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ODOT to implement market pay adjustments starting January 2026 to curb turnover, estimates $4.4M in FY26
Summary
ODOT directors told the commission that a biennial market study recommends a departmentwide pay adjustment beginning January 2026 to address rising turnover, with a FY26 remainder cost of about $4.4 million and larger full-year impact; engineering and heavy equipment operator classes were singled out.
Director Gatz told the Oklahoma Transportation Commission that the department will implement a market pay adjustment beginning in January 2026 aimed at reducing recruitment and retention problems.
The shift follows ODOT’s biennial market study, which the director said the agency has conducted since 2005. Gatz said turnover, which the department has kept below the state average in recent years, has begun to climb and is approaching about 13 percent. To…
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