Every staff position has a grade level. Local HR offices administer the compensation system for employees in their units, evaluating jobs and determining the grade of each position based on professional knowledge, skills, required education and experience, and job responsibilities. Grade levels are also based on Harvard benchmarks and the complexity and scope relative to other University positions.
Clerical and technical positions: Clerical and technical jobs, including HUCTW staff, are classified in job grades 47-56. Generic position descriptions (HarvardKey required) for each grade are available. Service and trade roles are classified in job grades 01-43. These jobs have been determined to be eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Salary ranges within each pay grade are based on qualifications, skills, experience, equity in comparison to similar positions, and external market values. Salary ranges allow for differences among positions within the same grade as well increasing levels of responsibility and performance within the same job.
Salary range information for grades 047-064 covers clerical/technical and administrative/professional positions. Salaries for services/trades positions are governed by union contracts, which vary across units.
Your pay placement within the pay range is based on factors like the rate at which you were hired, experience, skills, relevant education & certifications, quality of work, compensation management practices, and available funds. Most employees will earn somewhere between the minimum and the midpoint of the range of pay assigned to a job.
These pay grades provide the salary structure for most of the Academic Staff, Limited Appointee, and University Staff employees. 9 month ranges are for academic year non-vacation accruing positions, sometimes referred to as c-basis, and do not apply to University Staff employees.
This pay grade provides the salary structure for the Student Help positions. Institutions can set pay within these system wide ranges. Institution financial aid programs provide students four basic forms of assistance: grants, loans, assistant-ships, and part-time employment. The salary of a student employee may not exceed the established pay range minima for University Staff employees with similar duties.
This pay grade provides the salary structure for Temporary Employee (TE/LTE) positions. Institutions can set pay within these system wide ranges. University staff temporary employees must be paid at least the state ($7.25/hr) or federal ($7.25/hr) minimum wage, whichever is greater, unless a lower wage is authorized pursuant to Section 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Wis. Stat. 104.07. The salary of a university staff temporary employee may not exceed the established pay range maxima for the title assigned. Salary placement within the assigned salary range should take into consideration the pay of similar university staff who have an expectation of continued employment.
These pay grades provide the salary structure for Instructional and Research titles with minimum-only ranges. Institutions can set pay within these system wide ranges. Salary placement within these ranges is individually determined upon hire based on internal and external factors, in part based on department, discipline, field, degree/certifications, etc. Many of the titles can be found on Compensation Category B Instructional Academic Staff and Research Minimums.
This pay grade provides the salary structure for all Skilled Trades employees. Although Skilled Trades jobs will share this range, the rates for each specialized trade (e.g. Plumber, Electrician, etc.) will be paid based on the rates set in the Crafts Workers/Trades Rates on the UW System Administrative Policy 1277: Compensation Appendices webpage, which is updated with each approved collective bargaining agreement.
This salary grade provides the salary structure for jobs that are designated as needing market-spe
