Mayor Eddie A. Perez said Tuesday he plans to cut pay and benefits for the city's non-union employees to save $900,000 over two years, one day after he said in his state of the city address that city employees would soon feel "more pain."

Perez's announcement covers 129 department heads and deputy department heads, including himself. He said he will not take the charter-mandated pay increase on his $135,128 salary next January, which would have amounted to $7,652.

Perez said he has asked for similar concessions from the city's unions to save $6 million to $8 million in the upcoming fiscal year.

"Today's announcement shows we are serious about sharing in the sacrifice," Perez said in a press release Tuesday. "Now we need our city unions to step up and commit to being part of the solution."