MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As of June 30, 2023, the state and Unit 9 have set aside $370.8 million to prefund the benefit and the unfunded liability associated with Unit 9 is $3.2 billion. The most recent actuarial valuation of Unit 9 retiree health benefits (as of June 30, 2023) estimates that the Unit 9 funding plan is on track to fully fund Unit 9 retiree health benefits by 2048.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2022 - Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4620

Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) MOU Analysis

Aug 25, 2022 - The current MOU between the state and Unit 9 expired June 30, 2022. Under the Ralph C. Dills Act, provisions of an expired MOU generally remain in effect until a successor agreement is ratified. The proposed agreement would be in effect from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4620

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The Legislature ratified these three agreements on June 30, 2025. Specifically, the Legislature ratified the agreements with Units 9 and 12 though Chapter 25 of 2025 (SB 139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) and the agreement with Unit 6 through Chapter 26 of 2025 (SB 140, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - While the share of new Unit 9 members has shrunk, the share of mid-career and late-career employees has grown significantly over the past decade. The share of mid-career (between 10 and 19 years of service) employees has grown from 30  percent of the bargaining unit membership to more than 50  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - The disagreement primarily stems from union-raised pay equity concerns between two sets of employees: (1)  between Unit 9 (Professional Engineers) and Unit 10 rank-and-file workers and (2)  between unit 10 rank-and-file workers and their supervisors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - In the early 1980s, they were generally above 10  percent and fell to around 9  percent in the early 1990s. For much of the late 1990s and 2000s, the yield averaged around 6  percent, although it fell after the dot-com bust and ensuing recession in the early 2000s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3673

Labor Agreements: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, AND 21

Jun 25, 2020 - Unit 9 Successor MOU. Bargaining Unit 9 is represented by Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG). The current agreement with PECG is scheduled to expire June 30, 2020. On June 19, 2020, the administration submitted to the Legislature a proposed successor agreement that would be in effect from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4257

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Sep 4, 2015 - Pay and Related Provisions The proposed Unit 9 memorandum of understanding (MOU) would be in effect for three years —from July 2, 2015 through June 30, 2018. The administration provided fiscal estimates (refer to Page 7 of this pdf ) of various provisions that would affect Unit 9 employee compensation: 2016-17 Pay Increases for All.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3296

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Unlike the CalHR-developed methodology used for the compensation study of Units 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, and 19, the Unit 6 compensation study uses a methodology that was agreed to at the bargaining table through a Joint Labor Management Committee process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058