The agreement concluding the contract reopener last fall provided two pools of money to increase Academic Professional salaries. AAUP bargaining team members and administration representatives have now finalized the implementation details for this program.
How the pool works
The first pool, equal to 1.0% of the total AP salary base, was distributed in January 2023 to bring salaries up to new minimums for job families and career levels. The second pool, 0.8% of the salary base, will be distributed in July 2023 (or September 2023 for those in 9-month positions) as targeted market increases (TMIs). The Collective Bargaining Team negotiated a methodology for distributing this sum, and the PSU-AAUP Executive Council has approved it.
Eligibility for a TMI depends on a combination of two factors: (i) time in the job and (ii) current salary relative to the midpoint between the minimum and maximum salary for a given job family and career level. For those qualifying for TMIs, the average percentage increase is about 1.4%, although the most senior and least paid APs qualify for increases over 6%.
Amount of Raises
The table below shows the distribution of TMIs based on seniority and salary bracket. For each job family and career level, the range between the minimum salary and maximum salary – see the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article 30, section 6 – is divided into four equal salary brackets. Each cell in the table shows the average percentage TMI for APs in each salary bracket and years in the job. Those who have been at PSU longer but are earning less, relative to others in their job family and career level, are more likely to receive higher TMIs.
You can use this calculator to estimate your TMI. Increases will not be finalized by HR until mid-June; we will update the calculator then. More details about the calculation of TMIs are contained in this MOU.