Appendix A

Graduate Teaching Assistant: The responsibilities of the Graduate Teaching Assistant could include any tasks related to the instruction of students. Graduate Teaching Assistants may have primary responsibility for a course, a recitation section, or a laboratory section.  A Graduate Teaching Assistant may serve as a tutor or provide assistance to a faculty member in instruction in a course through such tasks as grading papers, preparing hand-outs, placing materials on the Web, or assisting in clinical assignments.

Graduate Teaching Assistants are considered employees of the University and are subject to the applicable policies and procedures. They are expected to fulfill their assigned teaching duties and assist faculty and departments in their designated teaching aims and responsibilities. Graduate teaching assistants cannot be involved in any instructional activities associated with 50000- or 60000-level courses. To be involved with the instruction of graduate students requires graduate faculty status; graduate students may not hold graduate faculty status of any type.

Graduate Lecturer: The responsibilities of the Graduate Lecturer are similar to those of the Graduate Teaching Assistant but at a more senior level.  Normally, Graduate Lecturers teach courses beyond the 10000-level.  Appointment to this category is made at the discretion of the department head or in a manner consistent with the governance of a particular academic unit when the following conditions have been met:  The graduate student must have passed the preliminary examination and be a doctoral candidate; the graduate student is enrolled in 69900 for research credits and has completed all coursework on the plan of study; the graduate student has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant for at least four academic sessions prior to appointment as a Graduate Lecturer.  Graduate lecturer cannot be involved in any instructional activities associated with 50000- or 60000-level courses. To be involved with the instruction of graduate students requires graduate faculty status; graduate students may not hold graduate faculty status of any type. 

Graduate Lecturers are considered employees of the University and are subject to the applicable policies and procedures. They are expected to fulfill their assigned teaching duties and assist faculty and departments in their designated teaching aims and responsibilities.

Graduate Professional: Duties that are generally administrative and/or professional in nature are assigned to a Graduate Professional.  Graduate staff in this classification typically have responsibilities that are unrelated to the instruction of students in a course.  For example, a Graduate Professional may have responsibilities in Libraries, Office of the Dean of Students, Intercollegiate Athletics, ITaP, or one of the development offices. Students who are assistant coaches and graduate staff who have academic counseling responsibilities should be classified as Graduate Professionals. While this classification is often found in administrative offices, Graduate Professionals are permitted in academic areas. 

Graduate Professionals are considered employees of the University and are subject to the applicable policies and procedures. They are expected to fulfill their assigned duties and assist supervisor and departments in meeting their aims and responsibilities.
Beginning Fall 2020, Graduate Professional assistantships became hourly (non-exempt) positions.  This change was made to enable Purdue University to remain in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Graduate Professionals will continue (Fall 2020 and thereafter) to receive the same benefits as other graduate staff, including eligibility for the graduate staff fee, graduate staff health insurance, and paid leaves.  Part of the tuition and fee remission covered by the University employer, however, may be considered taxable income for Graduate Professionals. 

Graduate Professionals with tax-related questions should be directed to the Tax Services team.  Graduate Professionals must record any hours that are over their normal weekly number, depending upon their FTE.  International students must exercise great care to make sure that they are aware of the hourly limits permitted by their visas and to not exceed them. 

Graduate Research Assistant: A Graduate Research Assistant performs duties related to a research project or program under the guidance and direction of faculty members.Any graduate student staff member who is assigned to perform research duties should be classified in the category, regardless of the funding source, and need not work for his/her own department.
Graduate Research Assistants are considered employees of the University and are subject to the applicable policies and procedures. They are expected to fulfill their assigned research duties and assist faculty and departments in meeting their aims and responsibilities.

Students must be engaged in the type of activity for which their positions are funded (i.e., students paid from instructional funds must be doing instruction, and students paid from research funds must be doing research, etc.).  Departmental general funds can support instruction, learning, discovery, engagement, or departmental research.

25.00
CUL

Annual

Bi-weekly

Hourly

$10,287.13

$541.43

$27.07

$20,574.27

$1,082.86

$27.07

$30,861.40

$1,624.28

$27.07

$41,148.53

$2,165.71

$27.07

$13,144.90

$505.57

$25.28

$26,289.80

$1,011.15

$25.28

$39,434.70

$1,516.72

$25.28

$52,579.60

$2,022.29

$25.28

Graduate Staff *

Annual

Bi-weekly

Hourly

$9,440.00

$496.84

$24.85

$18,880.00

$993.68

$24.85

$28,320.00

$1,490.53

$24.85

$37,760.00

$1.987.37

$24.85

$12,062.00

$463.92

$23.20

$24,124.00

$927.85

$23.20

$36,186.00

$1,391.77

$23.20

$48,248.00

$1,855.69

$23.20

Graduate Staff *

Annual

Bi-weekly

Hourly

$8,184.48

$430.76

$21.54

$24,553.44

$1,292.29

$21.54

$24,553.44

$1,292.29

$21.54

$32,737.92

$1,723.05

$21.54

$10,457.75

$402.22

$20.11

$20,915.51

$804.44

$20.11

$31,373.26

$804.44

$20.11

$41,831.05

$1,608.89

$20.11

Graduate Staff*

Annual

Bi-weekly

Hourly

$6,683.52

$351.76

$17.59

$13,367.04

$703.53

$17.59

$20,050.56

$1,055.29

$17.59

$26,734.08

$1,407.06

$17.59

$8,539.90

$328.46

$16.42

$17,079.79

$656.92

$16.42

$28,188.89

$1,084.19

$18.07.

$37,585.19

$1,445.58

$18.07

* Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Administrative/Professional 

These rates go into effect on August 15, 2022