Classification and Compensation

Classification and compensation define how staff jobs are categorized and assessed at UVM. Classification groups jobs by duties, responsibilities, and skill levels. Compensation refers to the pay and benefits given for these roles, ensuring fairness, competitiveness, and alignment with organizational goals.

Compensation Philosophy

Recruiting and retaining high quality faculty and staff is a key element to our institutional success. To do so, UVM ensures a consistent framework for evaluating compensation that are guided by Our Common Ground values. It emphasizes:

  • A comprehensive view. Compensation includes both salary and benefits.
  • Market competition. UVM maintains a data-driven, competitive structure that is regularly evaluated and updated.
  • Consistency and equity. UVM ensures a consistent and equitable approach to compensation decisions that comply with all relevant federal and state laws. 

Pay Band Information

University Job Architecture

In 2024, UVM modernized its classification system, giving employees more transparency on how to grow their careers and streamline the creation or reclassification of positions for managers. 

Understanding the University Job Architecture

View the University Job Architecture

Former Classification System: Career/Pay Standards and Pay Bands - Sunset October 2025

The Career/Pay system was used by the University of Vermont for nearly two decades. For archival purposes, this system is still viewable.

View UVMSU Career/Pay standards

Resources

Compensation for Non-Union Staff

UVM annually reviews its pay bands along with individual staff wages and salaries, and develops staff wage and salary guidelines.

Hiring and Managing Talent Resources

Resources for creating or reviewing a position, reclassification, hiring a temporary employee, writing a position description, PeopleSoft and PeopleAdmin, and more! Find what you need to recruit and retain your best employees.

Glossary of Terms (PDF)

Class and comp can be a real mouthful. At UVM we do our best to simplify our process and language. Here's a list of words and their definitions as they relate to our practices at UVM.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

The FLSA is a federal law that sets labor standards. Based on FLSA standards, employees are either salaried (exempt) or hourly (overtime eligible) as determined by their compensation and job duties.

Minimum Wage

Vermont state's minimum wage is $14.01 per hour. To see the minimum rates the university pays, please reference applicable bargaining agreements or handbooks.

Kronos Time Keeping

Kronos is a timekeeping tool used for payroll purposes that allows the university to capture and record all non-exempt classified staff hours accurately, collect and confirm payroll information, and communicate it to Payroll Services for accurate and prompt processing in compliance with FLSA.

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