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

Sep 9, 2025 - Recent Compensation Study Found Unit 18 Compensation to Be Above Market. The most recent compensation study produced by CalHR found that state-employed psychiatric technicians are compensated above market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - Total Compensation Found Above Statewide Market for All Occupations. When accounting for wages and benefits, the CalHR compensation study found that Unit 12 members ’ total compensation is above statewide market levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - While state-employed physicians and dentists were found to be compensated above market, the study found that state psychiatrists are compensated below market (6 percent below market when comparing total compensation and 1 percent below market when comparing wages alone).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We think that the Legislature needs an independent assessment of how the state ’s compensation policies compare with those of other employers in the labor market in order to assess whether proposed changes in employee compensation are justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Sep 1, 2023 - …But Other Occupations Compensated Above Market. When looking at total compensation, the study found that the state leads the market in the other five occupations —representing roughly one-fourth of Unit 12 classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

Collective Bargaining: Assessing Proposed Employee Compensation Increases

Mar 20, 2020 - Two years later, CalHR indicates that the union and administration still have not resolved their differences on the compensation study and do not plan on submitting to the Legislature the 2018 study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4206

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 7, 2023 - While some of the specified classifications are part of occupation groups that were identified in the compensation study as being compensated below market, others were either found to be compensated above market or we re not included in the compensation study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4799

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians)

Sep 7, 2023 - The study found that state total compensation for all three of the occupational groups is above market. Specifically, in the case of total compensation, the study found that state Dentists are compensated 46  percent above market, Family Medicine Physicians are compensated 35  percent above market, and Psychiatrists are compensated 13  percent above market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4801

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Protective Services and Public Safety)

Aug 8, 2019 - Figure 5 State Lag ( ‑) or Lead (+) in Total Compensation Varies Significantly in Labor Markets Across State Police and Sheriff ’s Patrol Officers Detectives and Criminal Investigators Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers Sacramento County 10 “+ ” = Above Market and “ ‑ ” = Below Market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4085

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - In order to reflect the labor market for wildfire firefighters in the state, the CalHR compensation study should compare Unit 8 compensation with federal firefighters as well as local government firefighters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066