Salary Inversion Subcommittee on Salary Inversion Salary Benefits
Salary Inversion Subcommittee on Salary Inversion Salary, Benefits, Budget, and Fiscal Planning Committee 2019 -2020 Data
Background • Definition of Inversion – A faculty member of higher rank earning less in nine-month FTE salary than a faculty member of lower rank • Data from 2019 -2020 equity model available at e. Weber Portal (Faculty Dashboard) • Number of inversions: – 62 faculty members, down from 66 in 2018 -2019 – 11. 3% of 551 total faculty members (counted in the model), down from 12% in 2018 -2019 – Total amount needed to fix salary inversions: $825, 822, down from $926, 955 in 2018 -2019 (salary only) • Spencer Hilton’s Computer Science students created an app to run the analysis based on data received from Betty Kusnierz.
Counting Inversions • Number of Inversions: – Number of faculty members making less than at least one lower ranked faculty member. Counted from the perspective of the higher ranked, lower paid faculty. E. g. , Five full professors in a department make less than three associate professors. (Counted as five inversions) E. g. An assistant professor in a department makes more than two associate professors and more than one full professor. (Counted as three inversions) • Dollar amount of inversions: The amount needed to erase the inversion – E. g. , An assistant professor makes $80, 000 in a department where an full professor makes $70, 000 (Total dollar amount of the inversion is $10, 000) – E. g. , An assistant professor makes $70, 000 in a department where an associate professor makes $60, 000 and a full professor makes $50, 000. (Total dollar amount of inversions is $30, 000)
Caveats • The definition of inversion used is limited Only nine-month FTE salary considered Faculty member degrees not considered Years of service at rank not considered Special situations (e. g. Nursing, Accounting) not considered No justifying reasons for inversions (e. g. underperformance of inverted faculty) considered – One higher paid, lower ranked faculty member might invert multiple faculty of higher rank creating a perception of a larger problem than actually exists. – – – Further review at the college level is needed to address specific inversion situations.
INVERSIONS Number and Total Dollar Amount by Department Number of Inversions: Number of faculty members paid less than at least one faculty member of lower rank Amount: Dollar amount needed to match salary of highest paid lower rank faculty member. (Departments with no inversions not shown. )
INVERSIONS Type of Inversion by Department A<I: (A)ssistant<(I)nstructor C<I: Asso(C)iate<(I)nstructor F<I: (F)ull<(I)nstructor C<A: Asso(C)iate<(A)ssistant F<A: (F)ull<(A)ssistant F<C: (F)ull<Asso(C)iate *Note: In the case where a faculty member is inverted by more than one higher rank, the inversion with the largest gap in rank is indicated.
INVERSIONS Total Dollar Amount of Inversion by Department A<I: (A)ssistant<(I)nstructor C<I: Asso(C)iate<(I)nstructor F<I: (F)ull<(I)nstructor C<A: Asso(C)iate<(A)ssistant F<A: (F)ull<(A)ssistant F<C: (F)ull<Asso(C)iate
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