Faculty Salary Increases

General salary increase guidelines for the faculty are set by the State Board of Higher Education, which allocates funds to the various institutions for this purpose. The board often delegates authority to the institution presidents to determine the details of the salary increase process. If a salary increase is allocated "across-the-board," a percentage of salary is allocated to all faculty members whose service has been fully satisfactory.

If a salary increase is to be based upon merit, the merit factors will be the same as those set by university policy and state board rules for other evaluation purposes.

Salary increase funds are also allocated from time to time to deal with inequities and market factors. When this is the case, the board or the institution sets fairly precise definitions of the salary system problems these funds are designed to address.

The timing and nature of salary increases can be found on the Unclassified Personnel Services website under Salary Increase Timing.