2025 WVU Focused Salary Adjustment Program
As part of West Virginia University’s ongoing commitment to support our faculty and staff, WVU will run a 2025 WVU Focused Salary Adjustment Program this fall.
The targeted program will provide an opportunity for a limited salary adjustment for some employees who have gone the longest period of time without a salary adjustment, with about half of the University’s workforce expected to be eligible for review.
Read FAQs about the program:
1. Who is eligible for consideration?
To be eligible for a salary adjustment opportunity, employees must meet the following criteria:
- Must be in a benefits-eligible faculty, FE/AP, non-classified, or classified position
- Have not received a salary adjustment between July 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025
- Hired before July 1, 2024
- Have an overall rating higher than Unsatisfactory or Development Needed in their most recent performance review
- Not on active discipline (For classified employees, this means the employee must not be on active discipline at a second letter of warning or higher. For non-classified and faculty employees, this requirement includes any actively documented discipline.)
2. Who is not eligible for the program?
- Employees hired on or after July 1, 2024 (including employees hired on or after July 1, 2024, who were entirely new to WVU or internal WVU employees who were hired to a new job/college/unit)
- Employees with more than 60% grant funding
- Employees who are dually employed by WVU Medicine
- Medical, dental, or pharmacy residents
3. How much funding is allocated for this program?
WVU will invest approximately $5.97 million in salary adjustments. This includes $4.97 million from the FY2026 budget and an additional $1 million made possible by increased student enrollment in fall 2025.
4. When will employees be notified if they have been selected to receive a salary adjustment?
Employees selected for a salary adjustment will be notified around the week of December 8, 2025.
5. How will employees be notified if they receive an adjustment?
Employees selected for a salary adjustment will receive direct notification from their college or unit leadership or their supervisor around the week of December 8, 2025.
6. When will salary adjustments take effect?
Salary increases will take effect on December 14, 2025. Employees will see the change reflected on their January 9, 2026, pay statement.
7. What is the goal of this program?
The program aims to recognize WVU faculty and staff who have gone the longest without a salary increase.
8. Who can I contact with questions?
You may discuss questions with your supervisor or email the Compensation team at compensation@mail.wvu.edu.