A Performance Audit
A Biennial Report on the State's Position Classification Plan for the 2028-2029 Biennium
October 2026
Overview
The State Classification Team, located within the State Auditor's Office, reviewed the State's Position Classification Plan (Plan), which provides the salary structure for the State's 151,963 classified, regular full-time and part-time employees. The objective was to determine the competitiveness of the Plan with similar positions in the private and public sectors.
The recommended changes will help to maintain the Plan's competitiveness for the 2028-2029 biennium. The need for additional improvements is supported by the 154 requests for Plan changes submitted by 24 agencies, which is the second highest number of requests received in more than a decade.
Market and Agency Analysis
MARKET ANALYSIS
The State's salary ranges are competitive for most job classification titles and, on average, the salary range midpoints for benchmarked job classification titles were 8.8 percent behind the market average pay. Chapter 1-A | p. 5
AGENCY ANALYSIS
This analysis includes 8 state agencies that had overall turnover rates exceeding 17.0 percent in fiscal year 2025. The majority of the applicable job classification titles at the studied agencies have average annual salaries that are near or above the salary range midpoint, the statewide annual average salary, and the market average salary.
Chapter 2 | p. 12
Classification Recommendations
RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE PLAN
A total of 426 changes are recommended for the 2028-2029 biennium to maintain the Plan's competitiveness. There are no recommended changes to Salary Schedule A or Salary Schedule B. Chapter 1-B | p. 6
ESTIMATED COST
The estimated cost to implement the recommended changes is approximately $570,000 in each year of the 2028-2029 biennium. Chapter 1-C | p. 10
