The University establishes minimum full-time monthly rates at which a unit may pay faculty members. The salary floors apply to persons appointed into permanent positions as well as to those in temporary, visiting, acting, affiliate, or clinical positions. The appropriate salary is based on the candidate's training, experience, etc. and is determined at the time of the original appointment in negotiations between the unit chair/program director and the Dean/Chancellor.
Reference: Handbook, Vol. II, Chapter 24
The minimum rates are effective July 1, 2006 - August 31, 2008:
The University's minimum salary is $3,083 per month on a twelve-month basis, or $3,329 per month for those faculty and academic staff on a nine-month basis. It is requested that individuals paid below these minimum floors have their full-time rates updated in OPUS.
| 9-month rate | 12-month rate | |
| Minimum salary for all academic staff/faculty not in professorial ranks | $3,329 |
$3,083 |
| Assistant Professor (including WOT and Research) | $4,736 |
$4,343 |
| Associate Professor (including WOT and Research) | $5,155 |
$4,725 |
| Professor (including WOT and Research) | $6,119 |
$5,610 |
The minimum rates effective September 1, 2008 are as follows:
| 9-month rate | 12-month rate | |
| Research Associates, Senior Fellows, Acting Instructors | $3,329 |
$3,083 |
| All other Faculty, Librarians and Academic Staff | $3,462 |
$3,206 |
| Assistant Professor (including WOT and Research) | $4,925 |
$4,517 |
| Associate Professor (including WOT and Research) | $5,361 |
$4,914 |
| Professor (including WOT and Research) | $6,364 |
$5,834 |
All salaries must be budgeted at or above the minimum floor levels.
All offers and appointment forms should list a salary and percent of time.
When a Research Associate is teaching a course, his/her salary rate normally does not change. Any exception to this should be discussed and approved by your Dean's/Chancellor's Office and the Provost.