Guidelines for the Salary Increase for Certain State Positions
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the salary increase be automatic?
To be eligible for the increase, an employee must be a licensed attorney in one of the following job classifications:
- Attorney series
- Assistant Attorney General series
- General Counsel series
- Administrative Law Judge series
- Master Administrative Law Judge series
- Law Clerk
- Court Law Clerk series
- Hearings Officer series
- Associate Deputy Attorney General
- Deputy Attorney General
- Deputy First Assistant Attorney General
– or – - First Assistant Attorney General
Agencies are responsible for identifying eligible employees in the specified job classifications and ensuring that only employees who are licensed attorneys receive the increase.
SPRS Agencies
For agencies that report to SPRS, the new pay rate must be submitted for all eligible employees with reason code L40. SPRS will only allow the L40 transaction to be submitted for employees who are assigned to one of the eligible job classifications. Agencies are responsible for ensuring that the salary increase transaction is submitted only for employees in eligible job classifications who are also licensed attorneys.
CAPPS HR/Payroll Agencies
For agencies that use CAPPS as their internal HR/payroll system, the new pay rate must be entered for all eligible employees with reason code L40. CAPPS will only allow the L40 transaction to be entered for employees who are assigned to one of the eligible job classifications. Agencies are responsible for ensuring that the salary increase transaction is entered only for employees in eligible job classifications who are also licensed attorneys.
Is the increase only applicable to filled eligible positions as of Sept. 1, 2025? If my agency has vacancies for eligible positions, can the increase be given to employees hired to fill those vacancies?
The appropriation is generally provided to cover an increase in salary for licensed attorneys in the specified job classifications. If a licensed attorney is hired into one of the specified job classifications between Sept. 1, 2025, and Aug. 31, 2027, the appropriation can be used to increase the employee’s salary to ensure salary parity with other licensed attorneys in similar positions.
The increase for these employees must be submitted to SPRS or entered in CAPPS using reason code L40. The salary on the hire transaction must be the amount excluding the 6 percent increase. The agency should enter in CAPPS or submit to SPRS an L40 reason code increasing the salary by 6 percent effective the same day.
How will the Comptroller’s office monitor the salary increase?
The pay increase actions apply before other routine salary actions and are separate actions that allow the Comptroller’s office to monitor the amounts awarded to each eligible employee.
How will the amount of the salary increase be calculated for a salaried part-time employee who is entitled to receive the increase?
| Fiscal Year | The amount of the increase will be the lesser of … | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 percent of the employee’s annual salary (as reduced to account for the employee’s part-time status), or | The maximum of the applicable salary group multiplied by the percentage of 40 hours that the employee is normally scheduled to work each week (not to exceed 100 percent). |
How will the amount of the salary increase be calculated for an hourly employee who is entitled to receive the increase?
| Fiscal Year | The amount of the increase will be the lesser of … | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 106 percent of the employee’s annual salary rate before the increase, divided by 2080 hours, or | The maximum hourly rate for the applicable salary group. |
Which employees are not eligible for the salary increase?
Any employee who is not a licensed attorney in any of the eligible classified job classifications and:
- Statewide elected officials
- Justices and judges of the appellate and district courts
- District attorneys
- Criminal district attorneys
- County attorneys performing the duties of a district attorney
- Line-item exempt (non-classified) employees
- Employees of institutions of higher education and employees of other agencies whose employees are not subject to the Position Classification Plan
- Compensatory per diem of board or commission members
Will employees whose salary is within 6 percent of the maximum of the group receive the full increase?
The appropriations rider does not authorize any salary rate above the maximum rates specified in the classified salary schedules. If the employee’s salary after the 6 percent increase is applied exceeds the maximum salary for the assigned salary group, the salary would increase only to the maximum of the salary group.