Compensation Increases Timeline at CU Boulder
As a university, we continue to make strides to address compensation among all employee groups. We recognize the cost of living, combined with inflation and the overall job market, makes it imperative we strive to retain our talented baby直播app and staff.
Over the last few years, we have taken several actions to address compensation. *Updated May 2024
Compensation Timeline
2025 Calendar Year
- January: 4% salary increase pool for university staff, baby直播app, and temporary contract by course baby直播app compensation
2024 Calendar Year
- July: 3% across-the-board increases and step pay program implementation for classified staff
- July: promotion raise amounts for instructor/clinical baby直播app go into effect
- January: 4% merit compensation pool increases for baby直播app including research baby直播app
- January: 4% across-the-board increases for university staff meeting or exceeding performance expectations and for temporary contract by course baby直播app compensation
2023 Calendar Year
- Fall: 4% across-the-board increase to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships
- July: 5% across-the-board increases for classified staff
- July: Minimum wage increases to $18 an hour for staff
- July: Minimum wage increases to $16 an hour for hourly student assistants
- Spring: 3% across-the-board increases to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships and temporary baby直播app contract by course compensation
- Spring: Pay increases for some staff to address pay range and job family compression issues
- January: 3% pool for merit-based increases for regular baby直播app, research baby直播app, and university staff
- January: Tenured baby直播app promotion and tenure compression adjustments
2022 Calendar Year
- January: 3% across-the-board increases for regular baby直播app, research baby直播app, and university staff
- January: 1% one-time payment for regular baby直播app, research baby直播app, and university staff
- January: baby直播app Equal Pay for Equal Work Act pay adjustments
- Spring: 3% across-the-board increases to the standard campus rate for graduate student assistantships and temporary baby直播app contract by course compensation
- May: Second round of one-time retention payments for critical frontline staff
- July: 3% across-the-board increases for classified staff
- July: increased raise amounts for promotion to tenured associate and tenured full professor go into effect
- October: $1,300 one-time payment (prorated for part-time appointments) for regular baby直播app, research baby直播app, university staff, and classified staff
2021 Calendar Year
- July: Campus minimum wage increases to $15 per hour, including related compression adjustments
- July: 3% across-the-board increases for classified staff
- November: CU Boulder announces remission of mandatory fees for graduate students on appointment
- December: One-time retention payments for critical frontline staff