Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.15
Liaison	Emma Blandford
Submission Date	Feb. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

Georgia Institute of Technology
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.50 / 3.00

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Part 1. Living wage for employees

The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):

25.27 US/Canadian $

Percentage of employees that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):

83.40

Part 2. Living wage for employees of contractors

Does the institution have significant contractors with employees that work on-site as part of regular and ongoing campus operations?:

A list or brief description of significant on-site contractors:

Affiliate is an official Georgia Tech status granted by host departments to guests of the Institute or members of an affiliated organization. Affiliates must be participating in activities that support our Institute’s mission and require access to our campus facilities and/or our internal information technology systems. Affiliates are not paid on Georgia Tech payroll but are added to the Institute’s OneUSG Connect database. There is no generic affiliate job code. Instead, there are six distinct types of affiliates:

● Business Partners/Contractors
● Georgia Tech Entities and Affiliated Organizations
● Instruction/Counseling
● Short-term Research/Access (less than 6 months)
● Long-term Research/Collaboration
● Former Paid Employees – no longer on campus

The percentage of employees of contractors who receive a living wage is unknown.

Percentage of employees of on-site contractors known to receive a living wage or be covered by collective bargaining agreements (i.e., union contracts):

Part 3. Minimum total compensation for employees

Total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, part-time or full-time employee or pay grade meets or exceeds what percentage of the living wage?:

None of the above (i.e. the lowest paid regular employee or pay grade earns less than the living wage)

A brief description of the minimum total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid employee or pay grade:

The minimum tier pay grade per Georgia Tech HR policy is $32,468 ($15.61 per hour) per year salary. On average, Georgia Tech's benefits equate to approximately 33% of the salary costs. For this tier, the benefits value is $10,714. The total compensation provided to an employee at the lowest pay grade is $43,182. This equates to an hourly wage of approximately $21.00 per hour.

https://hr.gatech.edu/compensation

Optional Fields

Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:

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A copy or brief description of the institution’s written policy stating its commitment to a living wage:

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Website URL where information about employee compensation is available:

https://hr.gatech.edu/compensation

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The university’s minimum wage is $15.61 per hour, while the living wage calculator hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology list living wage as $25.27 for an Houshold of 2 working Adults and 2 Children in the Georgia Tech campus area of Fulton County. Approximately 100% of Georgia Tech employees make greater than or equal to $15.61 and 83.4% of employees make greater than or equal to $25.27.

Georgia Tech is committed to creating an unmatched workplace experience where all faculty and staff members can grow and thrive. Recognizing that compensation is an important component of the workforce experience, Georgia Tech initiated a Comprehensive Compensation Program designed to attract, retain, and motivate employees by providing total compensation practices that:

● Are competitive with outside market pay levels for similar jobs and aligned with Institute needs
● Reinforce a pay-for-performance philosophy
● Are nondiscriminatory
● Encourage employee development by facilitating the assignment of developmental moves and cross-functional training