Minimum Hourly Wage Equivalency for Graduate Student Employees in Hourly Appointments
Academic Student Employees are paid hourly rates based on their working hours at half of the full-time equivalent (FTE). In the state of Washington, a full-time job for 12 months is equivalent to 2,088 hours per year, which is equal to 174 hours per month. Since Academic Student Employees work at a .5 FTE, their work hours are half of this full-time monthly total, resulting in 87 hours per month (174 divided by 2). The monthly salary figures provided in this context are based on these 87 hours.
| Admitted to Master’s Program | Admitted to Doctoral Program | Doctoral Candidate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Step | Salary | Hourly | Step | Salary | Hourly | Step | Salary | Hourly |
| Pullman | 59 | $2,318.50 | $26.65 | 64 | $2,437.00 | $28.01 | 69 | $2,561.00 | $29.44 |
| Spokane, Prosser, Tri-Cities, Wenatchee | 66 | $2,485.50 | $28.57 | 71 | $2,612.00 | $30.02 | 76 | $2,747.50 | $31.58 |
| Mt. Vernon, Puyallup | 73 | $2,664.50 | $30.63 | 78 | $2,800.00 | $32.18 | 83 | $2,945.50 | $33.86 |
| Vancouver, Everett | 84 | $2,974.00 | $34.18 | 89 | $3,124.00 | $35.91 | 94 | $3,284.50 | $37.75 |