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Consultants urge phased pay updates after study finds Navasota salaries well below market
Summary
A compensation study presented March 23 found broad pay gaps—police and fire among the largest—and recommended a two-step implementation (partial in April, additional 5% in October) with estimated partial-year costs of about $232,000 (≈8% of payroll).
Annette Hayer, principal consultant with Logic Compensation Group, told the Navasota City Council that the firm’s market survey shows the city’s pay ranges are misaligned with comparator cities and recommended structural changes to bring salaries closer to market. "My name is Annette Hayer and I'm a principal consultant with the Logic Compensation Group," she said when introducing the study and its methods.
The study compared 43 benchmark jobs to a median of 20 comparator organizations and used a January 1, 2026 effective date for market data. Hayer said the thresholds for alignment treat pay within ±5% of the market as highly aligned, 10–15% as misaligned, and differences greater than 15% as significantly misaligned. The study…
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