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State officials present expanded 2024 market and benefits survey showing narrower pay gaps for many classifications
Summary
Department of Administration officials told the Special Committee on State Employee Compensation that an expanded 2024 pay and benefits survey covering 140 benchmarks and nearly 10,000 employees shows fewer job classes deeply under market and more at-or-above market compared with 2023, though gaps remain in hard-to-fill roles.
Craig Knowlton, Deputy Secretary of Management and Director of Personnel Services at the Department of Administration, told the Special Committee on State Employee Compensation that the department’s 2024 market and benefits survey covered 140 benchmarks and 9,943 employees and used a two‑year rotating survey process to keep data recent.
The expanded survey, Knowlton said, combined responses from in‑state employers (weighted at 75%) with data from other states through the National Compensation Association of State Governments (NCASG). The 2024 survey included 39 new benchmarks over 2023 and increased the share of benefits‑eligible employees represented from about 65% to 78.6%.
Why it matters: the survey is the Department of Administration’s principal evidence base for…
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