政務人員待遇居於薪資金字塔的頂端，各國皆然，政務人員實質報酬的合理性同樣是各國頗具爭議性的議題。揆其原因，有源自個人主觀價值判斷，有源自於概念（用語）不夠嚴謹所致。政務人員待遇如何決定？有多元解釋觀點。亦即，政務人員待遇有從待遇管理的比較原則解釋之，有由政治決定解釋之，有由公共選擇理論的官員自肥說解釋之等，各種解釋觀點固有其部分解釋力及當然亦有其侷限性。

Generally speaking, the compensation of political appointees is the pay ceiling on civil service in every country. At the same time, reasonable reward for political appointees has always been the subject of huge controversy. It might be due to personal subjective value judgment or vague definition of the concept. There are diverse perspectives to explain how to decide the compensation of political appointees. They might be mainly based on the comparative principle of compensation management, political decision, or governmental officials seeking for self-interest in public choice theory. In fact, they have partial exposition and are limited as well.