Finance
SWE
Salary Wage Envelope
In plain English
The money set aside specifically for salaries. Separate from the operating budget, and much harder to move.
Where you’ll see it
Staffing and budget planning. The reason 'we have money' and 'we can hire' are different sentences.
Example
“There's room in O&M but not in the SWE.”
We can buy something, but we can't pay a person with that money.
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