Question
How is my annual increase calculated or determined as a Civil Service (CSA) employee?
Answer
Salary policy is set by the state legislature and the Bureau of Human Resources (BHR). In most instances for CSA employees, increases are applied across-the-board. This means that unless an employee falls into an exception category, increases for each employee are the same.
Exceptions to the across-the-board application of CSA salary policy include:
- Employees with a rate near or above the maximum of the range
- Salary policy increases are capped at the maximum of the range
- Employees on a work improvement plan
- Salary policy may be applied after a successful completion of the work improvement plan
- Temporary or seasonal CSA employees
To demonstrate, here are a couple examples of CSA annual salary increases based on a 3% hypothetical pool:
- A Senior Secretary’s hourly rate was $19.00 before salary policy. They did not meet any reason for exception, so a 3% increase was applied. Their new hourly rate is $19.57.
- A Senior Building Maintenance Worker current hourly rate is $24.00. The new maximum of their range is $24.50 an hour. If salary policy was 3%, they would only earn the $0.50 increase to the maximum of the range. They would not earn the full 3% increase.
CSA employees do not receive annual contracts. Their new hourly or salaried rate can be accessed in SNAP:
- Go to the Employee tab in SNAP
- Scroll down and select Job Details from the Employment Details box
- Select the title of your current position
- View your salary effective dates and Job Salary/Job Hourly Rates
Note: Salary policy is only available to permanent and regular employees. These employees are leave/benefit eligible. Temporary, student, seasonal employees are not eligible for annual salary policy.
Note: Salary policy is not guaranteed every year. There may be years where no monies are pooled by state legislature for salary increases.