State Commission recommends raises

Monday, September 15, 2008 |
SALEM (AP) — A state commission is recommending raises of from 22 to 54 percent for some Oregon officials.
It calls for 39-percent increases for the state labor commissioner, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction, taking those pay scales from $72,0000 a year to $100,000.
The attorney general’s pay scale would go up 54 percent to $119,000 and the salary for governor would go up 39 percent to $130,000
The commission was set up by the 2007 Legislature. The 2009 session will vote on the recommendations.
The last raises were five years ago.
The 11-member commission of state officials and voters looked at wages in comparable states and took their numbers from the middle of the pack. They found Oregon’s pay scales to be near the bottom.
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