Purpose

Why did DPA prepare this survey?

The State of California agreed to prepare this survey. The contract agreement between the State and the California Association of Professional Scientists spells out the terms.

What does the contract agreement say?

Unit 10 MOU, Article 17.4, Salary Survey

DPA and CAPS will jointly survey, on an annual basis, the salaries for the comparable classes listed and take into consideration the information contained in these reports, prior to making salary recommendations to DPA for these employees.

This labor/management committee will have three members from CAPS and DPA. These members will serve on this committee with no loss in compensation. This committee will agree on the methodology, benchmark classifications in California cities and counties, UC, CSU, the federal government, and the private sector for the classes of:

• Environmental Scientist/Biologist
• Chemist
• Geologist
• Research Scientist
• Industrial Hygienist
• Health Physicist

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• Purpose
• Benchmarks
• Methodology
• Results

Updated May 8, 2008 at 2:41 PM.