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HRMS: pay comparisons show state generally below private market; employees rank health insurance top priority
Summary
HRMS presented comp‑ratio and wage comparisons showing North Dakota state pay close to but generally below private-market benchmarks and reported turnover down to about 11%; HRMS said health insurance ranked first in the 2024 and 2022 employee surveys and recommended careful consideration before changing family-paid employer coverage.
Molly Harrington, chief people officer for the state, and Lynn Hart, HRMS total rewards manager, briefed the panel on compensation and benefits comparisons and previewed the 2026 employee survey. Hart explained comp ratio methodology and said the overall comp ratio for classified staff was about 0.98; private‑market surveys showed the state roughly 4–14% below various national or regional benchmarks depending on the survey source.
Hart told the committee the 2024 Mercer and…
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