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Legislative committee accepts CEC recommendations: targeted pay changes, trooper pay increase urged
Summary
The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee accepted the Change in Employee Compensation Committee’s recommendations for targeted salary adjustments and benefit assumptions for fiscal 2026, including a recommended up-to-8% pay increase for Idaho State Police troopers.
The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee accepted the Change in Employee Compensation Committee (CEC) report, which recommends targeted salary schedule adjustments for fiscal 2026 and related benefit assumptions.
Senator Dan Foreman, CEC co-chair, presented the committee’s recommendations, saying the panel “recommend[s] shifting the primary compensation schedule upwards by an average of 3.2% as recommended by the division of human resources” while preserving a minimum wage floor in pay grade D at $7.25 per hour. Foreman outlined specialized schedule adjustments: 3.2% for public safety, 3% for IT and…
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