SECTION 8. EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027
This section provides instructions for implementing the Fiscal Year
2026-2027 salary and benefit adjustments provided in this act. All
allocations, distributions, and uses of these funds are to be made in
strict accordance with the provisions of this act and chapter 216,
Florida Statutes.
Unless otherwise specified in this section, references to an "eligible"
employee refer to an employee who is, at a minimum, meeting his or her
required performance standards, if applicable. If an ineligible employee
achieves performance standards subsequent to the salary implementation
date, but on or before the end of the fiscal year, the employee may
receive the increase; however, the increase shall be effective on the
date the employee becomes eligible but not retroactively. In addition,
any salary increase or bonus provided under this section shall be
pro-rated based on the full-time equivalency of the employee's position.
Employees classified as other personal services employees are not
eligible for an increase.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the minimums and maximums for
each pay grade and pay band be adjusted upward commensurate with the
increases provided in subsection (1) and (2). In addition, the
Legislature intends that all eligible employees receive the increases
specified in this section, even if the implementation of such increases
results in an employee's salary exceeding the adjusted pay grade
maximum.
(1) EMPLOYEE AND OFFICER COMPENSATION
(a) Officer Compensation
Effective July 1, 2026, the elected officers, members of commissions,
and designated employees shall be paid at the annual rate listed below;
however, these salaries may be reduced on a voluntary basis. Funds are
included in Specific Appropriation 2153 to increase the annual base rate
of pay over the June 30, 2026, base rate of pay for the elected
officers, members of commission, and designated employees as provided in
the following table.
Governor.................................................. 141,400
Lieutenant Governor....................................... 135,516
Chief Financial Officer................................... 139,988
Attorney General.......................................... 139,988
Commissioner of Agriculture............................... 139,988
Supreme Court Justice..................................... 277,343
Judges - District Courts of Appeal........................ 234,484
Judges - Circuit Courts................................... 210,878
Judges - County Courts.................................... 199,243
Judges of Compensation Claims............................. 184,317
State Attorneys........................................... 234,618
Public Defenders.......................................... 227,784
Commissioner - Public Service Commission.................. 161,253
Commissioner - Florida Gaming Control Commission.......... 161,253
Chair - Public Employees Relations Commission............. 165,000
Commissioner - Public Employees Relations Commission...... 56,612
Chair - Commission on Offender Review..................... 165,000
Commissioner - Commission on Offender Review.............. 155,000
Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels............. 146,607
None of the officers, commission members, or employees whose salaries
have been fixed in this section shall receive any supplemental salary or
benefits from any county or municipality.
(b) Employee Compensation
Effective July 1, 2026, funding in the amount of $98,211,322 from the
General Revenue Fund and $86,263,579 from trust funds are provided in
Specific Appropriation 2153 to grant a 2.0 percent competitive pay
adjustment to each eligible employee's June 30, 2026, base rate of pay.
This competitive pay adjustment shall apply to each eligible employee in
the Career Service, the Selected Exempt Service, the Senior Management
Service, the lottery pay plan, the judicial branch pay plan, the pay
plans administered by the Justice Administration Commission, a military
employee of the Florida National Guard on full-time military duty, and a
non-career service employee of the Florida School for the Deaf and the
Blind, based on each eligible employee's base rate of pay. This
competitive pay adjustment shall be made before any other adjustments