Classification & Compensation

Out of Unit Wage Adjustment 2025

USF will provide base salary increases for eligible out-of-unit faculty, administrative and staff employees. Using a two percent (2%) discretionary pool, supervisors will decide the amount of individual employee increases based on criteria provided by Central Human Resources, such as hiring date, performance history and market adjustments. This adjustment will take effect on Oct. 24, 2025, and will appear on paychecks starting Nov. 14, 2025.

Starting in September, the university will implement Oracle Workforce Compensation Planning. This change will improve the efficiency, fairness and transparency of the compensation planning process.

In the coming weeks, supervisors will gain access to the Oracle Workforce Compensation system. Central Human Resources will notify supervisors directly and update this webpage with the live training schedule and helpful resources.

WAGE ADJUSTMENT ELIGIBILITY 

To be eligible for the base pay increase, employees must meet the following criteria:

  • The employee must be out-of-unit faculty, administrative or staff.
  • USF Health's Ranked Clinical Faculty are excluded due to separate contractual obligations.
  • The employee was employed in an established position on or before March 31, 2025, and has been continuously employed in an established position through the effective date of the increase.
  • An employee cannot be eligible for both a faculty and a non-faculty increase within the same fiscal year planning cycle.
  • An employee cannot be eligible for both an in-unit and an out-of-unit increase within the same fiscal year planning cycle.
  • The employee does not have an overall rating of 鈥淢eets Some Expectations鈥� or 鈥淒oes Not Meet Expectations鈥� on their FY25 performance evaluation filed with Central Human Resources.
  • The employee does not have an open Performance Improvement Plan.
  • Temporary/OPS employees are not eligible.

Wage  Adjustment Procedures

  •  The discretionary pool is calculated using the base salaries of all eligible unit employees, then is to be provided in Oracle HR as a guideline.
  • Eligible employees appointed to a less-than-full-time position will receive a prorated amount based on their FTE.

Oracle HR Workforce Compensation Planning

  •  The university has established a calculated discretionary pool and guidelines in Oracle HR to support the merit-based salary increases process for eligible out-of-unit faculty, administrative and staff employees.
  • Managers enter proposed merit increases for their team members in Oracle HR, and those recommendations are reviewed and approved by the Dean, VP or delegated authority.
  • Once approved, the increases are finalized in Oracle HR, applied to employee records, and reflected on Nov. 14, 2025 paychecks.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For questions, please contact鈥�classcomp@usf.edu

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 

Where is the funding for these increases coming from?

For E&G, from the 2% approved pool, half (1%) will be centrally funded, while the other half (1%) will be departmentally funded.

The non-E&G portion of the increase will be sourced by the available funds that the employee鈥檚 salary is drawn from.

Please send questions related to budget adjustments to busfin-bfa@usf.edu

How will the increases be applied to individual employees?鈥� 

Each unit will be provided with lists of eligible employees and a calculated pool not to exceed 2% of all eligible employee鈥檚 base pay. Supervisors will determine increases for individual employees based on criteria provided by Human Resources, including hiring date, performance history, and equity adjustments.