The role of employee performance has a dominant influence in the process of achieving organizational goals, because with new ideas, problem solving skills and seizing opportunities or accuracy in making decisions. Many factors can
affect performance, such as job satisfaction, remuneration, and work environment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of remuneration and work environment on satisfaction and its impact on performance at public institution. This study used quantitative approach, with samples of 250 respondents from 2125 populations of Civil Servants at Public Institution in Musi Rawas Utara. The sampling technique that was used is simple random sampling. Samples were taken randomly from 3 public institutions in Musi Rawas Utara. The analysis technique used in this
study was Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis approach. The results showed that there is a positive (0.73) and significant (t-value 3.96) effect between remuneration on job satisfaction. There is a positive (0.13) but insignificant (t-value 0.75) effect between the work environment on job satisfaction. There is a very weak (0.08) and insignificant (t-value 0.30) effect between remuneration on performance. There is a positive (0.33) and significant (t-value 1.99) effect between the work environment on the performance. There is a positive (0.55) and significant (t-value 3.04)
effect between job satisfaction on performance.