I. (a) The following salary ranges shall apply to the following grades:
GRADE
STEP 01
STEP 02
STEP 03
STEP 04
STEP 05
STEP 06
STEP 07AA
56,732.00
60,424.00
64,142.00
67,834.00
71,526.00
75,218.00
78,936.00BB
58,994.00
62,842.00
66,690.00
70,538.00
74,386.00
78,234.00
82,082.00CC
61,724.00
65,754.00
69,784.00
73,814.00
77,844.00
81,874.00
85,904.00DD
65,000.00
69,238.00
73,476.00
77,740.00
81,978.00
86,216.00
90,454.00EE
68,822.00
73,320.00
77,844.00
82,342.00
86,840.00
91,338.00
95,862.00FF
73,580.00
78,416.00
83,226.00
88,062.00
92,872.00
97,682.00
102,518.00GG
79,430.00
84,630.00
89,856.00
95,056.00
100,256.00
105,482.00
110,682.00HH
86,502.00
92,170.00
97,838.00
103,532.00
109,200.00
114,894.00
120,562.00II
91,442.00
97,448.00
103,454.00
109,460.00
115,492.00
121,498.00
127,504.00JJ
96,408.00
102,726.00
109,070.00
115,414.00
121,758.00
128,102.00
134,446.00KK
98,852.00
105,352.00
111,878.00
118,378.00
124,878.00
131,378.00
137,878.00LL
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
142,272.00MM
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
147,082.00NN
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
152,724.00OO
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
159,302.00PP
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
167,206.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
176,696.00
(b) The salary ranges in subparagraph (a) shall be for the positions set forth in the following grades:
AADepartment of health and human services
senior IT asset management specialist
AA
Executive council
executive assistant
BB
Department of health and human services
executive administrative assistant
BB
Department of health and human services
continuity of operations planning specialist
BB
Department of justice
consumer protection investigator
BB
Department of justice
criminal justice investigator
CCDepartment of corrections
parole board director of operations
CC
Department of revenue administration
multi-state tax auditor
CC
Real estate commission
executive director
CC
Division of veterans services
director
CC
Insurance department
senior insurance fraud investigator
CC
Department of justice
deputy chief investigator
DD
Department of health and human services
assistant bureau chief for child development and head start
DD
Department of health and human services
financial data administrator
DD
Department of health and human services
director of minority affairs
DD
Department of health and human services, office of the commissioner
executive office manager
DD
Department of health and human services
process improvement specialist
DD
Department of health and human services
attorney
DD
Department of state
assistant secretary of state
DD
State treasurer
assistant treasurer
DD
Department of health and human services
HIPAA privacy officer
DD
Department of natural and cultural resources
mountain manager
DD
Department of health and human services
data systems analyst
DD
Department of agriculture, markets and food
director
DD
Department of justice
chief counsel justice investigator
DD
Department of revenue administration
field audit leader
DD
Department of revenue administration
field audit team leader
DD
Department of revenue administration
manager
DD
Department of revenue administration
director of collections division
DD
Department of revenue administration
taxpayer advocate
DD
Department of health and human services
program management chief
DD
Department of health and human services
business improvement administrator
DD
Department of health and human services
estate recovery counsel
DD
Insurance department
director of health care analytics
DD
Department of administrative services
education and training officer
DD
Board of tax and land appeals
board member
DD
Board of tax and land appeals
chairman
DD
Department of health and human services
general counsel
DD
Department of health and human services
business and industry coordinator
DD
Department of health and human services
project manager
DD
Department of justice
chief forensic investigator
DD
Housing appeals board
member
DD
Housing appeals board
chair
DD
Department of justice
victim/witness specialist
DD
Department of business and economic affairs
director of intergovernmental affairs
EE
Department of health and human services, bureau of mental health
assistant director
EE
Department of revenue administration
chief of field audits
EE
Department of health and human services
internal auditor
EE
Department of health and human services
New Hampshire hospital director of compliance
EE
Department of health and human services
director of provider relations
EE
Highway safety
coordinator
EE
Insurance department
compliance and enforcement counsel
EE
Insurance department
health reform coordinator
EE
Department of health and human services
senior project manager
EE
Department of Education
director, division of higher education
EE
Department of revenue administration
audit team leaders
EE
Department of state
state archivist
EE
Department of health and human services
general counsel specialist
EE
Department of health and human services
Sununu youth services center administrator
EE
Department of health and human services
litigation counsel
EE
Department of health and human services
senior policy analyst
EE
Department of health and human services
administrator of child development bureau
EE
Governor’s commission on disability
