A total-compensation study
built for the Central Valley.
Five bargaining groups. Eight to ten comparator agencies. Base, cash supplements, certification pay, auto allowance, PERS retirement, and medical benefits — analyzed in one defensible methodology by House Strategies Group for the City of Modesto.
Workforce in Scope
1,823 employees · 5 bargaining groups · 361 classifications
Confidential & Mgmt
Modesto Confidential & Management Association
~220 incumbents
MCEA (general)
Modesto City Employee's Association
~1,265 incumbents
POA (sworn)
Modesto Police Officers Association
~210 incumbents
Police Non-Sworn
Modesto Police Non-Sworn Association
~75 incumbents
Unrepresented
Modesto Unrepresented Employees
~53 incumbents
Incumbent counts illustrative; final headcount reconciled against authoritative City HRIS at engagement award.
What This Engagement Delivers
Four lenses on Modesto's compensation reality.
Most public-sector comp studies stop at base salary. Modesto's workforce — like any California city — lives in a world where pension, medical, and special pays drive most of the difference. We model all of it.
Why HSG
Five reasons our methodology fits Modesto.
01
Defensibly human-validated AI methodology
Every AI output reconciled by a credentialed analyst before it reaches the City.
02
California public-sector benchmarking fluency
Comparator-data discipline, MOU literacy, and salary-ordinance idiom built for the City's actual scope of work.
03
Five-bargaining-unit data clarity, including sworn and non-sworn police
POST cert tiering, FLSA 7(k), CalPERS Classic vs. PEPRA, special pays — surfaced cleanly in the deliverable.
04
12-week sprint discipline
8-week preliminary report + 4-week final, with a single virtual presentation to the HR Director — exactly the cadence the City asked for.
05
Live response companion at modesto.housestrategiesgroup.com
What you see here is the analytical product the City would receive post-award — already built.
Response Companion
This portal is the analytical product Modesto would receive — already built.
Every chart, every table, every modeling tool here is what we'll deliver — sharper, populated with Modesto's actual data, on a 6-month engagement clock.