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State personnel benefits account for roughly a quarter of personnel costs; governor proposes higher per-FTP health appropriation
Summary
LSO analysts told JFAC benefits typically represent about 25% of personnel costs. Health insurance is the largest single component; the governor recommended appropriating $14,300 per full-time position for FY2026 (LSO example used $13,960 as a 10% reserve target), a change the presentation said would cost roughly $56.6 million.
Frances Lippitt, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed JFAC on how employee benefits are budgeted and the role of the joint Change in Employee Compensation (CEC) process.
Lippitt said benefits accounted for about a quarter of personnel-cost expenditures statewide; health insurance is the largest line inside benefits and is budgeted via a per-FTP appropriation. Variable benefits (employer retirement, Social Security and Medicare, life insurance, workers' compensation, and an HR-fee…
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