The Public Employee Insurance Agency is considering a three-percent increase in monthly premiums for state workers for the 2027 plan year, along with a 200-dollar monthly spousal surcharge increase. If approved, these increases take effect next July, following increases of 14 percent just last July. Education West Virginia co-president Dale Lee says teachers have experienced a 54 percent total increase over three years, reducing their earning power significantly. Public school teachers in West Virginia average just over fifty-thousand dollars annually, ranking the state 15th out of 51 in teacher pay nationwide.