On July 1, the state will implement the Step Pay Program for eligible classified employees in the State Personnel System, pending final approval by the General Assembly.
By March 31, all eligible state classified employees will be mailed a letter to their home address with an initial calculation of full years in their current job series from the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration.
A job series, sometimes referred to as class series or job class series, is a group of similar positions, such as Accountants. Within each series there are different levels of job classifications. For example, in the Accountant job series, the classifications are Accountant I, Accountant II, Accountant III and Accountant IV. If an employee has held positions as an Accountant I, was then promoted to an Accountant II position, then later promoted to an Accountant III, all of the time spent in those classifications would count as time in the Accountant job series.
State classified employees who do not receive a notification by March 31, and believe they should have, are advised to reach out to the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration via e-mail at dpa_steppay@state.co.us. The DPA will send an electronic copy of their letter.
Requesting reviews
State classified employees who believe that the time-in-job series as shown in their letter from the DPA is incorrect, either under- or over-calculated, should follow the Time-in-Job Series Additional Information Submission Instructions included with their letter to submit additional information to DPA for further review. Employees will have until April 30 to request a review of their time in a series by the DPA.
Only fully completed years as of June 30, 2024, are included in the calculation. For example: If an employee has three years and eleven months as a Training Specialist as of June 30, 2024, their time-in-series is three years.
All eligible state classified staff will receive an across-the-board increase of 3% effective July 1, and then additional raise amounts may be possible depending on the employee’s step pay calculation. No pay decreases will occur.
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