JFAC approves $177.4 million CEC compensation package including $1.55 per hour minimum and targeted increases

Summary

The committee approved a compensation package to shift salary schedules and provide targeted pay increases, funding $1.55 per hour across state full‑time equivalents plus additional adjustments for community colleges, IT/engineers, troopers and health care workers; the motion passed after roll calls in both houses.

BOISE — The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 6 approved a compensation and equity adjustment package (CEC) that directs a minimum increase of $1.55 per hour for state employees and includes targeted adjustments for specific groups of workers.

Legislative staff presented a single, consolidated motion that would: provide $1.55 per hour per full‑time equivalent for permanent employees of state agencies and institutions; include $2,305,700 to cover community‑college equivalents at 5%; add $6,042,800 for salary‑schedule adjustments for employees at the minimum of their pay grades; fund a 4.5% adjustment for classified and nonclassified IT and engineering positions; provide up to an 8% total increase for Idaho State Police troopers; and fund nursing and health‑care state workers at $1.55 per hour or 3%, whichever is greater. The package also includes…

JFAC approves $177.4 million CEC compensation package including $1.55 per hour minimum and targeted increases

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