2% state employee raises on the way in state budget

Florida lawmakers will weigh 2% raise for 112,000 state workers

A pay raise for state workers is still in play as Florida lawmakers return to the Capitol this week to work on a state budget.

2% state employee raises on the way in state budget

The state budget for fiscal year 2025-26 will include an across-the-board 2% pay raise for state employees, according to sources familiar with budget negotiations.  That is good news to state employees who otherwise thought they’d be left out of the upcoming budget after Gov. Ron DeSantis issued his recommended state budget in February that, for the first time in four years, didn’t include an across-the-board pay raise. DeSantis did not include …