Governor of Delaware John C Carney Jr. speaks at the Delaware Memorial Day Ceremony, in New Castle, DE on May 30, 2019. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) DOVER, Del. - Members of the Delaware legislature’s budget-writing committee began marking up Gov.
John Carney’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday by approving across-the-board pay raises of up to 9% for state employees.The Joint Finance Committee approved Carney’s plan to give state workers pay raises ranging from 3% to 9%, depending on their pay grades.
Employees making less than $50,000 a year would see their pay increase between 7% and 9%, with the lowest pay grades receiving the highest percentage increases.
Employees making roughly $100,000 or more annually would see a 3% pay raise.Public school employees also would receive a 3% raise, with teachers getting an additional 6% pay hike for a total salary increase of 9%.The average state employee salary of $52,033 per year would increase 6%.The pay increases approved Tuesday follow pay hikes ranging from 2% to 9% that government workers received this year.