Methodology Preview:Position titles and range numbers are sourced from the City of Modesto's 2025-2026 Alphabetical Listing of Classifications. Salary, benefit, and pension figures shown here are illustrative — production data populated from City HRIS, CalPERS valuation, and current MOUs at engagement award.

Optional Post-Study Add-On

Cost-impact modeling

The City's INF-RFP-00096 Q&A confirmed that implementation cost scenarios and salary recommendations are not part of the base scope (Q11, Q16, Q22, Q32). HSG offers cost-impact modeling as a separate, opt-in deliverable for cities that want to take benchmark findings into MOU rounds.

What it adds

  • Slider-driven model: see City-wide annualized cost of any wage movement (0–10%) across all five bargaining groups
  • Pensionable-pay rollup automatically applied for sworn classifications (CalPERS reportable special compensation)
  • Per-FTE / per-bargaining-unit / City-wide rollups in one view
  • Multi-year compounding option (year-over-year base growth)
  • Step movement vs. across-the-board scenario toggle
  • MOU-round-ready summary memo (Council-readable)

Confidential & Mgmt

~220

incumbents

MCEA

~1265

incumbents

POA

~210

incumbents

Police Non-Sworn

~75

incumbents

Unrepresented

~53

incumbents

How it's scoped

Available as a separate task order following the 12-week base engagement, with the City's authoritative HRIS, MOU step tables, and pensionable-pay catalog already in place from the base study. Typical add-on lift: 40–80 hours over 2–3 weeks.

HSG can also include this as bundled scope if the City prefers a single contract.

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