The City of Topeka’s compensation philosophy is to provide a compensation program which will attract, motivate, and retain qualified employees to meet the objectives of the organization.
Compensation Market Analysis
In order to maintain external equity and ensure the city is paying market wages, periodic market comparability studies are conducted. These surveys allow the city to ensure our position rates of pay are consistent with the pay rates in other Metropolitan areas. The source of market data utilized (local survey, regional survey, or national survey) depends on the scope of work, responsibility, and general recruiting pool for the specific job.
Pay Structures
The City of Topeka currently operates two separate pay structures:
Management/Executive Pay Plan and Bargaining Unit Pay Plans.
- Management/Executive Pay Plan: Governs wages for department and division directors, management positions and non-union positions not covered in a bargaining unit agreement.
- Bargaining Unit Pay Plans: These are wages for City of Topeka non-management or non-supervisory employees are governed by the provisions of seven separate labor agreements, including:
- AFSCME Development Services/Planning
- AFSCME Water
- AFT Kansas
- Fraternal Order of Police
- International Association of Firefighters
- Teamsters
- Water Pollution Control