Seattle University
PA-12: Employee Compensation

SU has three significant contractors with regular part-time and full-time employees working on-site at SU:
a. Food Service Provider
b. Cleaning/Janitorial services company
c. Retail services
For a and b: We do not have wage data but know the percentage of employees that are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
For c: We have wage data

Construction workers and student employees have been excluded from the count for PART 2 of this credit.

If the lowest paid benefit eligible employee at SU took advantage of the maximum amount of benefits we offer, their hourly rate for compensation and benefits is $43.41/hour or 152% of $28.58.

The lowest paid employee is eligible for all the benefits that the highest ranking employee would be eligible for. Lowest paid workers health care costs are subsidized at higher rate and can be enrolled at $12.00/pay period for our lowest cost plan. They also receive vision and dental for themselves, basic life insurance and AD&D coverage and Long term disability insurance at no cost. They will also receive a retirement contribution equal to 5% of their pay with an additional 5% matching contribution. They are eligible for tuition remission for both themselves and their dependents and this benefit is not included in the hourly calculation provided.

NOTE ABOUT PART 1: PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE A LIVING WAGE (BENEFITS EXCLUDED):

This data was collected in November 2023. The living wage for "Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue" for “2 [working] Adults, 2 Children” using the MIT living Wage Calculator was $28.58. See: https://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/42660

HR at Seattle University confirmed that:
For MIT’s LWC of $28.58/hr, at 1950 hours per year, 1.00 FTE needs to make $55,731. For part-time workers and temporary staff, we did the calculations on the hourly rate rather than converting to an annual salary, particularly since part-time workers tend to have fluctuating hours. If a part-time worker's hourly wage is at or above $28.58, they would be counted in the Part 1 figures.

Note also that Seattle City minimum wage is $18.69. This will increase effective 1/1/24 to $19.97. All faculty and staff meet the Seattle City Minimum wage rate.