Employee Compensation or Retirement: Salary, advantage, employer retirement rate contribution adjustments, and any other associated statewide compensation adjustments for the state employees. Different 9800 Items of the Budget Act suitable funds for compensation rises for most state employees (excluding Higher Education and some others), which is, they appropriate the incremental adjustment planned for the salary and advantage adjustments for the budget year. The basic salary and advantage levels are comprised in individual agency or departmental budgets.