Refocusing the Workers’ Compensation Subsequent Injury Program

Jul 10, 2025 - Consistent with the claims trends seen recently, most of these claims will receive 100  percent disability benefits, despite the median major injury receiving a permanent disability rating of 47  percent in the standard workers ’ compensation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5062

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

Jul 14, 2025 - From a total compensation perspective, the report found that the state’s dentists are compensated 47 percent above market and family medicine physicians are compensated 26 percent above market. 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

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - Sp ecifically, we estimate that the Governor ’s budget assumes that salaries and salary-driven benefits for the roughly 250,000 full-time-equivalent state employees will be roughly $40  billion (roughly $20  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 when state operations is assumed to total about $83  billion ($47  billion General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888