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

Sep 9, 2025 - Increases 2025-26 Special Salary Adjustments for Employees Below Top Step of Salary Ranges. The 2024 MOU included pay increases in 2025-26 of (1)  between 4  percent and 5  percent for employees at the top step of their classification ’s salary range and (2)  3  percent for employees not at the top step of their classification ’s salary range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

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

Jun 27, 2025 - Figure  2 shows that the share of Unit 12 members who are at the top step of their job classification ’s pay range has decreased significantly over the past couple of decades and appears to be continuing to decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - As a GSI, the pay increase adjusts all steps of all salary ranges of all job classifications represented by Unit 9. 2026-27: Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to Top (4.5  Percent) and Bottom Steps (2  Percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Employees who are not at the top step of their job classification’s salary range may be eligible for a merit salary adjustment (typically 5 percent) in each year that they meet certain expectations, until they are at the top step of the range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - As Figure  3 shows, compared with 2015, a lower proportion of Unit 6 members are paid at the top step of their salary range. This indicates that there is less seniority among Unit 6 members than a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - As a GSI, this pay increase will increase all steps of all salary ranges of each classification represented by Unit 8. PLP 2025. The agreement would make Unit 8 members subject to PLP 2025 in 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jul 14, 2025 - As a GSI, this pay increase will apply to all steps of all Unit 16 job classifications ’ salary ranges. 2027-28: 3.5  Percent Top Step Increase. Effective July 1, 2027, the agreement would increase the top step of all Unit 16 job classifications ’ pay ranges by 3.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Employees who are not at the top step of their salary range would receive these pay increases as SSAs. Employees who are not at the top step of their salary range typically receive a 5  percent MSA each year until they are at the top step.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - Each classification has established salary ranges that determine how much an employee in that classification is paid. Typically, the salary range consists of steps and eligible employees receive merit salary adjustments each year as they advance to higher paid steps within the range until they reach the top step of the salary range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797