executive director
EE
Department of state, director and state
registrar
EE
Department of agriculture, markets and foods
assistant state veterinarian
EE
Insurance department
communications director
EE
Department of natural and cultural resources
director and state historic preservation officer
EE
Department of health and human services
process improvement manager
EE
Department of health and human services
substance use disorder planning and evaluation manager
EE
Department of health and human services
manager, contracts quality and management
FF
New Hampshire port authority
director
FF
McAuliffe-Shepard discovery center
director
FF
Department of executive administrative services
executive director, bureau of emergency communications
FF
Department of health and human services
director of facilities and maintenance
FF
Department of transportation
director of aeronautics, rail, and transit
FF
Department of justice
director, office of victim/witness advocate
FF
Department of revenue administration
assistant director, audit division
FF
Department of health and human services
deputy chief counsel
FF
Department of health and human services
senior general counsel
FF
Department of health and human services
senior project manager
FF
Department of health and human services
senior general counsel specialist
FF
Department of health and human services
community relations manager
FF
Department of employment security
counsel
FF
Insurance department
property and casualty actuary
FF
Insurance department
director of health economics
FF
Insurance department
insurance fraud director
FF
Public utilities commission
consumer advocate
FF
Department of revenue administration
revenue counsel
FF
Department of health and human services
deputy director, information services
FF
Department of health and human services
director of mental health services
FF
Department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families
director of legal services
FF
Department of revenue administration
tax policy analyst
FF
Department of employment security
insurance fraud investigator
FF
Banking department
general counsel
FF
Department of health and human services
director of the office of health equity
FF
Department of health and human services
director of communications
FF
Department of health and human services
senior project manager
FF
Department of justice
director of communications
FF
Department of health and human services
adult protective services administrator
GG
Board of medicine
executive director
GG
Liquor commission
chief operating officer
GG
Liquor commission
commissioner
GG
Liquor commission
director of enforcement and licensing
GG
Liquor commission
director of marketing, merchandising, and warehousing
GG
Adjutant general
deputy adjutant general
GG
Department of education
director, workforce innovation
GG
Department of education
director, standards and certification
GG
Department of education
director of instruction
GG
Department of health and human services
director of developmental services
GG
Department of health and human services
New Hampshire hospital chief financial officer
GG
Department of justice
director
GG
Department of natural and cultural resources
director, division of parks
GG
Department of health and human services
director of legislative affairs
GG
Department of corrections
director, division of administration
GG
Department of corrections
director of personnel and information
GG
Department of corrections
director of rehabilitative services
GG
Department of corrections
psychiatrist
GG
Department of corrections
senior physician
GG
Department of environmental services
chief operations officer
GG
Department of health and human services
director of child support services
GG
Department of employment security
general counsel
GG
Department of natural and cultural resources
state librarian
GG
Department of business and economic affairs
director of economic development
GG
State treasurer
deputy treasurer
GG
Banking department
deputy bank commissioner
GG
Department of corrections
director, division of field services
GG
Department of safety
deputy director of motor vehicles
GG
Department of safety
director of information technology
GG
Department of safety
chief of policy and planning
GG
Police standards and training council
director
GG
Department of business and economic affairs
director of travel and tourism
GG
Department of natural and cultural resources
director, forests and lands
GG
Department of health and human services
director of quality assurance
GG
Department of health and human services
director of Medicaid enterprise development
GG
Department of state
deputy secretary of state
GG
State treasurer
chief deputy treasurer
GG
Department of transportation
director of policy and administration
GG
Department of information technology
director
GG
Department of information technology
director
GG
Insurance department
chief financial examiner
GG
Department of corrections
warden, New Hampshire correctional facility for women
GG
Public utilities commission
administrator, site evaluation committee
GG
Department of health and human services
deputy Medicaid director
GG
Department of safety
assistant director, division of homeland security and emergency management
GG
Department of administrative services
manager of employee relations
GG
Department of information technology
