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ITD seeks targeted pay bump for maintenance workforce, citing retention and training costs
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Idaho Transportation Department requested targeted cost‑of‑employment adjustments to raise pay for maintenance horizontal career paths by $2.50 per hour across approximately 505 positions to reduce turnover and the agency’s recurring training costs, department officials told JFAC.
The Idaho Transportation Department asked the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee for a targeted cost‑of‑employment (CEC) adjustment to raise hourly pay for maintenance horizontal career paths by $2.50, affecting roughly 505 positions, to address retention problems and training costs.
Director Scott Stokes told the committee the maintenance workforce has had high turnover in recent years. “Our average departure rate, just in maintenance employees, has been an average of 78 per year out of about 400,” he said. Stokes and staff said many new hires arrive without a commercial driver’s license (CDL), requiring 6–12 months of…
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