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State benefits make up about a quarter of personnel costs; governor recommends $14,300 per‑FTP health appropriation
Summary
Legislative analysts summarized how health insurance, PERSI and other benefits are budgeted, explained that benefits account for roughly 25% of personnel costs, and described the governor’s recommended per‑position funding level for health insurance.
A Legislative Services Office analyst told members of JFAC that benefits roughly constitute a quarter of the state’s personnel expenditures and that health insurance is the largest single component of those benefits.
"Benefits generally account for about a quarter of the state's overall personal cost expenditures," Frances Lippitt said while reviewing the benefits section of the legislative budget book. She told members the state budgets health insurance as a per‑full‑time‑position (per‑FTP) appropriation and that the governor’s recommendation for FY2026 would set an appropriation of…
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