assistant director, agency software division
GG
Department of health and human services
deputy director, division of public health services
GG
Department of health and human services
director, project management
GG
Department of health and human services
bureau chief of elderly and adult services
GG
Department of administrative services
deputy director, risk and benefits
GG
Department of corrections
director, professional standards
GG
Department of health and human services
information security officer
GG
Department of health and human services
deputy director, division of economic and housing stability
GG
Department of safety
deputy director, division of administration
GG
Department of corrections
adult parole board chairman
GG
Department of health and human services
director of contracts and procurement
GG
Department of administrative services
deputy director, division of financial data management
GG
Department of administrative services
deputy director, division of public works design and construction
GG
Department of administrative services
superintendent of buildings and grounds, division of plant and property
GG
Department of administrative services
superintendent of court facilities, division of plant and property
GG
Department of administrative services
deputy director, division of plant and property
GG
Department of administrative services
deputy director, division of personnel
GG
Insurance department
general counsel
GG
Insurance department
assistant commissioner
HH
Department of administrative services
director (comptroller)
HH
Department of administrative services
director of information technology management
HH
Department of administrative services
director of procurement and support services
HH
Department of administrative services
director, division of personnel
HH
Department of administrative services
director of enterprise applications management
HH
Department of agriculture, markets and food
commissioner
HH
Department of corrections
unit director non-medical
HH
Department of corrections
warden, Northern New Hampshire corrections facility
HH
Department of environmental services
director
HH
Department health and human services
director of long term supports
HH
Department of health and human services
chief legal counsel
HH
Department of information technology
director
HH
Department of revenue administration
director, division of municipal and property
HH
Department of revenue administration
director of audit division
HH
Department of safety
state fire marshal
HH
Department of transportation
director of finance
HH
Department of health and human services
director of data analytics and research
HH
Department of health and human services
director of bureau of drug and alcohol services
HH
Fish and game department
executive director
HH
Insurance department
chief property and casualty actuary
HH
Insurance department
deputy commissioner
HH
Judicial council
executive director
HH
Labor department
deputy commissioner
HH
Department of health and human services
director, intergovernmental affairs
HH
Department of administrative services
director (administrator), division of plant and property management
HH
Department of health and human services
director, employee assistance program
HH
Liquor commission
deputy commissioner
HH
New Hampshire hospital
chief operating officer
HH
New Hampshire veterans’ home
commandant
HH
Public utilities commission
general counsel
HH
Public utilities commission
director of safety and security
HH
Public utilities commission
executive director
HH
Department of information technology
director
HH
Department of administrative services
director of risk and benefits
HH
Department of employment security
deputy commissioner
HH
Department of revenue administration
director, division of municipal and property
HH
Insurance department
director of financial regulation
HH
Department of safety
director, division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services
HH
Insurance department
chief life, accident and health actuary
HH
Department of administrative services, project management, innovation and operational analysis unit
director
HH
New Hampshire hospital
chief operating officer
HH
Department of information technology
assistant chief information security officer
HH
Department of revenue administration
director of taxpayer services
HH
Office of the child advocate
director
HH
Department of health and human services
executive director, Glencliff home
HH
Department of administrative services
director, division of public works, design and construction
HH
Department of administrative services
state budget officer
HH
Insurance department
property and casualty director
HH
Insurance department
life and health director
II
Department of agriculture, markets and food
state veterinarian
II
Department of health and human services
Medicaid director
II
State treasurer
treasurer
II
Adjutant general
adjutant general
II
Department of corrections
warden, New Hampshire state prison – men
II
Department of safety
director of state police
II
Department of safety
director of motor vehicles
II
Department of employment security
commissioner
II
Banking department
commissioner
II
Department of health and human services
director of the division for children, youth and families
II
Department of education
deputy commissioner
II
Department of transportation
