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Academic Student Employee Hourly Pay Rates

Academic student positions are covered by the contract between the UW and the United Auto Workers (UAW). For all other student employment positions, UW Compensation establishes compensation requirements in accordance with University policy and as described on UW HR's Student Employees web page. Student employees must be paid at least the Washington State minimum wage, noted as "base" in the table below.

The following pay rates apply to hourly academic student employee positions within the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering. The College of Engineering and other departments may employ students with different job titles and at different pay rates.

Title/Pay Classification

Occupation Code

Minimum Hourly Rate

Job Duties

Standard Qualifications

Course Assistant

10873

base

Non-teaching academic assistance

Undergraduate student

Front Desk Assistant

10875

base

Reception duties, data entry

Undergraduate student (non-Engineering)

Lab Assistant

10875

base

Maintaining departmental lab spaces, training students on lab equipment and software

Graduate Student

Undergraduate Research Assistant

10869

$20 / hour

Assist in research

Undergraduate Student