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Idaho CEC hears DHR push 4% pay increase, targeted IT bump as agencies warn of turnover and service delays
Summary
The Change in Employee Compensation Committee heard the Division of Human Resources recommend a 4% across-the-board pay increase (or $1.25/hour option) plus a 4% midpoint shift and a 5.5% targeted bump for IT engineering; agency witnesses warned vacancies and turnover are delaying services and urged funding. No formal vote recorded.
The Change in Employee Compensation Committee on Dec. 12 heard the Division of Human Resources recommend a set of pay adjustments intended to close market gaps and reduce high turnover among state employees.
Janelle White, administrator of the Division of Human Resources, recommended “funding a 4% salary increase for all permanent employees with agency discretion to apply that increase as a percentage or a dollar amount,” and proposed a 4% average increase to salary structure midpoints. She also recommended an additional 5.5% increase for positions in the IT/engineering salary structure to address acute recruitment and retention challenges.
White framed the recommendations with data showing long-term market pressure: she said state base salaries have risen about 4.2% over the last decade while inflation exceeded 30%, reported a statewide turnover rate of 19.2% in fiscal 2024 (about 5,000 separations), and summarized more than 1,700 written employee testimonies collected this year expressing concerns about cost of…
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