Why Has Income Tax Withholding Lagged, Despite Job Growth? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2022 - Salary Bonuses Appear to Be Much Lower Than Last Year. Some private sector employers pay employees bonus salary at different times of the year. Some bonuses reflect the overall business climate —notably holiday and year-end bonuses —while other bonuses are based on productivity.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/759

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - Salary Bonuses Attract people to teach in longstanding shortage areas and improve quality. (1) Bonuses for specific subjects. (2) Bonuses for dual –credential holders to teach specific subjects. (3) Bonuses to teach in hard –to –staff schools. (4) Return –to –workforce bonuses for retired teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - We found that (1)  most mental health classifications appear to be relatively well paid compared to the broader market even before recent bonuses, (2)  other non ‑compensation factors appear to influence vacancy rates, (3)  the mental health Receiver plans to reassess whether further changes in pay are necessary, (4)  various other efforts are underway to improve recruitment and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

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

Sep 1, 2023 - Under the amended pay differential, employees hired after the first day of the pay period following ratification by both parties would receive bonus payments equal to a specified percentage of base pay after every 12 consecutive months worked.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Apr 4, 2016 - As we indicated in our April 8, 2011 analysis , employees are eligible to receive the bonus regardless of their physical condition. The proposed agreement would provide all Unit 6 members the $130 monthly bonus and incorporate the bonus as part of employees’ base pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3409

February 2014 California income taxes far above projections

Mar 11, 2014 - Theories include: Bonus and Option Income. Unexpectedly high bonus and option income, which tends to be paid to workers of certain high-income industries around the beginning of each year, could be responsible in part for t he strong February withholding results.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/797

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Other forms of pay, such as bonuses to workers in the financial sector, also tend to rise when financial markets are doing well. Early evidence suggests this has been the case in 2024 as well. Without Broader Economic Improvements, Recent Gains Are on Shaky Ground.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

^[PDF] Teacher Workforce Trends

Salary Bonuses Attract people to teach in longstanding shortage areas and improve quality. (1) Bonuses for specifi c subjects. (2) Bonuses for dual-credential holders to teach specifi c subjects. (3) Bonuses to teach in hard-to-staff schools. (4) Return-to-workforce bonuses for retired teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2016/Teacher-Workforce-Trends-042616.pdf

^[PDF] Teacher Workforce Trends

Salary Bonuses Attract people to teach in longstanding shortage areas and improve quality. (1) Bonuses for specifi c subjects. (2) Bonuses for dual-credential holders to teach specifi c subjects. (3) Bonuses to teach in hard-to-staff schools. (4) Return-to-workforce bonuses for retired teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2016/Teacher-Workforce-Trends-033016.pdf

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - Previous budget actions allocated $360  million for use as Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAPP) bonus funds to supplement the base HHAPP grants of local entities that achieved specified outcome goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808