Know what your next contract will cost before you agree to it.
Salary guide analysis and negotiations costing for New Jersey business administrators, superintendents, and boards of education, so every proposal is measured against real staff data, real budget limits, and the full term of the agreement.
In negotiations, a guess can cost you for years.
A settlement that looks affordable at the table can turn out very differently once it hits the budget. Common risks include:
Settlements that outrun the levy cap. Salary increases that the budget can’t absorb within the 2% property tax levy cap, leaving cuts elsewhere.
Step movement nobody budgeted for. Increment costs that are already built into the guide before any raise is negotiated, and that are easy to underestimate.
Breakage that doesn’t materialize. Turnover savings that were assumed in the costing but never show up.
Health-contribution shifts. Changes in premiums, plan choices, or employee contribution levels that move net cost in ways the salary numbers don’t show.
Multi-year surprises. Increases that compound across the life of the agreement and the guide structure the next contract inherits.
LEMSNJ replaces assumptions with analysis built from your district’s actual scattergram, so your board settles knowing the full cost.
Why LEMSNJ
Real Numbers, Not Estimates
Costing built from your actual payroll and placement data, with every assumption documented, so your figures hold up in closed session, at the table, and at budget time.
See the true cost of each proposal, year by year, before you sit down at the table. (Illustrative sample.)
Built for New Jersey Budgets
Our consultants bring leadership experience in the New Jersey Labor and Employment Relations Association (NJLERA) and training from the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
Management-Side Labor Relations Experience
Analysis built around the realities New Jersey districts face, including the 2% property tax levy cap and Chapter 78 health-benefit contributions.