03-27-07 -- Helping to ensure the State can retain and
attract quality executives, Governor Schwarzenegger has approved a new salary
structure for the State's top executives effective April 1. The salary
adjustments will be funded within agencies' and departments' existing budgets
to ensure they do not impact the State budget.
"For years we've tended to ignore the growing disparity in
salaries between our State's top executives and their counterparts in local
government because executive compensation is such a sensitive issue," said Dave
Gilb, director of the Dept. of Personnel Administration, which administers the
State's pay system. "Unfortunately, being non-competitive means we lose
experienced personnel and discourage outside talent from accepting key
government posts. It's time we reversed this trend toward underpaying our
State's chief executives and commit to attracting the best and the brightest to
government service."
Under the new structure, salaries will be adjusted for 10
agency secretaries and 39 department directors whose salaries are set by
statute and, until now, have been raised only when the State workforce receives
a general salary increase. Over the years, these statutorily set salaries have
fallen well behind levels paid for government jobs in California's cities and
counties.
Labor market survey data compiled by the Dept. of Personnel
Administration document the extent of the State's salary lag. The survey data
and analyses have been provided to the Legislature as part of the official
notice of the salary restructuring.
Click here for
a one-page overview of the new salary structure.
Use the following links to view the official notice to the
Legislature, including the positions covered by the new salary structure and
survey data and analysis that document the State's lag:
Letter
of notification to Legislature (pdf, 2 pages)
New
salary structure and positions covered (pdf, 5 pages)
Survey
data (pdf, 9 pages)
Salary
analysis and comparisons for public safety and health (pdf, 56 pages)
