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City advisory committee urges at least 4% salary budget increase, flags several job classes as lagging
Summary
The Citizens' Compensation Advisory Committee recommended a minimum 4% overall salary budget increase for fiscal 2025 and a minimum 2.5% increase to the city salary range structures, and identified specific job classifications that lag local market pay.
Brandon Du, chair of the Citizens' Compensation Advisory Committee, told Salt Lake City Council members during the council's March 25 work session that the committee recommends an overall salary budget increase of no less than 4% and a raise to the city’s salary range structures of no less than 2.5%.
The committee’s report summarized market factors the group considered — including a strong labor market, low unemployment, pay-transparency rules and changes in remote and hybrid work — and cited private-sector survey results showing average total salary increases of about 3.9% in 2024 and a projected 3.8% in 2025. “Because of these factors, the CCAC is recommending an overall salary budget increase of no less than 4%,” Du said.
The CCAC said it benchmarked 89 job groups covering 1,068 employees — roughly 43.5% of the city’s regular…
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