University of California, Berkeley

HCM: Compensation Rate Codes

Rate Code Description Usage
DEC Decoupled Increment - 1/12th Difference between the published step and the total Pay Rate/Amount (spread over 12 months). Use as additional line in conjunction with Rate Codes "11/12" and "9/12" and O/A Scale "Decoupled."

Example: Pay Rate for a Professor (Job Code 1100) is $11775.00

Line 1: Rate Code: 9/12 O/A Scale: Decoupled Pay Rate: 10691.47

Line 2: Rate Code: DEC O/A Scale: (blank) Pay Rate: 1083.33

DEC9 Decoupled Increment - 1/9th Difference between the published step and the total Pay Rate/Amount (spread over 9 months). Use as additional line in conjunction with Rate Code "9/9" O/A Scale "Decoupled." See example above.
HBY Health Science by Agreement Use as additional line for approved Health Science Compensation.
HOURLY Hourly For hourly (defaults from the Job Code)
HRLYNR Hourly Used with Clinical Nurse II/III Job Codes to allow for a comp rate of 0.0 at the Compensation Pay Component level and with standalone SDF (Shift Differential) and CNX (Clinical Nurse II/III Differential) earnings distributions.
HRLYPR Hourly - Print Trade For hourly Print Trade Job Codes in the 8803C to 8877C range (defaults from the Job Code) excluding "Bookbinder, Library" series and uncovered positions
MONTH Monthly For monthly (defaults from the Job Code)
PY10MO Partial Year - 10 Month For Partial Year employees who work 10 months per year. Requires Appointment Type 7.
PY11MO Partial Year - 11 Month For Partial Year employees who work 11 months per year. Requires Appointment Type 7.

PY9MO

Partial Year - 9 Month For Partial Year employees who work 9 months per year. Requires Appointment Type 7.
SEMI Semi-Monthly For semi-monthly
WOS Without Salary For use with "without salary" appointments; Earnings Code must also be "WOS."
11/11 11/11 Annual Rate Calculation For limited use by fiscal year faculty who receive 1 month of additional compensation. Basis: 11 Paid Over: 11
Use with Earnings Codes "OLN" and "ACA" only.
11/12 11/12 Annual Rate Calculation For all fiscal year appointees. Basis: 11 Paid Over: 12
9/10 9/10 Annual Rate Calculation For academic-year appointees paid for one semester at a time or for GSIs (Graduate Student Instructors). Pay dates are usually 8/1 through 12/31 or 1/1 through 5/31. Basis: 9 Paid Over: 10
Monthly rate is calculated by dividing the annual rate by 10.
9/9 9/9 Annual Rate Calculation For academic appointees paid on a 1/9th basis. Primarily used for additional compensation. Basis: 9 Paid Over : 9
Monthly rate is calculated by dividing the annual rate by 9.
9/12 9/12 Annual Rate Calculation For academic appointees paid over the entire year (July 1 through June 30). Basis: 9 Paid Over: 12
Monthly rate is calculated by dividing the annual rate by 12.