The 2023-24 Budget: Total Compensation Studies

May 24, 2023 - Key factors in developing a compensation study include: Jobs Subject to Review. The first decision when building a compensation study is to identify which jobs within their organization an employer wants to study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4773

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - The law required the first of these recurring biennial studies of Unit 6 to be released on February 1, 2025. CalHR issued the Unit 6 compensation study separately from the other compensation studies it released in 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

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 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The study compares the state with 20 fire departments across California. The study found that state compensation for firefighters lags compensation provided to local fire department firefighters by between 11 percent to 29 percent, depending on the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

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

Jul 14, 2025 - The most recent compensation study conducted by CalHR evaluated three occupation groups represented by Unit 16—dentists, family medicine physicians, and psychiatrists. The study found that both the wages and total compensation earned by state dentists and family medicine physicians was significantly above market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

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

Jun 27, 2025 - According to CalHR ’s most recent compensation study, the statewide average turnover rate across all bargaining unit positions is 7.4  percent. The turnover rate among Unit 12 positions is higher than the statewide average at 8.7  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Recent Study Estimates $8   Billion in Total SIBTF Liabilities. As part of the recent RAND study, the authors estimated that the present discounted cost of all SIBTF claims totals $7.9  billion. (Discounted value is a measure of the value today of costs that will occur in the future, adjusted for the fact that a dollar now is worth more than a dollar years from now.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020

Jun 25, 2021 - In our 2019 analysis, we concluded that these two studies and the 2019 CalHR study clearly demonstrate that Unit 2 attorneys are compensated at levels lower than their local government counterparts. Given the findings of these compensation studies, providing additional GSIs without a new compensation study likely is reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446

The 2021-22 Budget: Labor Agreements Ending Personal Leave Program 2020 [Publication Details]

Jun 25, 2021 - This analysis reviews 20 labor agreements received by the Legislature between June 9 and June 15, 2021. The analysis summarizes and provides comments on the agreements. In addition, the analysis provides overarching comments across the 20 agreements and offers recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4446

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - The administration states that it will use the same methodology in future Unit  6 compensations studies that it used for the 2022 compensations study. LAO Assessment 2018 Compensation Study Disagree That 2018 Compensation Study Is Confidential Under CPRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800