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These increases precede a 4% across-the-board increase for eligible university staff and a 4% merit pool for faculty and research faculty that will take effect Jan. 1 and that were approved by the 麻豆免费版下载Board of Regents in June. Coming this fall will be a 4% across-the-board increase to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships.
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For more information regarding these increases, please reference the employee compensation FAQs on the Human Resources website.听
Past and upcoming actions to address compensation among faculty and staff include:
2024
- January: 4% merit compensation pool increases for faculty including research faculty
- January: 4% across-the-board increases for university staff meeting or exceeding performance expectations and for temporary contract by course faculty compensation
2023
- Fall: 4% across-the-board increase to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships
- July: 5% across-the-board increases for classified staff
- July: Minimum wage increases to $18 an hour for staff
- July: Minimum wage increases to $16 an hour for hourly student assistants
- Spring: 3% across-the-board increases to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships and temporary faculty contract by course compensation
- Spring: Pay increases for some staff to address pay range and job family compression issues
- January: 3% pool for merit-based increases for regular faculty, research faculty, and university staff听
- January: Tenured faculty promotion and tenure compression adjustments听
2022
- January: 3% across-the-board increases for regular faculty, research faculty, and university staff
- January: 1% one-time payment for regular faculty, research faculty, and university staff
- January: Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act pay adjustments
- Spring: 3% across-the-board increases to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships and temporary faculty contract by course compensation
- May: Second round of one-time retention payments for critical frontline staff
- July: 3% across-the-board increases for classified staff
- July: increased raise amounts for promotion to tenured associate and tenured full professor go into effect
- October: $1,300 one-time payment (prorated for part-time appointments) for regular faculty, research faculty, university staff, and classified staff听
2021
- July: Campus minimum wage increases to $15 per hour, including related compression adjustments
- July: 3% across-the-board increases for classified staff
- November: 麻豆免费版下载Boulder announces remission of mandatory fees for graduate students on appointment
- December: One-time retention payments for critical frontline staff听
Information on the upcoming increases for faculty and university staff is available in the FY23-24 Employee Compensation FAQs. 听
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