Earnings and Other Compensation

American University pays a wide range of earning types to faculty, staff and students. Depending on the earning types, payments are processed through either a monthly or biweekly payroll. The monthly payroll consists of full time faculty, salaried staff, taxable graduate awards and other stipend type payments. The biweekly payroll consists of full time hourly staff, regular part time, student part time, federal work study and adjunct faculty. Additionally, the university pays various other types of payments such as housing, taxable moving expenses and taxable awards. Earning types can be either exempt or non exempt from overtime pay (hours worked over 40 hours). Below is a chart to help in understanding the earnings types the university currently pays.

Payment Type	Exempt/Non Exempt	Leave Report, Timesheet or None Required	Pay Cycle
Salaried Faculty - FT	Exempt	None required	Monthly
Salaried Staff - FT	Exempt	Most require a Leave Report but some are not required	Monthly
Hourly Staff – FT	Non Exempt	Timesheet	Biweekly
Hourly Staff – PT	Non Exempt	Timesheet	Biweekly
Hourly Staff -Student	Non Exempt	Timesheet	Biweekly
Federal Work Study	Non Exempt	Timesheet	Biweekly
Stipends		None required with stipends
Additional Duties	Exempt unless employee non exempt	n/a	Both
Chair Stipends	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
* GFA Awards	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
* Adjunct Faculty	Exempt	n/a	Biweekly
* Teaching Assistants	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
* Resident Advisors	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
* Performance Awards	Exempt	n/a	Both
Housing Allowance	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
Taxable Moving Expense	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
Other Special Payments	Exempt	n/a	Monthly
*Scholarships/Fellowships	Exempt	n/a	Monthly

* Subject to whether the person is a foreign national with tax treaty and/or Visa is F, J, M, or Q.

Other compensation added to faculty/staff is taxable benefits received by the person. This compensation can be Employee or Dependent tuition remission, gift cards, fringe benefits etc. This compensation is usually added directly to the person’s taxable pay in order to properly withhold and report taxes as required.