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State Civil Service: AS pay schedule increases effective March 3, implementation rules tightened for job assessments
Summary
SCS said AS pay schedule minimums and maximums for AS6–12 and above increase by 5% effective 03/03/2025; compensation staff also described process changes to job-assessment implementation, a 90-day implementation window, and retroactive-pay rules when job corrections are submitted late.
State Civil Service compensation staff told attendees that the Commission-approved changes to the AS pay schedules will take effect March 3, 2025, and that the agency is changing implementation procedures for job assessments to reduce multi‑year delays.
"All of these will be effective 03/03/2025," Heather Hebron, compensation division administrator, said, summarizing the general circular that implements 5% increases to AS pay-schedule minimums and a 5% increase to maximums for AS6–12 and higher. Hebron also identified accounting pay-level changes that cover multiple accountant job titles and noted DOTD job-series changes included in the same implementation.
Compensation program manager Janelle Hayzworth described changes to the job-assessment workflow meant to reduce chronic delays in implementation. Hayzworth said new systems (JEDI and JAM) now generate job codes automatically and that State Civil Service will no longer require agencies to submit position descriptions for job-title changes within the same job code. "We are changing this procedure to ensure all required job corrections have the same effective date," Hayzworth said, explaining the agency will apply the implementation general-circular effective date for required corrections regardless of when an agency submits them—potentially triggering retroactive pay adjustments.
Hebron said the special entrance rates (SERs) approved at the February Commission meeting cover 19 job titles, but an effective date for those SERs is still pending; when the director confirms the date, the agency will send approval letters to affected personnel areas. She also cautioned that longevity-based premium-pay policies for in-scope titles would be rescinded on implementation of the SER and that agencies should notify affected employees and retain records for audit purposes.
The session included procedural guidance: the standard implementation period is 90 days (published in the implementation general circular), agencies should repost or close active job postings that would be affected, and State Civil Service will update internal and external systems (NEOGov, LaGov) at implementation. Hayzworth and Hebron directed agencies to subscribe to general circulars and to contact compensation staff with questions.
