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ITD cites retention gaps; asks JFAC to fund targeted pay increases and new frontline positions
Summary
The Idaho Transportation Department told JFAC it added 53 frontline maintenance positions last year and is seeking targeted career‑path pay adjustments to reduce high entry‑level turnover and speed recruitment for skilled maintenance crews.
Idaho Transportation Department leaders asked the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee to approve targeted pay adjustments and noted modest progress hiring new frontline staff after a FY25 workforce line‑item grant of 53 positions.
The department asked JFAC for a targeted supplemental compensation (CEC) increase affecting roughly 505 maintenance career‑path steps—a request that ITD said would raise those pay steps by $2.50 per hour and costs several million dollars.…
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