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Consultants tell La Verne board city pay is below market; recommend 9% pay-grade increase, $2.98 million estimated cost
Summary
Consultants from BTA presented a compensation study showing the city’s job table is about 8.3% below market and employees average 10.7% below; they recommended a 9% across-the‑board pay‑grade increase with an estimated total near $2.98 million including payroll taxes and retirement.
La Verne — Consultants from BTA presented findings at the Jan. 29 workshop that show most city pay grades lag local market medians and recommended a citywide adjustment to the pay structure.
Beth Thompson of BTA told the board that, using a market-median (50th-percentile) comparison to selected municipal and private‑sector benchmarks, “all of your jobs today are about 8.3% below the current market rates” and that employees, on average, are “about 10.7% below the market rate.” The study found 37% of employees currently earn less than 85% of the market rate.
Recommendation and cost
BTA recommended a 9% increase to overall pay…
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