MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Jun 24, 2022 - Specifically, the agreement would increase the maximum of the salary ranges by 2.5  percent effective July 1, 2022; 4  percent effective July 1, 2023; and 4  percent effective July 1, 2024. As of May 2021, about 70  percent of state employees represented by Unit 13 are at the top step of their salary range.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4607

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18

Aug 12, 2022 - Once fully phased in on July 1, 2025, eligible employees with (1)  17, 18, or 19 years of service would receive an additional 2  percent of base pay; (2)  20, 21, or 22 years of service would receive an additional 3  percent of base pay; (3)  23 or 24 years of service would receive an additional 4  percent of pay; and (4)  25 or more years of services would receive an additional 5  percent of base pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4617

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

Sep 1, 2023 - The agreement would provide to employees in specified Psychologist, Audiologist, and Dietitian classifications who work at Porterville Developmental Center a monthly payment of either $400 per month (in the case of Dietitians), $800 per month (in the case of unlicensed Psychologists), or $1,000 per month (in the case of Audiologists and Psychologists).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Unit 8 rank-and-file, managerial, and supervisorial employees account for less than 4  percent of the total FTE in the state workforce and about 4  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Sep 9, 2025 - 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

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

Jun 27, 2025 - For example, while CalHR found that total compensation for Unit 12 highway maintenance workers was 3  percent above the statewide market rates, CalHR found that Unit 12 highway maintenance workers ’ total compensation lagged total compensation of similar employees in the San Francisco Bay Area by 27  percent, in San Diego County by 4  percent, in the Sacramento Region by 4  percent, and the Los Angeles Region by 1  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - Administration Assumes Annual GSI of 4  Percent During Term of Agreement. The administration ’s fiscal estimates assume that the result of the salary survey would increase Unit 5 base pay by 4  percent in 2024-25, 3.9  percent in 2025-26, and 4  percent in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

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

Jul 14, 2025 - OPEB = Other Post ‑Employment Benefits and Local 1000 = Nine bargaining units represented by Service Employee International Union, Local 1000: Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. Telework Stipend.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Specifically, for the duration of PLP 2025 (meaning in both 2025-26 and 2026-27) the state would not make its 4  percent of pay contribution to prefund Unit 6 retiree health benefits. The agreement would continue to require employees to make their 4  percent of pay contribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The employee contribution ranges from 1.4 percent of pay to 4 percent of pay. In the short term, initiating a retiree health prefunding arrangement increased state costs; however, over the next several decades, this policy should result in significant savings to the state as the prefunding contributions are invested and compound interest that can be used to offset future state payments towards retiree health premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047