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Baltimore notes tentative AFSCME agreement: phased 25-step pay scale and raises

Board of Estimates · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Estimates noted tentative agreements with AFSCME locals that implement a new 25-step pay scale phased over FY26–FY28, with step increases and additional percentage raises, and labor and safety committees to be created.

Labor Commissioner Deborah Moore Carter presented tentative side-letter agreements and a newly developed 25-step wage scale negotiated with AFSCME locals, which the board noted on Nov. 19.

Carter said the scale will be phased: the first 10 steps in FY26, the next 10 in FY27, and the final five in FY28, with step spreads and additional across-the-board…

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