Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	54.81
Liaison	Jennifer McLaughlin
Submission Date	May 26, 2023

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South Dakota State University
PA-12: Employee Compensation

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.26 / 3.00	Jennifer McLaughlin Sustainability Intern Facilities and Services

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Part 1. Living wage for employees

The local living wage (based on a family of four and expressed as an hourly wage):

20.86 US/Canadian $

Percentage of employees that receive a living wage (benefits excluded):

Part 2. Living wage for employees of contractors

Does the institution have significant contractors with employees that work on-site as part of regular and ongoing campus operations?:

Yes

A list or brief description of significant on-site contractors:

For this credit, we used the standing contracts with Facilities & Services as well as our dining contractor. Not all contractors provided wage data.
Trane
Wagner
Austreim
Ope Niemeyer (flooring)
Midwestern Mechanical
Kone
Tessier’s
Johnson Controls
West River Fencing
Brookings Dumpster
Aramark

Percentage of employees of on-site contractors known to receive a living wage or be covered by collective bargaining agreements (i.e., union contracts):

83.54

Part 3. Minimum total compensation for employees

Total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid regular, part-time or full-time employee or pay grade meets or exceeds what percentage of the living wage?:

None of the above (i.e. the lowest paid regular employee or pay grade earns less than the living wage)

A brief description of the minimum total compensation provided to the institution’s lowest paid employee or pay grade:

The lowest paid full-time employee makes $13.23/hour. The lowest paid employee is a part-time employee and is thus benefit ineligible. They do receive leave time.

Optional Fields

Has the institution made a formal commitment to pay a living wage?:

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A copy or brief description of the institution’s written policy stating its commitment to a living wage:

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Website URL where information about employee compensation is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Living wage used from MIT (http://livingwage.mit.edu/) is for FY22.