What does this mean for your department? If a department budgets $4,500 for a student employee for the fall and spring semesters (33 weeks), then the following is a breakdown of the number of hours a student employee can work.
- At a pay rate of $12.30 an hour, a student could work about 11 hours a week.
- At a pay rate of $13.75 an hour, a student could work about 10 hours a week.