The North Carolina state budget provides for a base salary increase of 4% for SHRA and EHRA employees in 2023. Information about the implementation of the legislative salary increase is below.
Legislative Salary Increase Overview
- All EHRA faculty, EHRA nonfaculty and SHRA employees will receive a 4% legislative salary increase to their base salary if they meet the eligibility requirements for the increase.
- The LSI is retroactive to July 1, 2023.
- The salary increase will be calculated on each eligible employee’s June 30, 2023, base salary. For example, an employee earning a base salary of $50,000 on June 30, 2023, will have a new base salary of $52,000 ($50,000 x 1.04 = $52,000).
- For employees (e.g., academic department heads and associate deans) who have a primary EHRA nonfaculty appointment and receive an ongoing administrative supplement directly related to that role, base salary includes their administrative supplement.
- Employees who have a primary faculty appointment and a secondary administrative appointment (e.g., directors of graduate programs) are not eligible to have their supplement included in the 4% calculation.
- Employees who are paid biweekly will receive their base salary increase and retroactive lump-sum payment in their Oct. 27, 2023, paycheck. For monthly paid employees, their base salary increase and retroactive lump-sum payment will be in their Oct. 31, 2023, paycheck.
- SHRA longevity payments, premium pay, overtime pay, etc. earned between July 1, 2023, and Sept. 29, 2023, will be recalculated to include the LSI, and the difference will be included in the October paychecks.
- The Labor Market Adjustment Reserve funding is not available to UNC System institutions.
Eligibility Requirements
- To be eligible for the LSI, including the retroactive LSI payment, employees must have been employed in a permanent benefits-eligible position of .50 FTE or greater on June 30, 2023 and July 1, 2023.
- Permanent employees are those eligible to participate in state benefits programs (e.g., the State Health Plan) and who hold a recurring appointment of .50 FTE or greater.
- Eligible employees who separated from NC State after June 30, 2023, but before the payroll implementation of the salary increase are due a prorated retroactive legislative increase.
- Any SHRA or EHRA employee who transferred to NC State effective July 1, 2023, or earlier from an eligible position at another UNC System institution or state agency is eligible to receive the salary increase. The increase will be based on the employee’s June 30, 2023, base salary. Community college employees, teachers under the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and county employees are not eligible to receive the LSI if they transfer to NC State.
- Employees currently on disability or on a paid or unpaid leave of absence are eligible for the salary increase when they return to work if they meet all other eligibility requirements.
- Eligible employees will receive the salary increase regardless of their current performance ratings.
- An employee will receive the legislative increase even if the increase results in a new base salary that exceeds an established salary range.
- Faculty members who entered the Phased Retirement Program effective July 1, 2023, are not eligible to receive the salary increase. Faculty members who entered the program in 2022 or prior years are eligible to receive the salary increase.
- Postdocs, house officers, graduate students and temporary employees are not eligible for the LSI.
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