Summary of Report 25-705

Voluntary and involuntary separations decreased in fiscal year 2024 compared with fiscal year 2023. The fiscal year 2024 headcount increased by 3.6 percent compared to fiscal year 2023.

This reduction in turnover and increase in headcount may be a result, in part, of the legislative salary increases approved by the 88th Legislature, and the additional pay increases that agencies provided in fiscal year 2024.

• In fiscal year 2024, turnover rates decreased for all three Salary Schedules and nearly all state agencies with 1,000 or more employees.
• Turnover remained the highest for Article V (Public Safety and Criminal Justice) and Article II (Health and Human Services) agencies.
• All regions except West Texas experienced a decrease in turnover rates in fiscal year 2024 when compared to fiscal year 2023.

In exit surveys completed during fiscal year 2024, the top three reasons employees cited for leaving state employment was (1) to retire, (2) for better pay/benefits, and (3) because of poor working conditions/environment.