Student Employees

ASE/GSA HR Information

The Honors Program hires graduate and undergraduate student employees from across the UW to help in the general day-to-day operations, supporting our curriculum and faculty and in the First-year Admissions process.

Our academic student employees represent a broad range of disciplines from Public Health to the Program on the Environment.

Check Out our Honors Hiring Page:
Hiring Applications

Resources for Academic Student Employees (ASE)

Academic Student Employee Hourly Pay Rates

Academic Student Employee Hourly Pay Rates (ASE Payscale)

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.

Title/Pay Classification Occupation Code Minimum Hourly Rate Job Duties Standard Qualifications
Teaching Assistant See UW Graduate School’s TA/RA salaries
Research Assistant See UW Graduate School’s TA/RA salaries
Staff Assistant See UW Graduate School’s TA/RA salaries
UG Teaching Assistant 10868 $16.00 Assist in teaching Undergraduate Student
UG Research Assistant 10869 $16.00 Assist in research Undergraduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor 10804 PDTA II Minimum Teaching own class
Premasters, postmaster or Candidate

Other Resources for ASE