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Employee Raises and Salary Compression
Summary
Commissioners are weighing whether a 3% raise actually helps workers whose take-home gain could be tiny, floating a one-time payout instead — but staff warned that could recreate the compression problems that took a decade to fix after the Great Recession. An analysis is coming.
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Last discussed Aug 25, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
A 3% raise for all non-union staff is built into the FY27 budget.
✅Who benefits
City employees would get either a modest raise or a more visible one-time payment.
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