Annual Pay Increases
Across-the-Board Increases
Each year as a part of the budgeting process, the college designates a salary increase pool, to be distributed on July 1, the first day of the new fiscal year. All regular employees are eligible for the college’s across-the-board salary increase.
Merit Increases
For merit increases in July 2025, if a regular employee started before January 1, 2025, they will also be eligible for a merit increase. Each year, every VP/dean is allocated a merit increase budget. Supervisors and directors nominate employees for merit increases and VP/deans review all the recommendations and then decide how to allocate their pools.
Merit increases are not guaranteed, and it’s not uncommon to receive a merit increase one year, but no increase or a smaller one the following year.
Merely doing your job well does not qualify for a merit increase, as this is the standard expectation for all 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ employees. Merit increases are reserved for those who consistently go above and beyond their job description in service to 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and its students..
Criteria for merit increases:
- Must have met or made significant progress on individual goals.
- Must have met and performed job duties at a proficient or advanced level.
Other areas supervisor may consider for merit increases:
- Fostering equity and inclusion in their role on campus.
- Active and contributing member of the 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ community (i.e. committee work, search team participation, onboarding partner, good attendance, etc).
- Taking on significant new responsibilities during the past year.
Awarding merit increases is a process that can be particularly vulnerable to favoritism, a form of bias. Leaders responsible for granting merit increases must take deliberate steps to overcome their biases