Payroll Manual

Wage Calculation Factors

This section provides factors and formulas for the calculation of salary and wages and charts for decimal equivalents or parts of an hour and parts of a day.

The following prescribed methods and formulas must be used in calculating wages due. In all instances, mills must be dropped after each separate calculation.

Additional Salary Factors

When applying additional salary factors such as location pay, inconvenience pay, also receives, chair stipends, geographic and shift differentials add the annual amount of additional payment to the basic annual salary. Multiply the total annual salary by the biweekly factor to obtain the biweekly rate. If pre-shift briefing pay is also applicable, add this amount to the biweekly rate.

Annual 10 Day

Pay Basis Code: ANN (10 day basis)

Annual Salaried employees paid on a biweekly basis over the full calendar year

365 Day Year = 14/365 = .038356
Biweekly Rate = .038356 x Total Annual Salary
Work Day Rate= .10 x biweekly rate

366 Day Year = 14/366 = .038251
Biweekly Rate = .038251 x Total Annual Salary
Work Day Rate= .10 x biweekly rate

Calendar

Pay Basis Code: CAL (14 day basis)
Annual Salaried employees paid on a biweekly basis over the full calendar year

365 Day Year 14/365 = .038356

Biweekly Rate = .038356 x Total Annual Salary
Calendar Day Rate= .0714286 x biweekly rate (BIW amount divided by 14)

366 Day Year 14/366 = .038251
Biweekly Rate = .038251 x Total Annual Salary
Work Day Rate= .0714286 x biweekly rate (BIW amount divided by 14)

21P

Pay Basis Code: 21P (14 day basis)

Teaching staff paid over the academic year, as set by the agency.

SUNY Pay Basis Code: 21P (14 day basis)
Biweekly rate = Total Annual Salary divided by number of days in contract X 10

Institution Teacher Pay Basis Code: 21P (10 Day Basis)
Biweekly Rate = Total Annual Salary divided by number of days in contract X 10

Biweekly

Pay Basis Code: BIW (10 day basis)
Employees paid a biweekly rate are assigned by the agency or as a Military Stipend as determined by OSC.

Hourly

Pay Basis Code: HRY (hourly basis)
Employees paid an hourly rate

Hourly Rate set by Budget
Use the Hourly rate as prescribed by Budget or other control agency

Hourly Rate Using Total Annual Salary
Total Annual Salary divided by 2088 = Hourly Rate

Fee

Pay Basis Code: FEE (Fee basis)
Employees paid a fee basis

Fee Rate set by Budget
Use the fee rate as prescribed by Budget

CYF – College Year Full (SUNY only)

Pay Basis Code: CYF (14 day basis)
Annual Salaried employees paid on a biweekly basis over the full calendar year. CYF employees have an academic year that differs from the normal SUNY academic year. Payments are made in July.

365 Day Year 14/365 = .038356
Biweekly Rate = .038356 x Total Annual Salary
Calendar Day Rate= .0714286 x biweekly rate (BIW amount divided by 14)

366 Day Year 14/366 = .038251
Biweekly Rate = .038251 x Total Annual Salary
Work Day Rate= .0714286 x biweekly rate (BIW amount divided by 14)

CYP – College Year Part (SUNY only)

SUNY Pay Basis Code: CYP (14 day basis)
Biweekly rate = Total Annual Salary or Contract amount divided by number of days in contract X 10.

CYP employees have an academic year that differs from the normal SUNY academic year. Payments are made in July.

AJT – Adjunct (CUNY only)

CUNY Pay Basis Code: AJT (14 day basis)
Biweekly rate = Total Contract Salary divided by number of days in contract X 10

LEG – Legislative/Judicial only

Legislator and Judges (14 day basis)

Biweekly Salary = Annual Statutory Salary divided by 26 pay periods. These employees will be paid their statutory salary by the 26th pay period of the calendar year. In any calendar year in which there are 27 pay periods, they will not receive a paycheck in the 27th pay period.