Estimated Federal Salary Expenses

Attachment 15 - FY 2015 CQE Federal Expenses
																											DATA FOR CQEs AND EXPRESS SHIPPING
Position	Grade	Percent of	Percent of	Percent of	Percent of	2006	2009	2012	2015	Amount	Amount	Amount	Amount														Year (September)	Number Sent	Cost of Printing	Printing Cost per CQE	Cost of Sent CQEs	Cost of Express Shipment	Total Materials Cost	CPI for Delivery Services	CPI Percentage ChangeDuring 2005-2012	Cost of Express Shipment per CQE
																											2004							150.400
	(GS scale, step 10)	2006 Time Allocated	2009 Time Allocated	2012 Time Allocated	2015 Time Allocated	Yearly Salary	Yearly Salary	Yearly Salary	Yearly Salary	for 2006	2009	2012	2015														2005	2,600	$560.00	$0.22	$560.00	$584.67	$1,144.67	160.300	1.066	$0.96
		to the Program	to the Program	to the Program	to the Program																						2006	4,300	$856.50	$0.20	$856.50	$548.56	$1,405.06	175.300	1.094	$1.56
																											2007	6,000	$1,153.00	$0.19	$1,153.00	$501.62	$1,654.62	186.559	1.064	$2.30
Program Assistant	8	3.00%	2.00%	0.00%	0.00%	$44,931	$54,879	N.A.	N.A.	$1,348	$1,098	N.A.	N.A.														2008	13,000	$2,498.17	$0.19	$2,498.17	$471.35	$2,969.52	222.674	1.194	$5.30
Branch Chief	14	0.50%	0.25%	0.00%	0.70%	$101,130	$123,519	N.A.	$139,523	$506	$309	N.A.	$977														2009	2,794	$536.91	$0.19	$536.91	$394.90	$931.81	201.884	0.907	$1.36
Division Director	15	0.05%	0.01%	0.25%	0.10%	$118,957	$145,290	$155,500	$155,705	$59	$7	$389	$156														2012	2,148	$412.77	$0.19	$807.67	$394.90	$1,202.57	201.884	1.000	$1.05
International Trade Specialist	13	N.A.	N.A.	1.50%	3.00%	N.A.	N.A.	$115,742	$118,069			$1,736	$3,542
Total for Washington Staff				1.75%	3.80%					$1,913	$1,414	$2,125	$4,674
Program Assistant at U.S. Embassy	8	FAS: In 2006, 38 countries received CQEs. A program assistant requires no more than 30 minutes to process each batch. Hence, (38*.5 hour=19) and (19/2,080) hours in a work year yields 0.09 percent. 0.09%	FAS: In 2009, 35 countries received CQEs. A program assistant requires no more than 30 minutes to process each batch. Hence, (34*.5 hour=17) and (17/2,080) hours in a work year yields 0.08 percent. 0.08%	FAS: In 2012, 34 countries received CQEs. A program assistant requires no more than 30 minutes to process each batch. Hence, (34*.5 hour=17) and (17/2,080) hours in a work year yields 0.08 percent. percent. 0.08%	FAS: In 2012, 34 countries received CQEs. A program assistant requires no more than 30 minutes to process each batch. Hence, (34*.5 hour=17) and (17/2,080) hours in a work year yields 0.08 percent. percent. 0.06%	$44,931	$54,879	$60,765	$61,994	$40	$44	$49	$37
TOTAL	N.A.	3.55%	2.26%	3.58%	3.86%					$1,953	$1,458	$2,173	$4,712
Difference											-$496	$716	$2,538
Percent Difference											-25.4%	49.1%	116.8%
Total for Washington Staff										$1,913	$1,414	$2,125	$4,674
Total for Embassy Staff										$1,496	$1,449	$1,458	$1,190
TOTAL FOR ALL PERSONNEL										$3,409	$2,862	$3,583	$5,865
N.A.=Not applicable.											-$547	$721	$2,281
Office of Personnel Management, Salary Tables 2006-DCB, 2009-DCB, 2012-DCB, and 2015-DCB for Metropolitan Washington.											-16.0%	25.2%	63.7%
Total Staff Costs										$1,953	$1,458	$3,778	$5,865
Total Materials Costs										$1,405	$932	$1,203	$0
GRAND TOTAL										$3,359	$2,389	$4,980	$5,865
	77.64%
	Number of Embassies in 2006		Number of Embassies in 2009			Number of Embassies in 2012									Number of Embassies in 2015
															30	Recipients of WTO allocations
	37	$1,496.20	33			34									2	Colombia and Panama FTAs
															32	TOTAL