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El Mirage council accepts compensation study, directs full FY27 implementation planning

El Mirage City Council · February 18, 2026
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Council accepted a consultant's total compensation study and gave staff budget direction to include full implementation of a new salary schedule aligned to the market 60th percentile in the FY27 budget; staff estimated implementation at about $1.475 million.

The El Mirage City Council accepted a consultant's total compensation study on Feb. 18 and directed staff to prepare the FY27 budget assuming full implementation of the proposed salary structure.

Bob Longmire of Public Sector Personnel Consultants told council that El Mirage's salary ranges are, on average, about 7% behind market and that when benefits and paid time off are included the gap grows: "the city is more than 5% behind market for 57% of the positions based on salary only," Longmire said, adding…

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