To Keep Public Workers, States Offer New Salaries and Benefits

Governing: Faced with intense private-sector competition and rising turnover, 2019 legislative sessions raised wages and sweetened a selection of benefits for a slew of teachers and first responders. State workers also saw across-the-board salary increases.

Legislators were aided in their funding decisions by healthy revenue growth. In a majority of states, revenues came in above expectations, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers.

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