What does it mean?
Targeted pay raises differ from across-the-board pay raises in that they affect a small, defined subset of state employees. The Legislature has used targeted pay raises to improve retention in certain high-turnover positions, and to maintain a competitive salary relationship between state agency positions and similar positions in a relevant labor market.
The House or the Senate proposed additional targeted pay raises or gives an agency more money for pay raises for certain positions. The House and the Senate passed their version of the state budget. The two legislative bodies discuss the differences in a committee (known as a conference committee) that made the final budget decisions.
Check out the tabs below for the information on targeted or other state agency pay raises that the conference committee pushed forward to the Governor. For a complete list, click here.
With the Regular Session of the 88th Legislature completed, TPEA continues working hard to support the best outcomes for active and retired state employees. For many people, pay raises are the biggest issue. For a list of Bills passed and sent to the Governor, click here.
**It’s official: Gov. Abbott has signed the two budget bills that the Legislature sent him, and Texas’s 135,000 active state employees will see a 5% pay raise in their August 1 paychecks. A second 5% pay raise will follow that in a little more than a year. Target pay raises have passed.
Money for Attorney salary increase.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Money for salary increases.
Salary increases for 35 targeted positions.
Salaries of all employees not in the 35 targeted positions and do not receive a targeted pay increase under subsection a
Money for salary increases.
Targeted salary increases for certain unspecified positions.
Money for legal assistant salary raises.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Money for salary increases to improve recruitment and retention.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
No additional money for targeted salary increases.
Targeted salary adjustments related to the Ombudsmen reclassification.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Salary increases for current staff to align with market-rate salaries.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Targeted salary increases for certain Licensing, Audit, and Border Importation Operations staff positions.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Money for career ladder professional development
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Salary increases for staff compensated at or below $40,000 annually.
Money is provided for Staff Salary Retention Increase
Money for salary increases to auditors and tax compliance officers.
Provides money for pay increases for staff:
- Library Support Service
- Disabled Services
- Provide Access to Info & Archives
- Manage State/Local Records:
- Indirect Administration
Targeted Salary Increases
Money provided for targeted salary increases.
Targeted Salary Increases for Attorneys
Funds salary increases each fiscal year for Assistant Attorney Generals I-V.
Provides money for CPI increases, merit increases, and targeted salary raises in addition to the statewide salary adjustment.
Funding provided to adjust salaries for indirect administration staff to the statewide average reported by the State Auditor's Office and targeted salary increases for legal, data, and IT staff:
Salary Increases for the Center of Learning and Organizational Excellence department.
Funding provided for retention bonuses for child protective investigators and one-time salary actions for other staff:
Facilities Staff – funding provided to maintain salary increases for the state-supported living center and mental health state hospital employees:
Specialized Staff – funding provided for salary increases for information technology, actuarial, legal, and finance employees:
Regulatory Inspectors – funding provided for salary increases for regulatory employees:
Contract Staff Oversight – funding provided for salary increases for contract oversight employees:
On-Call Pay is limited to mental health state hospitals and state-supported living centers employees.
State Hospital Salary – requires HHSC to redirect funding for salary increases to additional contracted competency restoration beds if HHSC does not hire enough staff to allow offline state hospital beds to be utilized by December 1, 2023.
SNAP Performance Payments – authorizes bonus payments to certain employees for meeting or exceeding performance standards for eligibility determination and customer service.
Funding provided for salary increases for OIG employees.
Staff Consumer Price Index (CPI), Merit, and Targeted Salary Increase
- The House provides raises in addition to the statewide salary adjustment for CPI increases, merit increases, and targeted salary.
Money for merit-based salary increases and supplementing salaries of vacant positions.
- The House includes a new informational section that identifies money for an additional 5% across-the-board salary increase for certain agency staff independent of the salary increase provided by Article IX, Section 17.18.
The Legislative Process
The Legislative budget process is a two-year cycle. Learn more about how it affects you as a state employee or retiree.