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Lake Stevens Council, consultant begin 2025 salary study; council asks for comparator budgets
Summary
The City of Lake Stevens engaged Compensation Connections to refresh a 2022 market salary study for nonrepresented and Teamsters positions. Council members pressed consultants to add municipal budget and salary‑to‑budget metrics to the comparator list and asked for preliminary results in August and final recommendations in early September.
Lake Stevens city officials on June 24 began a refresh of the city’s market salary study for nonrepresented and Teamsters job classes, with consultants from Compensation Connections presenting a draft comparator list and timeline.
The study, a follow‑up to a 2022 market analysis the council approved earlier, will update comparable city data, review pay range structures and model budget impacts if pay schedule adjustments are recommended. Shannon and Kathy from Compensation Connections told the council they expect preliminary numbers in August and final results in early September.
The nut graf: Council members said comparator choices should reflect not only population and assessed valuation but…
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