The Graduate School issues salary scales for each graduate staff classification. These scales are reviewed annually, and revisions are approved by the Board of Trustees. All position classifications are assigned a minimum salary requirement.
Some positions have maximum salaries allowable.
See the document entitled Purdue University Graduate Staff Appointments and Monthly Stipend, which is issued annually by the Graduate School, for these minimum and maximum salaries. Each school establishes graduate staff salaries appropriate for their departments within the limits established by the Graduate School scale. Salaries of continuing appointees will be reviewed annually. Annual salary increases for fiscal-year staff normally will be effective July 1. Annual increases for academic-year staff may be made with the beginning of the first summer pay period that begins after July 1 or with the beginning of the academic year.