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: