Salary Increases/Decreases

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Classified employees can increase salary through merit, cost of living adjustments (COLA), reclassification and longevity.  Salary can be decreased through demotion.

All academic and administrative faculty have a contracted annual base salary.  Base salary can be increased through cost of living adjustments and merit increases.  Additionally, faculty are eligible for academic promotions, administrative position reclassifications, internal equity adjustments, and/or external salary assessment study adjustments which impact base salary. 

Overload, supplemental salary adjustments, stipends and temporary adjustments are available under specified conditions and do not impact base salary, just contract amount.  Supplemental pay - overload, supplemental salary adjustments and stipends - may not exceed 50% of base salary.  An increase or decrease in base salary may also occur through a transfer, reorganization or demotion.

See the appropriately titled section below for details on each of these mechanisms for salary increase or adjustment.

  1. Classified Reclassification and Conversion
  2. Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
  3. Demotion, Reassignment, Reorganization and Transfer
  4. Letter of Appointment/Postdoc Contract Renewal
  5. Longevity
  6. Merit
  7. Progression
  8. Promotion
  9. Salary Assessment and Adjustment
  10. Search/Recruitment
  11. Temporary Salary Adjustment

Receipt of pay for providing services within another department or outside of the University is allowed under certain conditions.  See specifics of the Policy under “Faculty Providing Consulting Services” within the University Administrative Manual section 2,690.