Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.68
Liaison Eva Rocke
Submission Date Oct. 18, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Montana
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 3.00 Eva Rocke
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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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):
26.13 US/Canadian $

Percentage of employees that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):
58.68

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?:
No

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

Minimum compensation paid to our lowest full-time employee at UM is $16.375/hour and is the Culinary Associate I in Campus Dining.


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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Libby Newman, Director of Compensation and Benefits, provided the data required for this credit. All active students as of July 31, 2024 were included in the analysis, except student employees. Employees with duplicate positions were only counted once (for the total employee count that we use to determine the percentage of employees paid above the identified living wage), but we included all positions in the analysis. Libby also removed the temporary summer "research faculty" positions since these are all either student temp summer employees or faculty who hold full-time academic positions in addition to short-term summer positions.


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