Panama's Comptroller-published monthly salary total rose 3.6% in May 2026
Listed monthly salaries increased from 6.81 million PAB in April to 7.05 million PAB in May, while record counts moved from 3,923 to 3,916.
Current verified finding
Panama’s Comptroller-published monthly salary total increased 3.6% between April 2026 and May 2026, from 6.81 million PAB to 7.05 million PAB (+0.24 million PAB).
Evidence
Monthly salary total in the Comptroller’s institutional payroll
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_bc04d9df67e0c · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We filter the institutional payroll to PAB and compare the 2026-04 and 2026-05 snapshots. We sum monthly salary only across 3,923 and 3,916 records respectively: PAB 6,810,719.64 and PAB 7,052,546.26. We reviewed the twelve highest-salary rows in each month, person-period identifiers, currency, source files, and passing DQ. We do not add extra pay or treat each row as a new hire.
198,533 rows match the query; 46 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The spending increase alongside a nearly stable record count points to questions about changes in roles, salaries, and composition within the institution. The data cover only the published institutional payroll and do not represent Panama's entire public sector. Furthermore, the figures reflect listed monthly administrative snapshot values without extra pay, rather than executed payments or net income.
The normalized release used for this finding passed the quality and availability checks preserved in its evidence.
Verification
Records from the compared periods
A balanced sample of preserved records from each of the two compared periods.
| Period | Monthly salary | Currency | Person | Start date | Status | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | PAB 6,000 | PAB | MAGALI MARTINEZ | Jan 02, 2025 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| Apr 2026 | PAB 5,500 | PAB | CARLA VICTORIA UGALDE | Jan 02, 2020 | EVENTUAL | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| Apr 2026 | PAB 5,500 | PAB | JOSE FRANCISCO GARCIA | Jan 02, 2025 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| Apr 2026 | PAB 5,200 | PAB | MARIA DE LAS MERCEDE PEREZ FERREIRA | Jan 06, 2020 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| Apr 2026 | PAB 5,000 | PAB | JORGE ISAAC ESCOBAR | Jan 02, 2025 | PERMANENTE | DIRECTOR NACIONAL DE CONTRALORIA GENERAL DE LA REPUBLICA |
| Apr 2026 | PAB 5,000 | PAB | DIANA M KING C | Oct 01, 1992 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| May 2026 | PAB 6,000 | PAB | MAGALI MARTINEZ | Jan 02, 2025 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| May 2026 | PAB 5,500 | PAB | CARLA VICTORIA UGALDE | Jan 02, 2020 | EVENTUAL | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| May 2026 | PAB 5,500 | PAB | JOSE FRANCISCO GARCIA | Jan 02, 2025 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| May 2026 | PAB 5,200 | PAB | MARIA DE LAS MERCEDE PEREZ FERREIRA | Jan 06, 2020 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |
| May 2026 | PAB 5,000 | PAB | JORGE ISAAC ESCOBAR | Jan 02, 2025 | PERMANENTE | DIRECTOR NACIONAL DE CONTRALORIA GENERAL DE LA REPUBLICA |
| May 2026 | PAB 5,000 | PAB | DIANA M KING C | Oct 01, 1992 | PERMANENTE | ASISTENTE EJECUTIVO II |