The objectives of the State of Oregon Salary and Benefit Report for the Executive Branch are to:
- Provide the Governor with a snapshot of the Executive Branch’s current competitive position in the labor market.
- Provide Executive Branch leadership with data to make compensation decisions and plan budgets.
- Provide collective bargaining teams and the employer with data for use in negotiations.
- Fulfill contractual obligations for specific market compensation studies.
The Executive Branch aims to be a “market employer," ensuring its employees earn, on average, between 95% and 105% of what similarly situated employees earn in comparable markets. Some job classifications may differ from the market, but this does not indicate misalignment. Factors like performance, turnover, and longevity can impact actual salaries, which may explain some differences between state and market salaries for individual jobs.
The report includes around 360 job classifications within the Executive Branch, covering nearly 26,700 of the state's approximately 40,000 employees. It does not include classifications that are exclusive to strike-prohibited bargaining units or those in the Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch, Oregon Lottery, Oregon University System, or other public entities exempted by law.
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Past Reports: