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| State of Oklahoma seeks fair, affordable pay plan |
| By newsok.com |
| Published: 01/09/2013 |
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The Oklahoma Transportation Commission has voted to boost base salaries for lower-tier positions at the Department of Transportation, costing up to $7.2 million by 2014. At the Department of Corrections, officials are seeking pay raises for correctional officers, whose starting salary is $11.83 an hour. Officials at several state agencies have noted that it's harder to retain employees because private-sector pay, particularly in the booming oil field, is much better. Oil-field workers can earn as much as $25 an hour, while information technicians are paid as much as $20,000 more by oil companies than by the state. Last year's turnover rate at ODOT was 15 percent. We don't dispute some state jobs may warrant a pay increase, particularly if it ultimately improves public safety. But from a 20,000-feet view, this is a good problem to have! The last thing anyone should want is for state government jobs to be preferable to private-sector employment. Every dollar going to state salaries is a dollar taken out of productive use in the private sector. Read More. |
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