{"id":2529,"date":"2026-06-30T18:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:05:51","slug":"raises-for-teachers-police-and-state-workers-in-nc-budget-heres-the-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2529","title":{"rendered":"Raises for teachers, police and state workers in NC budget. Here\u2019s the breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s state budget, a year overdue, gives raises to thousands of teachers and state employees.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2527\">NC public schools lost money due to vouchers. How lawmakers are responding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican House Speaker Destin Hall and Republican Senate leader Phil Berger reached a final deal this week on the budget, which is expected to quickly pass the House and Senate and be sent to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein by Thursday. If it becomes law, raises could be coming in a matter of days.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2525\">Man and woman found dead after home break-in, NC sheriff says. Suspect arrested<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raises would be effective July 1, with bonuses expected later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a breakdown of education raises in the budget bill released on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">June 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM<!-- --><\/span><span> with the headline <a class=\"origin-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article316317181.html\"> &#8220;Raises for teachers, police and state workers in NC budget. Here\u2019s the breakdown.&#8221; <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2523\">Daily heat indices exceeding 100 degrees will broil Charlotte for days, NWS says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new NC budget raises starting teacher pay to $48,000, gives average teacher raises of 8%, 3% for most state employees, and sizable law enforcement increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raises for teachers, police and state workers in NC budget. 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