Wages
During the economic boom of the 1990s, wages for many Yale clerical and technical workers dropped well below the market for our jobs. Additionally, even Yale’s Human Resources managers acknowledged that entry level salaries for many positions were far too low, making it difficult to recruit new employees
Our latest contract addressed this disparity in several ways: raising wages across the board, eliminating the bottom steps in each labor grade and creating new promotional opportunities for employees by establishing a fifth salary grade. The average increase, not including upgradings or promotions, is 57% over the life of the contract
Because your salary in your last years of work at Yale factors heavily into pension calculations, these wage increases also boost pensions significantly.
What is my salary?
Click here to see the salary structure.
Across the board raises
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
4% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
5%* |
5%* |
5%* |
5%* |
*Half the value of the January 2006-January 2009 increases will be paid beginning in January, with the full increase being paid 26 weeks later.
All raises are compounded. Over the life of the contract, individual raises range from 43.5% (if you are already maxed out) up to over 60% (if you receive steps every year). These figures do not include any money from the labor grade E upgrades.
Market adjustments
We have a new, much fairer formula for increasing the salaries of incumbent employees when Yale offers new hires high rates in classifications where Yale salaries are below the market.
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