December 30, 2009 01:47 AM UTC

Colorado WINS Releases Report - State Workforce Stressed to Limit

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• by: LyneaHansen

(So you want to keep cutting, do you? – promoted by Colorado Pols)

A new report issued by Colorado WINS shows state services and personnel are stressed to the limit by Colorado’s budget crisis.  The report details a variety of data that confirms Colorado lags far behind other states in the region in terms of investment in its state workforce.

• COLORADO ALREADY HAS THE LEANEST WORKFORCE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. Colorado is home to the fewest state employees per capita in the Rocky Mountain Region.

• COLORADO DRASTICALLY UNDER INVESTS IN CRITICAL STATE ASSETS. In terms of per capita state spending on many key priorities – education, highways, police protection and natural resources- Colorado ranks lowest in the region.

• COLORADO IS DISINVESTING IN ITS STATE WORKFORCE. Colorado state employee pay, adjusted for inflation, has been stagnant since 2002 – up just 1.8%; during the same period, pay in other Rocky Mountain states for state employees has risen sharply during that same time period.

• COLORADO’S STATE WORKFORCE PROVIDES SUPERIOR SERVICE FOR INFERIOR PAY. Colorado is the wealthiest state in the region with a median family income of $70,164, but the per capita monthly cost for the total state employee payroll is just $62.31.

The complete report, titled “Colorado’s State Employee Workforce; Stressed to the Limit” also underscores the status of the state’s employee workforce as an economic asset – not cost – to Colorado’s economy.  State employees supply a vast array of skills and services that allow our state to function:  from clearing roads to providing health services to guarding prisons.  The full report can be viewed at https://www.StressedToTheLimit.com