Impact of $15 Minimum Wage on Monroe County Public Schools

Schools

# of Employees
that will be affected

Monroe #1 BOCES
Brighton
East Irondequoit
East Rochester
Fairport
Honeoye Falls Lima
Penfield
Pittsford
Rush-Henrietta
Webster
West Irondequoit
Monroe #2 BOCES
Brockport
Churchville-Chili
Gates Chili
Greece
Hilton
Kendall
Spencerport
Wheatland-Chili
TOTALS

536
184
294
59
350
126
298
287
450
550
351
184
550
192
299
800
312
36
205
24
6087

Dollar Amount
$2,958,597
$804,378
$1,168,197
$345,751
$1,651,000
$429,517
$1,157,709
$582,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
$1,214,672
$791,543
$1,243,935
$948,241
$2,434,501
$3,785,488
$746,195
$173,389
$1,239,485
$115,814
$24,790,412

Estimated Tax
Levy Increase
N/A*
1.70%
2.90%
2.57%
2.35%
1.59%
1.90%
0.50%
2.80%
1.20%
3.30%
N/A*
3.00%
2.75%
5.69%
3.70%
2.02%
3.70%
3.50%
1.30%
*BOCES will need to charge this increase
out to their component districts

Positions Included in these numbers: Clerical, Custodial/Maintenance, Food Service Workers, Teacher
Aides/Paraprofessionals, Bus Drivers/Attendants, Summer Help, Per Diem Substitutes
One Example: Cleaner Position (not including negotiated benefits like health insurance, sick days, etc.)

Current
Potential
Difference

Current
Potential
Difference

Annual Rate

FICA

ERS

$19,677
$31,200
$11,523

$1,574
$2,496

$3,542
$5,616

Hourly Rate

FICA

ERS

$9.46
$15.00
$5.54

$.75
$1.20

$1.72
$2.70

True Annual
Cost
$24,793
$39,312
$14,519
True Hourly
Cost
$11.92
$18.90
$6.98

Other Considerations:

Salary increases for current staff to readjust for new hire rate (salary compression).
Recruitment and Retention why work here?
Other collective bargaining issues will it be difficult to get concessions to compensate for extra
cost of minimum wage?
Will lunch prices need to increase to make up the difference in labor costs for school lunch
program which is supposed to be self-sustaining?
Will schools need to reduce staff or cut programs to fund this potential increase?