Faculty Salary Grid and Guidelines

Faculty Salary Guidelines

The salary grid is based on the academic year and does not include summer quarter. All faculty are placed on this scale according to a combination of their academic degrees, their teaching experience and their relevant post-baccalaureate work experience.

There are no disciplinary distinctions in pay. Faculty are paid based on work experience regardless of their area of expertise or discipline. Faculty move up this scale with each additional year of experience. Placement on the scale is determined by the college when an offer of employment is made.

Adjunct faculty members will be paid at 90% of the salary associated with their experience year. Faculty hired to fill dean positions are shifted to the Academic Deans Salary Guidelines.

Academic Deans Salary Guidelines

Graduate Degrees

  1. A Master's degree counts as one (1) year
  2. A Ph.D. that is completed except for the dissertation counts as one (1) year if the faculty members has a master's degree, or two (2) years if the faculty member does not have a Master's degree
  3. A completed Ph.D. or equivalent professional degree counts as two (2) years if the faculty member has a master's degree, or three (3) years if the faculty member does not have a master's degree
  4. Additional and other degrees, such as two (2) master's degrees in unrelated fields, will be determined on a case-by-case basis, using the above as a guide

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience will be credited on a year-for-year basis for each full-time teaching year or equivalent. Acceptable teaching experience includes pre-college, college and university teaching.

Work Experience

Non-teaching experience will be credited according to the relevance of that experience to the faculty member's role at Evergreen. Fractional experience years can be granted for work that included a mixture of duties.

  1. Postdoctoral or research fellowships will be credited on a year-for-year basis.
  2. Work experience directly related to the faculty member's teaching will be credited on a year-for-year basis.
  3. Work experience not related to the faculty member's teaching will be credited on a  1-year-for-2 years basis.
  4. Other credits depend on particular experiences and will be determined during the interview process. For example, credit will be given for Peace Corps experience and for Vista experience. 

Please refer to Article 12.1 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for complete information.

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Faculty Salary Grids

The salary grids agreed to by Evergreen and the United Faculty of Evergreen for 2025-26 and 2026-27:

Faculty Salary Grid 2025-26

with 3% increase over 2024-25
Experience YearAcademic Year 2025-26
1$48,487
2$50,720
3$52,908
4$55,049
5$57,144
6$59,197
7$61,206
8$63,167
9$65,084
10$66,954
11$68,780
12$70,560
13$72,298
14$73,987
15$75,636
16$77,237
17$78,792
18$80,303
19$81,768
20$83,189
21$84,564
22$85,895
23$87,178
24$88,421
25$89,615
26$90,766
27$91,870
28$92,931
29$93,944
30$94,916
31$95,840
32$96,718
33$97,552
34$98,342
35$99,085
36$99,785
37$100,439
38$101,048
39$101,612
40$102,132
41$102,604
42$103,033
43$103,417
44$103,753
45$104,090
46$104,432
47$104,772
48$105,115
49$105,456
50$105,800
51$106,145
52$106,492
53$106,837
54$107,186
55$107,536
56$107,887
57$108,238
58$108,591
59$108,945
60$109,299

Faculty Salary Grid 2026-27

with 2% increase over 2025-26
Experience YearAcademic Year 2026-27
1$49,457
2$51,735
3$53,966
4$56,150
5$58,287
6$60,381
7$62,430
8$64,430
9$66,385
10$68,293
11$70,156
12$71,971
13$73,744
14$75,467
15$77,149
16$78,781
17$80,368
18$81,909
19$83,403
20$84,853
21$86,255
22$87,613
23$88,922
24$90,190
25$91,407
26$92,581
27$93,707
28$94,789
29$95,823
30$96,814
31$97,757
32$98,652
33$99,503
34$100,309
35$101,067
36$101,781
37$102,448
38$103,069
39$103,644
40$104,174
41$104,657
42$105,094
43$105,485
44$105,828
45$106,172
46$106,520
47$106,867
48$107,217
49$107,565
50$107,916
51$108,267
52$108,622
53$108,973
54$109,330
55$109,687
56$110,045
57$110,402
58$110,763
59$111,124
60$111,485