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

Sep 9, 2025 - The most recent compensation study that evaluated Unit 10 compensation looked at three occupations represented by Unit 10—chemists (representing about 3 percent of Unit 10 members), epidemiologists (representing about 5 percent of Unit 10 members), and environmental scientists (representing about 70 percent of Unit 10 members).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Analysis: Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Jan 30, 2023 - The estimated 2023-24 costs to implement the proposed Unit 10 agreement represents about 6.4  percent of the state ’s Unit 10 payroll costs. If payroll costs for all 15 bargaining units and their associated excluded employees increased 6.4  percent, state General Fund payroll in 2023-24 would be more than $1  billion higher than 2022-23 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4665

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Due to one-time costs associated with provisions of the agreement, 2025 ‑26 would be the highest cost year resulting from the agreement, increasing costs in that year by $152  million ($58  million from the General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4798

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - On December 22, 2022, our office received a proposed MOU between the state and Unit 10. In February 2023, the union announced that its membership rejected the proposed MOU with nearly 60 percent of the ballots cast voting “no.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - When CalHR did release a compensation study of Unit 6 compensation in 2023 (referred to as the 2022 compensation study because it relies on data from 2022), we were highly critical of the methodology adopted for the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - In 2022-23, the state contributed about $2  billion (all funds) towards employee health premiums. Dental and Vision Insurance. The state pays the full premium cost for basic dental and vision benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - The administration ’s fiscal estimates indicate that about 235 rank-and-file employees and about 58 excluded employees receive this payment and that the provision would increase annual state costs by $699,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920

Unit 8 (Firefighters) MOU Analysis

Aug 26, 2022 - Unit 8 employees work shift patterns that specify the number of hours in a week spent on “work ” or “standby. ” The agreement would create a “shift pattern 6. ” Under this shift pattern, a seven-day period would be divided such that the first two days consist of 10 hours of work and 14 hours of standby; the third day would consist of 10 hours of work and 2 hours
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4621

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

Jul 14, 2025 - Since January 1, 2022, Unit 16 employees who have an approved telework agreement on file with their department are eligible to receive $50 per month if they are identified as a remote centered employee or $25 per month if they are identified as an office centered employee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Deferral of June 2025 Payroll Background State Deferred June Payroll in 2009 ‑10. The state pays its employees monthly. In response to a severe budget deficit problem, the 2009 ‑10 budget package included an ongoing one-month deferral of state payroll from late June to early July, providing one-time savings for the state by only paying 11 months of payroll in the 2009 ‑10 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888