Some Clovis employees will get 10% raises as city restructures management salaries
Some City of Clovis employees will receive pay raises exceeding 10% starting next week when the city implements a new salary structure for management-level positions.
The new structure stems from a comprehensive salary structure analysis for nonunion management employees conducted last year that revealed a wide disparity between job classifications , according to a staff report.
According to the new salary structure, positions such as police captain, city planner, and deputy fire marshal are set as benchmarks. The deputy police chief’s salary is 10% higher than the benchmark, while the police chief’s salary is 15% higher than the deputy police chief’s. The city manager’s salary is 15% above that of the highest department director.
For benchmark positions, the monthly salary ranges from $12,141 to $14,757, depending on the city’s five-step salary schedule, which is based on employees’ annual performance review.
“The goal was to support standardization of the structure to enhance succession planning and employee retention,” the report wrote. “The City has identified management positions in need of salary adjustment.”
As a result of implementing the structure, Clovis management employees in 36 job positions will receive pay increases ranging from 0.25% for senior management analysts to 10.69% for deputy fire chiefs.
Clovis City Manager Andrew Hussler received a 2.43% raise. His monthly salary will be over $23,000 starting March 1.
The total cost associated with the salary restructures is $198,000, according to the report.
Clovis City Council voted unanimously to approve the new salary structure at a Feb. 17 council meeting without any inquiry or discussion.
“I know what I’m going to say isn’t going to make any difference tonight, but it’s just this constant thing of everybody’s always getting more and more and more,” said Clovis resident Bill Scott.
The last pay raise for Clovis’s city employees occurred in July 2025, when the city council approved a 3% cost-of-living adjustment. The council also approved 2% adjustment for 2026 and 2027, respectively.
“I don’t mind people, especially the police department making a good living,” Scott told the City Council. “But then every year, constantly, you’re accelerating. The increases far beyond what we, in the private sectors get, and then you turn around and come back next week and say, ‘We need more money for taxes.’”
In addition to the annual cost-of-living adjustment, all city employees, including management staff, who are performing at or above expectations on their annual performance review may receive a 5% raise, said Amy Hance, the city’s general services director.
The city declined to disclose the percentage of employees who received at or above expectation level on their annual performance review.
“We do not have the percentage of employees who progress through the steps,” Hance said in an emailed response. “The majority of city employees provide exemplary service day in and day out and receive annual performance evaluations which reflect that high level of commitment.”
