Staff pay structure

K-State's staff pay structure is organized by pay grades. Each grade covers a group of jobs with similar market value. Jobs are matched to grades using external salary data, and every grade has a minimum, midpoint, and maximum pay rate.

Staff jobs are organized through the K-State staff job architecture, which groups roles by job family, subfamily and career level. Human Resources Compensation and Organizational Effectiveness reviews position descriptions and assigns each job to the right title and pay grade.

The staff pay structure is reviewed and updated on a regular schedule to stay aligned with the market.

Annual Rate Hourly Rate Pay Grade Minimum Midpoint Maximum Minimum Midpoint Maximum 01S $29,120 $37,900 $46,600 $14.00 $18.22 $22.40 02S $32,100 $41,700 $51,400 $15.43 $20.05 $24.71 03S $35,300 $45,900 $56,500 $16.97 $22.07 $27.16 04S $38,800 $50,500 $62,100 $18.65 $24.28 $29.86 05S $42,800 $55,600 $68,500 $20.58 $26.73 $32.93 06S $47,100 $61,200 $75,400 $22.64 $29.42 $36.25 07S $51,800 $67,300 $82,900 $24.90 $32.36 $39.86 08S $56,900 $74,000 $91,000 $27.36 $35.58 $43.75 09S $62,600 $81,400 $100,200 $30.10 $39.13 $48.17 10S $68,800 $89,500 $110,100 $33.08 $43.03 $52.93 11S $75,800 $98,500 $121,300 $36.44 $47.36 $58.32 12S $83,400 $108,400 $133,400 $40.10 $52.12 $64.13 13S $91,700 $119,200 $146,700 $44.09 $57.31 $70.53 14S $100,800 $131,100 $161,300 $48.46 $63.03 $77.55 15S $110,900 $144,200 $177,400 $53.32 $69.33 $85.29 16S $122,000 $158,600 $195,200 $58.65 $76.25 $93.85 17S $134,200 $174,500 $214,700 $64.52 $83.89 $103.22 18S $147,700 $192,000 $236,300 $71.01 $92.31 $113.61 19S $162,500 $211,200 $260,000 $78.13 $101.54 $125.00 20S $178,700 $232,300 $285,900 $85.91 $111.68 $137.45 21S $196,500 $255,500 $314,400 $94.47 $122.84 $151.15 22S $216,200 $281,100 $345,900 $103.94 $135.14 $166.30 23S $237,800 $309,200 $380,500 $114.33 $148.65 $182.93 24S $261,600 $340,100 $418,600 $125.77 $163.51 $201.25 25S $287,800 $374,100 $460,500 $138.37 $179.86 $221.39 26S $316,500 $411,500 $506,400 $152.16 $197.84 $243.46 27S $348,200 $452,700 $557,100 $167.40 $217.64 $267.84 28S $383,100 $498,000 $613,000 $184.18 $239.42 $294.71 29S $421,400 $547,800 $674,200 $202.60 $263.37 $324.13