Annual Standard Hours
The number of annual standard hours varies for different employee groups. Professional and Scientific (P&S) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) employees have a basis of 2080 standard hours in each fiscal year. This number remains consistent regardless of the number of actual working days in a year.
The annual number of standard hours used to calculate salaries for Merit employees are based on the collective bargaining agreement between the State of Iowa and the AFSCME Union. Merit non-bargaining employee hours are the same as those in the bargaining unit. Merit wages are calculated by multiplying the hourly rate by the number of standard hours in a fiscal year. Fluctuations in the number of hours may cause confusion when calculating actual percentage increases for employees. Here is a history of the standard hours used each fiscal year since 1999:
AFSCME Standard Hours
Current Fiscal Year 2012-2013
- July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013: 2088
Prior Fiscal Years
- January 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012: 2088
- July 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011: 2080
- January 1, 2011 - June 30, 2011: 2080
- July 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010: 2088
- Fiscal year 2009-10: 2088
- Fiscal year 2008-09: 2088
- Fiscal year 2007-08: 2088
- Fiscal year 2006-07: 2080
- Fiscal year 2005-06: 2088
- Fiscal year 2004-05: 2088
- Fiscal year 2003-04: 2096
- Fiscal year 2002-03: 2088
- Fiscal year 2001-02: 2080
- Fiscal year 2000-01: 2080
- Fiscal year 1999-00: 2096
If you have any questions concerning merit salaries, please email fus-compclass-help@uiowa.edu.
Page Last Updated July 2012