Automatic Salary Increase for Faculty Promotions

This policy covers increases in salary base for promotion through the promotion and tenure processes for full-time tenured and tenure track faculty as well as full-time participating faculty will be a percentage of current salary as specified in the following.

Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty

  • Associate Professor promoted to Professor will receive a 6.0% increase of current salary.
  • Assistant Professor promoted to Associate Professor will receive a 4.0% increase of current salary.

Full-time Participating Faculty

  • Full time participating faculty promoted to Professor will receive a 4.25% increase of current salary.
  • Full time participating faculty promoted to Associate Professor will receive a 2.5% increase of current salary.
  • Full time participating faculty promoted to Assistant Professor will receive a 2.0% increase of current salary.

The promotion salary increase will be effective with the next annual contract and should not be considered as part of an annual raise. Therefore, a raise of at least the pool percentage should be in place for these individuals.


  • Policy issued December 16, 2015 by Daniel J. Myers, Provost
  • Policy updated May 2, 2022 by Kimo Ah Yun, Provost (signed)