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ITD seeks targeted pay increases to retain maintenance crews as turnover strains operations
Summary
Idaho Transportation Department asked JFAC for a targeted CEC to raise pay roughly $2.50 per hour across maintenance career steps to reduce turnover in entry maintenance positions; lawmakers questioned whether higher public wages will outpace local governments and private employers.
The Idaho Transportation Department asked the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee for a targeted career engineering compensation (CEC) adjustment to lift pay for maintenance employees across the department’s horizontal career paths, citing high turnover and training costs.
Scott Stokes, ITD director, said the department’s maintenance turnover has averaged roughly 78 departures per year out of about 400 maintenance employees, a rate that increases training and recruitment costs. Stokes told the committee the targeted request is intended to raise the entire progression of steps for maintenance roles rather than only increasing entry-level pay to avoid compression.
“We’re losing, the last 3 years, our…
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