The incremental change from one step to the next within any rank. The increase in the salary scale base from one year to the next. The base salary amount assigned to Step I generates the amount of salary for each step of each rank. There is an overlapping of the salaries of adjacent ranks. There is a maximum salary paid in each rank.
Higher ranks have larger growth steps.
The highest salary paid to a full professor is 2.225 times that paid to a Step I Instructor. 27 2.225 T his is the basic chart used to determine faculty salaries. Placement on the Salary Scale Placement on the salary scale implies the completion of at least a master's degree. A faculty member not possessing at least a master's degree will be paid 90 percent of the step for which their experience and rank qualified them. In calculating the step for initial placement, each individual begins on Step 1, plus steps for advanced degrees beyond the master's, and steps for related prior experience.