Notice Anything Different About Your State Health Plan Premiums?

Remember that when the NC General Assembly wants to declare that the average teacher pay in North Carolina is a certain amount, they are not basing it on what the state base pay is. That average is counting on local supplements that have to be raised by local means. And not all localities provide the same supplements.

Now, if you have not figured it out just yet, the state health plan this next year will have premiums based on salary.

It reads:

“BASED ON THE EMPLOYEE”S TOTAL BASE PAY.”

Does that mean base pay that is received from the state?

Apparently not.

Look closer:

So, our state health plan premiums are being charged at a rate based on a total salary, some of which does not come from the state?

Take two teachers: one from Wake County and one from Lee County. Both have the same number of years in the state system and each are on the same salary “step.”

So, they say they want to charge a premium on the salary that includes the local supplements instead of what the state actually pays in base salary.

One of those teachers is paying more for the same health plan benefits than the other.

Here is the interactive table of 2024-2025 local supplements offered by each LEA for which a portion is shown.

You can find a lot of info here.