Does the salary settlement address the mid-career salary sag?
The answer to this question will depend in part on how the anomaly fund is distributed. The proposed contract language states that special consideration will be given to mid-career faculty. Salary gaps are largest for this group. With these considerations in mind, we have assumed that 75% of the anomaly fund goes to mid-career faculty (the 10-14 and 15-19 YHD groups) and the remaining 25% goes to other YHD groups.3 Under this scenario, the exceptionally large salary gap of the mid-career group is moderated somewhat (see graph 1). All YHD groups except the 5-9 YHD group experience catch up. Catch up is greatest for those in the 15-19 YHD group, for whom the salary gap shrinks by $1,614 (24%). For the 10-14 YHD group, the gap shrinks by $479 (8%). Most other groups enjoy modest catch up. The one group that does not experience catch up is the 5-9 YHD group. The widening of the salary gap for this group may seem unfair, but one should note that the initial salary gap for this group is much
