• Attract and retain highly qualified staff members;
• Link compensation to performance; and
• Promote consistency and an internally equitable relationship between salary and responsibilities.

SALARY LEVELS AND GRADES

Administrative staff positions are assigned to one of seven salary grades.  The job factors determining the grade for a position are listed below:

• Experience and educational requirements;
• Complexity;
• Impact of decisions;
• Supervisory responsibilities and level of supervision received;
• Financial responsibilities;
• Internal and external contacts; and
• Working conditions.

Minimum and maximum salaries for each grade are periodically updated.
 

ANNUAL MERIT SALARY INCREASES

Except in periods of economic difficulties, administrative staff members are considered for a July 1 merit increase.  The amount of the salary increases (if any) will generally be paid out in two separate programs: a base salary increase program and a one-time payment program.  The objective of the one-time pay program is to permit greater flexibility in rewarding performance than is available through the traditional base pay merit increase program.  Wesleyan makes contributions to the pension programs on the one-time payment, as well as on the base salary increase.  The amount of the individual merit increase is determined by the following key factors:

• Guidelines for administrative staff members determined by the president and senior staff;
• Recommendation by supervisor/department head, based on job performance and the relative salaries of administrative staff members; and
• Salary surveys.
• Amounts of increases will be prorated for employees who were hired within the current fiscal year.

  

Notes:

• The University’s guidelines for salary recognition usually are announced in a letter distributed to administrative staff members prior to July 1.
• After an administrative staff member’s supervisor discusses a salary increase, it is confirmed in a letter from Human Resources, usually in late June or early July.

SALARY RANGE POLICIES

Range Minimums:  Unless there are unusual reasons, an administrative staff member should not be paid less than the minimum of the salary range assigned to his or her position.

Range Maximums:  An administrative staff member whose salary exceeds the maximum of the range for his or her position is eligible for salary increases, but the fact that the salary is above the maximum of the salary range will be considered in determining the amount of the increase.