Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.50
Liaison Kelsey Beal
Submission Date Feb. 26, 2020

STARS v2.2

Indiana University Bloomington
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.09 / 3.00 Makayla Bonney
Assistant Director
Sustain IU
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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):
15.53 US/Canadian $

Percentage of employees that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
77.85

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?:
Yes

A list or brief description of significant on-site contractors:
IU contracts with seasonal landscape services in addition to occasional remediation or construction projects. We do not have salary data on these contractual firms.

Percentage of employees of on-site contractors known to receive a living wage or be covered by collective bargaining agreements (i.e., union contracts):
0

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:
At time of submission, the Living Wage Calculator lists $15.53 as the living wage for Monroe County, Indiana, where our campus is located. Indiana University Bloomington has a minimum wage of $10.15 per hour, which means that the lowest paid employees fall below this value.

Optional Fields 

Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:
No

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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Date included here is fiscal year 2019.

As of 7/1/2019, IUBLA had 8,349 total Regular appointed Staff (full-time and part-time - 6,195), Regular Temporary (1,819), and Temporary with Retirement (335) employees. Of those, 5,957 (71.3%) earned $15.53 or more per hour. Student employees are not included in this count.

Total Part Time Faculty: 341
PT Faculty paid above $15.53: 314

Total Full Time Faculty: 2233
FT Faculty paid above $15.53: 2233

In total, 8,504/10,923

Faculty data provided by Chivas Williams
Staff data provided by Jennifer Geary

Living wage rate accessed early Feb 2020

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