RALEIGH -- Employees for the North Carolina Lottery will be getting bigger raises than most state workers.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday the Lottery Commission has approved average raises of 5 percent for its 225 employees.
Most state workers are getting a 1.5 percent raise and a one-time cash bonus.
Lottery employees are considered state employees, but their pay comes from lottery ticket sales, not the regular tax revenue that pays most state workers. Lottery employees don't get the across-the-board raises the General Assembly approves for most state workers.
The commission plans to spend $45,000 to study its salary ranges because officials think they might be too low. Executive director Tom Shaheen says the agency has found it hard to hire and keep good employees because of the pay.
Information from: The News & Observer,
http://www.newsobserver.com
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
....but Easley's wife....
received about an 88% raise!!!! Wow, how does one get that type of job? Oh....you must be married to "tax-hike" Mike.
why are the lottery
why are the lottery employees being paid from the sales of lottery tickets, and not taxes like all other state employees? if they are paying state employees with lottery ticket sales doesn't that lessen the amount that is available for the education of the children of NC? is that not the whole purpose of the state lottery?
how do I apply
so how does one go about getting these state jobs?