Many state employees are waiting to get small pay raises. But some have already gotten large ones.
The state's 27,000 employees haven't received an across-the-board pay raise in more than a decade.
That's about to change: Roughly 80 percent of workers this summer will see a small bump after the Legislature signed off on a salary deal last month. It gives public employees raises up to 3 percent, though many will see less than that, or none, due to the limitations on the increase based on position.
Workers are unhappy with the small amount, said Brenda Scott, president of the Mississippi Alliance of of State Employees.
The increase averages out to $1,050 a year per worker — a raise that might "equate to a half a tank of gas" for many people per paycheck, she said.
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