director of project development
II
Labor department
commissioner
II
Insurance department
insurance commissioner
II
Department of environmental services
assistant commissioner
II
Department of health and human services
director of public health
II
Department of state
secretary of state
II
Department of corrections
senior dentist
II
Liquor commission
chairman
II
Office of professional licensure and certification
executive director
II
Department of transportation
director of operations
II
Department of safety
director of homeland security and emergency management
II
Department of safety
director of division of emergency services and communications
II
Lottery commission
executive director
II
Department of health and human services
chief financial officer
II
Department of health and human services
director of behavioral health
II
Department of information technology
chief information security officer
II
Department of safety
director of administration
II
Department of health and human services
director of economic and housing stability
II
Department of health and human services
director of performance evaluation and innovation
II
Department of health and human services
chief legal officer
II
Department of health and human services
director of information services
JJ
Department of administrative services
deputy commissioner
JJ
Department of health and human services
associate commissioner
JJ
Department of health and human services
associate commissioner
JJ
Department of health and human services
associate commissioner
JJ
Public utilities commission
chairman
JJ
Public utilities commission
commissioner
JJ
Department of safety
assistant commissioner
JJ
Department of justice
deputy attorney general
JJ
Department of corrections
assistant commissioner
JJ
Department of transportation
deputy commissioner
JJ
Department of administrative services
assistant commissioner
JJ
Department of revenue administration
assistant commissioner
KK
Department of education
commissioner
KK
Department of health and human services
deputy commissioner
KK
Department of health and human services
pharmacist
KK
Department of health and human services
pharmacist
KK
Department of health and human services
pharmacist
KK
Department of health and human services
pharmacist
KK
Department of health and human services
pharmacist
KK
Department of health and human services
pharmacist
KK
Department of information technology
deputy commissioner
KK
Department of transportation
assistant commissioner
KK
Department of environmental services
commissioner
KK
Department of business and economic affairs
commissioner
KK
Department of corrections
pharmacist
LL
Department of safety
commissioner
LL
Department of transportation
commissioner
LL
Department of justice
attorney general
LL
Department of administrative services
commissioner
LL
Department of corrections
commissioner
LL
Department of revenue administration
commissioner
LL
Department of information technology
commissioner/CIO
MM
Department of health and human services
commissioner
MM
Governor
governor
NN
Department of justice
deputy chief medical examiner
NN
Department of health and human services
state epidemiologist
NN
Department of health and human services
chief pharmacist
NN
Department of corrections
chief pharmacist
PP
Department of health and human services
physician in charge
PP
Department of health and human services
Medicaid dental director
PP
New Hampshire hospital
chief executive officer
Department of justice
chief medical examiner
(c) For attorney positions in the department of justice, except for the attorney general and deputy attorney general, the following shall apply commencing on July 1, 2022:
Minimum
Market anchor
Maximum$55,252
$128,001
Attorney
$66,603
Assistant attorney general
$90,723
Senior assistant attorney general
$112,007
Associate attorney general
$123,359
II. The salary wages for the positions set forth below shall be as follows commencing July 1, 2022:
Maximum
Governor’s councilors
$17,940.00Racing and charitable gaming commissioners
$13,910.00Sweepstakes commission, chairman
$20,228.00Sweepstakes commission, members
$11,388.00
III. Officials named in this section shall be placed in the corresponding steps in the new salary ranges as their length of service justifies and in accordance with RSA 94:3. Lottery commissioners who are members of a multi-state lottery commission and who are authorized to be compensated for such services shall be compensated in addition to their salary under RSA 94:1-a, II, provided, that such additional salary equals no more than $50 per actual day worked plus reasonable expenses for duties performed as a multi-state lottery commissioner. Racing commissioners, lottery commissioners, and the state entomologist only excepted, any official whose salary upon placement in the new salary range is less than that of a subordinate classified employee shall be placed at the next higher step in range above said classified employee and shall be entitled to any increase provided for herein until the maximum provided herein is reached. However, in the event that the maximum of the unclassified position is less than the salary of said subordinate classified employee, the governor and council is authorized to increase the maximum of the unclassified position in an amount to provide a differential of not more than $1,000.
