SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025

The SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025 seeks to enhance the administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by improving staffing and retention at the state level. It mandates that within one year of enactment, wages for state agency personnel administering SNAP must be no less than the appropriate rate of pay for federal employees, including annual updates and locality adjustments. To support these new wage standards, the bill establishes a 100 percent federal cost-sharing mechanism for all administrative personnel costs incurred by state agencies. This includes expenses related to processing, hiring, training, and maintaining personnel, as well as ensuring compliance with the new wage requirements. States must submit wage plans for approval and are required to use these federal funds to supplement, not supplant , existing non-federal administrative personnel costs, while also maintaining or increasing staffing levels above fiscal year 2024 numbers.