华盛顿州公民薪酬委员会否决州长加薪 州长与总检察长等薪酬两年冻结
华盛顿州民选官员薪酬公民委员会（Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials）10月15日（周四）在奥林匹亚一家酒店举行全天会议并通过建议：州长鲍勃·弗格森未来两年不加薪，总检察长与副州长的薪酬同样冻结。
委员会同时同意，州议员、公立教育总监、州司库与公共土地专员将于2027年7月1日加薪2%、2028年7月1日再加薪2%；包括州最高法院法官在内的法官也将在明年7月与后年7月各加薪2%。在最后几项表决中，委员会同意州务卿、保险专员与州审计长办公室的薪酬在未来两年每年提高5%。委员史蒂夫·史密斯在解释为何这些州级行政职位应获得较大幅度提升时说：「我们现在的薪酬吸引不到本州最优秀的候选人。」
据《华盛顿州标准报》报道，弗格森在近期合同谈判中未向数千名州雇员提供加薪。此次决定与2024年上一轮定薪形成对比：当时委员会把州长与总检察长职位的薪酬在两年内提高了14%，其中三分之一为生活成本调整，其余用以反映职位职责增长与生活成本上升。
Washington Salary Panel Rejects Pay Hike for Governor, Freezing Pay for Governor, Attorney General and Lt. Governor
The Washington Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials, meeting for a full day at an Olympia hotel on Thursday, October 15, adopted a recommendation under which Governor Bob Ferguson will not receive a raise for the next two years, with salaries for the attorney general and lieutenant governor also frozen.
Commissioners did agree to give state lawmakers, along with the superintendent of public instruction, the treasurer and the commissioner of public lands, increases of 2 percent on July 1, 2027, and another 2 percent on July 1, 2028. Judges, including state Supreme Court justices, would also receive 2 percent hikes next July and 2 percent a year later. In one of their final votes, commissioners agreed to boost the salaries of the offices of secretary of state, insurance commissioner and state auditor by 5 percent in each of the next two years. "We have salaries that will not attract the best candidates available in our state," Commissioner Steve Smith said in explaining why those executives should receive a greater bump.
The Washington State Standard reported that Ferguson did not offer raises to thousands of state workers in recent contract talks. Thursday's action stood in contrast to the last salary-setting round in 2024, when the commission raised pay for the jobs of governor and attorney general by 14 percent over two years, with cost-of-living adjustments making up a third of the total and the rest intended to account for growing duties and rising costs of living.
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