III-a. [Repealed.]
IV.
Part-Time Unclassified Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all part-time unclassified employees whose annual salary as established in RSA 94:1-a is in excess of $15,000 shall be paid on a per diem basis. For the purpose of this section, the commissioner of administrative services shall determine which unclassified employees are part-time. Said determination shall include, but not be limited to, certifiable daily recordation of such employee’s actual presence at his place of work as well as such recordation of annual and sick leave actually taken by said employees. The per diem rate for such employees shall be determined by dividing the number of state working days excluding holidays into the salary established in RSA 94:1-a. Such part-time unclassified employees shall be entitled to such annual leave and sick leave as determined by the director of personnel based on the number of days actually worked. Such part-time unclassified employees shall be entitled to the same fringe benefits as other classified employees.
V. (a) Executive councilors may participate at their own expense in a group health and dental insurance arrangement during their tenure in office. Such group health and dental insurance arrangement shall be the state employees group insurance plan afforded full-time state employees.
(b) Notwithstanding the terms of any state employee group insurance contract or other state law to the contrary, executive councilors who have participated in a group health and dental insurance arrangement during their tenure in office, shall elect, within 30 days after they leave the executive council, either to continue to participate fully in that arrangement for as long as they choose to do so at their own expense, or to discontinue their participation.
(c) The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall invoice and collect amounts due from executive councilors and former executive council members. Collected amounts shall be deposited in the employee and retiree benefit risk management fund, established in RSA 21-I:30-e.
(d) Failure to remit payment for participation pursuant to subparagraph (a) in full within 30 days of billing shall be grounds for terminating benefits, effective with the beginning of the billing period. Reenrollment shall be dependent upon payment of outstanding participation or other amounts.
(e) Failure to remit payment in full for participation pursuant to subparagraph (b) within 60 days of billing shall be grounds for permanently terminating benefits effective upon the beginning of the billing period. Either in the billing notice or in a separate notice to the person billed, the department of administrative services shall advise that failure to pay the specified amount in full within the required time shall be grounds for permanent termination of benefits.
