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Academic Salary Floors 2008-09

The following chart lists the minimum salaries that must be paid to academic appointees in the indicated classifications. Salaries floors are based on a 100-percent-time appointment and should be prorated accordingly for appointments less than 100 percent time.

Rank or Title A-term
(12 month)		 B-term
(9 month)
Professor (9401), Associate Professor (9402), and Assistant Professor (9403)
37,924

28,421
Instructor (9404), Academic Administrative (93xx) titles, Academic Professional (97xx) titles, (except those listed below) and county-based Minnesota Extension Service (96xx) titles.
32,721

24,540
Research Associate (9406, 9702)
32,721

24,540
Research Fellow (9407, 9703)

30,646
22,982
Teaching Specialist (9754), and Senior Teaching Specialist (9771)
25,223
18,917
Research Specialist (9755)
25,223
18,917
Post-Doctoral Associate (9546)
31,982
23,986

Graduate & Professional Assistant Salary Ranges

Salaries ranges are based on a 100-percent-time appointment and should be prorated accordingly for appointments less than 100 percent time.

Classification A-term
(12 month)		 B-term
(9 month)		 Hourly Rates
  • Teaching Assistant (9511)
  • Graduate Instructor (9515)
  • Ph.D. Candidate Graduate Instructor (9517)
  • Adv. Masters TA (9518)
  • Ph.D. Cand. w/24 TA (9519)
  • Research Assistant (9521)
  • Graduate Research Project Assistant (9526)
  • Ph.D. Cand. Grad. Research Proj. Asst. (9527)
  • Adv. Masters RA (9528)
  • Ph.D. Cand. w/24 RA (9529)
  • Administrative Fellow (9531)
  • Adv. Masters AF (9532)
  • Ph.D. Cand. w/ 24 AF (9533)
  • Professional Program Asst. (9535)
  • Dental Fellow (9553)
  • Summer Term TA w/o Tuition Benefits (9571)
  • Summer Term RA w/o Tuition Benefits (9572)
  • Summer Term AF (9573)
34,830-54,266
26,122-40,700
16.75-26.09
  • Summer Ses. TA w/ Tuition Benefits (9574)
  • Summer Ses. TA w/o Tuition Benefits (9575)
 Suggested hourly rate: 34.33 - 40.30

Undergraduate Research and Teaching Assistants

Rank or Title Suggested Hourly Rates
Undergraduate Research Assistant I (9522) 8.96, 9.44, 10.65
Undergraduate Research Assistant II (9523) 10.05, 10.53, 11.07, 11.64, 12.95
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant I (9512) 8.96, 9.44, 10.65
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant II (9513) 10.05, 10.53, 11.07, 11.64, 12.95

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