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Compensation is just one part of a comprehensive total rewards package at Penn that includes competitive salaries as well as generous career development, family, health and welfare, overall wellness, retirement, time off, and tuition benefits. 

Penn’s Compensation Program

Penn’s compensation program is designed to:

  • Compete with the markets in which we attract exceptional talent
  • Motivate and reward high levels of performance, innovation and commitment to the University's principles and goals and the community.
  • Support our staff members as they build successful careers at the University of Pennsylvania

Our compensation program will enable the University of Pennsylvania to deliver on its principles and support its goals through the attraction and retention of a world-class staff that:

  • Are encouraged to conduct innovative work that addresses key challenges in our world.
  • Connect us and remain engaged to our Philadelphia, local and global communities through a culture of collaboration, leadership, research, education, and service
  • Represent an interconnected and integrated network of staff members

Penn’s Compensation Guiding Principles

  • Align to market prevalent best practices with flexibility to accommodate changes in the market and University priorities
  • Comply with federal/state/local rules and regulations, as well as established policies and procedures
  • Consistent approach to enable fair compensation across similar staff roles
  • Design with consideration for the affordability and resource constraints of University budgets
  • Open and clear communication about how salaries are structured and managed to maximize the performance, engagement, and commitment of staff
  • Position salaries competitively to support recruitment and retention
  • Support performance-based salary growth

Compensation Guide

Watch this space for a new comprehensive Compensation Guide which will provide an overview of the staff compensation program and resources.

Supporting Your Career Path at Penn

Tools are available to empower staff to embark on career planning by reviewing clear pathways for growth and development that are aligned with Penn's needs.

My Career Path - Explore how your current job profile compares with others across the University.

Penn's Job Architecture - Learn about job families, subfamilies, career streams, and job levels through an interactive tool.

Find your job profile, job family, and career stream/management level from the home page of your Workday record:

  • Click on person icon in top right hand corner
  • Click on view profile
  • Under Job Details, find your job profile, job family, and career stream/management level.

Questions

If you have any questions related to your compensation, you can contact Human Resources in your school/center or the Penn Employee Solution Center online, by phone at 215-898-7372 or email solutioncenter@upenn.edu.