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JFAC hears benefits briefing: health insurance, PERSI and the cost of benefits shape personnel budgets
Summary
Legislative analysts told the committee that employee benefits account for roughly 26.6% of personnel costs, health insurance is the largest component and the governor recommends appropriating $14,300 per FTP for FY2026—about $56.6 million more than a lower actuarial target.
Frances Lippitt, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the committee with a summary of state employee benefits and how those costs are budgeted.
"Benefits generally account for about a quarter of the state's overall personal cost expenditures," Lippitt said, noting that benefits represented 26.6% of personnel‑cost expenditures in fiscal year 2024.
Lippitt said health insurance makes up nearly half of all benefits spending and is budgeted as an appropriation per full‑time position (FTP). Variable benefits — which include the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho…
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