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State benefits account for roughly one‑quarter of personnel costs; analysts explain health premium, PERSI and reserve choices
Summary
Legislative analysts told JFAC that benefits are about 25% of personnel expenditures, with health insurance the largest single piece; the governor’s health appropriations use a higher per‑FTP reserve target than the actuarial 10% minimum.
Frances Lippitt, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, gave the committee an overview of how employee benefits are budgeted and how they affect agency personnel costs.
Lippitt said Idaho’s benefits package includes health and dental insurance, PERSI (the state pension plan), Social Security and Medicare, life insurance, workers compensation and other variable items. She summarized that benefits generally account for roughly one‑quarter of the state’s total personnel‑cost…
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