Source. 1953, 265:1. RSA 94:1. 1955, 153:2; 321:1; 323:4, 6; 335:8. 1957, 90:1; 223:2; 274:4, 7; 315:2. 1959, 199:4; 268:12. 1961, 166:5; 221:4; 222:5; 223:4; 266:12. 1963, 39:2; 132:2; 209:2; 303:14; 328:17. 1965, 267:7; 365:1. 1967, 95:6; 253:6; 333:2; 379:10; 413:3; 445:1. 1969, 108:2; 453:2; 466:2; 500:11, 12. 1970, 19:3, I, II; 29:8; 38:8, 9; 55:3; 57:3, 4. 1971, 130:3; 325:1; 346:1; 526:2; 541:19. 1972, 36:4; 60:45, 46. 1973, 6:5; 10:4; 182:2; 369:2; 377:5, 6; 400:2; 544:5; 582:3; 594:3. 1974, 40:79; 47:13. 1975, 146:7; 208:4; 239:1; 439:22; 505:11, 28, 29, 48. 1976, 21:1; 44:3. 1977, 365:2; 470:1; 485:5; 488:4; 499:5; 568:2; 600:59, I-III, IV, 114. 1978, 55:4. 1979, 246:2; 256:9; 359:7; 378:45; 388:1; 408:3; 434:60, 86, 102, 115; 471:8; 494:7; 495:4. 1981, 466:6; 568:37, I-III, 60, I, 136, I, 140, I, 163, I. 1982, 42:16, I, 53, 84, 85. 1983, 140:4; 170:2; 379:8; 383:13; 416:5, 52; 419:12; 436:7; 461:15, 18; 469:34-36, 119, II. 1985, 268:42; 337:11; 399:3, I, 23; 402:34; 405:4, 5; 410:9. 1986, 12:9, 10; 116:1, 2; 128:7; 135:4; 141:3; 202:25; 223:11; 231:5, 6, 8, 9. 1987, 124:4; 149:5; 340:2; 380:36, 37; 401:4-6; 406:8-10; 411:10. 1988, 107:5; 232:6; 269:9. 1989, 124:2; 231:4; 240:7, I, II; 246:1; 303:1; 323:7; 330:1, I, II, 2; 362:2; 388:5; 396:6, I-VI, 7, I-VI; 419:3, 4. 1990, 70:1; 73:1; 140:1; 211:2; 235:9; 246:3, 4, I, II. 1991, 173:3; 269:10, 11; 339:3, 4; 346:14, 15; 355:7, I, 11, 13, I, 92, I-V. 1992, 13:7; 165:5; 221:5; 289:4. 1993, 240:1; 321:3, I; 358:10, 22, 32-37, 87. 1994, 158:20; 212:2; 379:3; 385:1-4; 389:16, 17; 410:8. 1995, 10:3; 181:18; 182:1, 2; 190:13; 308:17, 52, 92; 310:42, 43. 1996, 159:4; 210:4; 228:16, 17. 1997, 82:1; 329:15; 351:13, 19, 20, 24-26. 1998, 81:1; 363:3; 385:3, 4; 386:17. 1999, 167:1; 225:10, 24, 29-34; 296:5; 317:5; 345:2, 5. 2000, 166:8, 246:1. 2001, 158:32, 89, 90, 101, 102; 225:3; 237:1, 12; 286:20; 290:7. 2002, 150:1, 2; 257:13. 2003, 319:86, 114, 115, 166. 2004, 97:8; 171:9, 28; 187:9; 257:31. 2005, 177:71-73, 83-88, 103; 218:5; 222:7. 2006, 120:1; 290:1, 6, 13, I, II. 2007, 263:12, 85, 87, 137-145; 361:33, 34. 2008, 25:2, 3; 61:5; 102:1; 361:12; 387:2, 3. 2009, 13:5, I, II; 52:2; 144:70, 107, 189; 222:5. 2010, 119:7; 236:1-8. 2011, 224:128, 197, 237, 322-325, II. 2012, 226:1, I-IV, 2, I, II, 3, I, eff. June 16, 2012. 2013, 144:155, 158, 161, eff. July 12, 2013; 144:156, 159, 162, eff. July 11, 2014; 144:157, 160, 163, eff. Jan. 9, 2015; 247:11, eff. July 24, 2013. 2015, 254:5, eff. Sept. 11, 2015; 274:5, 7, 9, eff. Jan. 8, 2016; 274:6, 8, 10, eff. Jan. 6, 2017; 276:8, eff. July 1, 2015; 276:166-171, eff. Nov. 15, 2015. 2016, 263:1, 2, I, II, eff. Aug. 14, 2016. 2017, 150:1-4, eff. Aug. 15, 2017; 154:4-8, eff. Aug. 15, 2017; 156:38, 47, I-III, 193, eff. July 1, 2017. 2018, 81:7, I, II, eff. May 25, 2018; 140:3, eff. May 30, 2018; 162:9, 11, 13, eff. June 8, 2018; 162:10, 12, 14, eff. Jan. 4, 2019; 200:9, III, eff. July 1, 2018; 233:1, I-V, 2, I-IX, eff. Aug. 7, 2018; 315:10, eff. Aug. 24, 2018; 335:1, I-XI, eff. June 25, 2018. 2019, 157:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2019; 185:1, I-V, eff. July 10, 2019; 273:7, eff. Sept. 17, 2019; 346:25, eff. July 1, 2019; 346:261, eff. July 1, 2020. 2020, 37:66, 67, 79, eff. Sept. 27, 2020. 2021, 91:336, 337 and 340, eff. July 2, 2021; 91:338, 339 and 341, eff. July 1, 2022; 122:3, 4, eff. Sept. 7, 2021; 202:2, Pt. 1, Secs. 1 and 2, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2022, 101:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2022; 138:3, eff. Aug. 6, 2022; 146:4, eff. June 7, 2022; 260:1, eff. June 24, 2022; 272:31, eff. June 30, 2022.