Salary and Benefits

In each term of a GTF appointment, the student will receive:

• A monthly salary
• Tuition remission and mandatory fee subsidy
• Access to health insurance
• Access to other benefits

Salary

The UO and the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) establish minimum salary rates through collective bargaining for each level of appointment. Some units elect to pay above these rates. Salary is based on Full Time Equivalency (FTE).

• GTFs may be employed between .20 and .49 FTE (see table below for hours per term/week).
• Student employees, including GTFs, may not work more than .49 FTE during the academic year.
• To determine the hours required per term for a particular GTF position, use the table below or multiply the advertised FTE by 438.

Tuition and Fees

• Each GTF receives a tuition waiver for 9-16 credit hours per term.

• All students are assessed non-instructional mandatory fees set by the Oregon University System (OUS), of which each GTF is responsible for paying $61 per quarter during the academic year. These fees are not covered for GTFs during the summer term.

• Some courses (e.g., self-support courses) are assessed fees in lieu of tuition. These courses are not covered by the GTF tuition waiver unless they are required by the graduate degree program.

• GTFs are required to pay their portion of the student fees on time each term.  Those paying after the deadline will be assessed interest.  Students may make the minimum payment cited on the billing statement; remaining installments will be subject to interest and billing charges.  To review student account and billing information, visit the Business Affairs web site.

• To see the current year's tuition and fee rates, visit the Registrar's website. To see previous year's tuition and fee rates, visit the OUS website (http://www.ous.edu/factreport/tuition).

Health Insurance

• GTFs have access to GTF-specific insurance during each term of appointment. The insurance is administered by the GTFF. GTFs must sign up for the insurance directly with the GTFF at the start of each GTF appointment contract period. For example, if you have a GTF appointment for all year, you should sign up in fall; if you have a winter-only appointment, sign up for just winter term.

• For all GTFs (fall, winter, spring and summer), the UO pays 95% of the insurance premium for students with GTF appointments. This includes GTFs with dependents. See the GTFF website for specific GTF-paid premium amounts.

• During the summer term, students who are eligible for the GTF insurance based on their spring term GTF appointment receive premium coverage subsidized at 80%.This includes those enrolled with dependents.

• To sign up for insurance or to find out more about premium costs and  insurance benefits, GTFs are encouraged to contact the GTFF Benefits Administrator (Lisa Hamilton; lisa@gtff.net; 541-344-0832). Hiring units should contact the Graduate School (541-346-2807) with insurance-related questions.

Other Benefits

• Matriculation Fee. Graduate students who matriculate into their graduate program with a GTF appointment are free from having to pay the standard matriculation fee.

• Summer Benefits. Graduate students who meet specific GTF-related criteria may also access subsidized health insurance in the summer and/or summer tuition waivers without a work obligation, known as a "Summer Sandwich".