number of regular, full-time civilian positions with salaries of $9,975 or more in the agencies inventoried, distributed by position group and method of firing salaries, Sept. 1, 1947

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With over-all responsibilities.

Executive officers, executive directors, or executive secretaries, with over-all responsibilities, of inde pendent agencies or corporations.

Chiefs of first major subdivisions, whether or not called bureaus, of reporting agencies.

A general group of positions having immediate responsibility for the direction and supervision of the professional, scientific, technical, regulatory, or other activities of subdivisions (other than first major subdivisions) of reporting agencies.

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At salary rates of $9,975 and $10,000 there are 2,760 positions. Of these, 1,779, or 64.4 percent, have their salaries fixed under the Classification Act: 266, or 9.6 percent, are subject to compensation schedules of other statutes having general application; 162, or 5.9 percent, have their salaries established by specific statutory provisions applicable to particular positions; 181, or 6.6 percent, are

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