Minnesota Legislators Get a Pay Bump in July

ST. PAUL (WJON Information) – Minnesota Legislators will see a pay enhance this summer time.

Final Friday, the Legislative Wage Council unanimously accepted a rise in legislator pay of seven.25% or about $3,500 per yr.

In figuring out the rise, the council used the present pay scale of county commissioners,

wage and per diem charges of neighboring state legislatures,

and different advantages, like medical insurance.

In keeping with the Legislative Wage Council’s report, they used the next info to justify the pay enhance:

• Inflation, as measured by CPI-U, elevated by 7.04% in 2021 and 6.45% in 2022.
• State worker collective bargaining agreements supplied 2.5% and a couple of.5% throughout the board will increase efficient July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022, respectively.
• Social safety advantages elevated 5.9% and eight.7% efficient December 2021 and December 2022.
• Non-public sector pay elevated 5.0% and 5.1% efficient December 2021 and December 2022.
• The 5 non-urban Metropolitan County (7 county Metro Space excluding Ramsey and Hennepin counties) commissioner salaries elevated 3.5% because the Wage Council’s final dedication.
• The Wage Council makes a single wage dedication efficient July of the oddnumbered yr. Most of the wage comparisons that the Council thought of consisted of two changes over a two-year interval. The adjustment made by this Council explicitly takes under consideration this two-year interval with a view to maintain Legislator salaries entire in actual financial phrases.
• MMB’s most up-to-date price range forecast initiatives a basic fund steadiness of $17.5 billion in FY 24-25, of which $12.5 billion is leftover from the earlier biennium. The forecast references estimates of inflation for the following three years: 2.3% for FY 24, 2.2% for FY 25, and a couple of.1% for FY 26.

After a prolonged dialogue in regards to the enhance in inflation and the entire hours legislators put in throughout the session, the council accepted a rise from $42,250 to $51,750 per yr efficient July 1st. The elevated salaries imply an additional $810,000 per yr in state spending.

To learn the draft report, click on right here.

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