Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	68.42
Liaison	Austin Sutherland
Submission Date	Feb. 18, 2025

STARS v2.2

University of Pennsylvania
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.53 / 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):

27.81 US/Canadian $

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

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:

Emsco/Fisher, Bon Appetit Management Co, Life Technologies Corp., TN Ward Company, Aramark Services Inc, Cenero, Appleone Employment Services, Aramark Management Services, Flatiron Building Company Inc, Brightview

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?:

100 percent

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

Minimum total compensation includes base pay and benefits. Base pay is reviewed and set to be internally equitable and market competitive at the targeted percentiles. Benefit plans include health, prescription, dental, and vision, 3 retirement plans including a matching plan, tuition benefits for employees and eligible dependents, life and disability insurances, paid time off and a Work-life program.

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:

The University has a market pricing job classification system to evaluate jobs consistently throughout the University. Salaries are set to be internally equitable and market competitive. The University’s staff jobs are market priced annually to assure that staff compensation is market competitive at the targeted. Penn has a library of over 20 third-party salary surveys that are used to price jobs. Data is referenced for the local, regional and national markets to establish competitive compensation.

Website URL where information about employee compensation is available:

https://www.hr.upenn.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The University’s minimum hourly rate is 207% above both the state and federal minimum wage. There are a limited number of union contracts. The contractual wages are competitive with other labor contracts and the Philadelphia job market. Temporary employees are hired through an agency that partners with the University. Hourly rates are highly competitive.

Penn has conducted a University-wide review of pay equity. Pay equity is maintained on an ongoing basis as part of day-to-day salary administration. All salaries are set by the Compensation department to ensure that internal equity at competitive market wages for new hires and current employees is achieved.

Annual merit increase budgets have been competitive with the local and national markets and have outpaced the cost of living.