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Earnings Type & Description

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Earn Type informational pages are provided as a historical reference tool for eligibility and rate information. If you have questions on how pay is processed in Workday, please contact the Integrated Service Center (ISC) or call 206-543-8000

Earnings Type When Is It Used? Employment Type(s)/Limitations How Calculated / FTE / How Initiated

WFO

Federal Work Study w/OASI deduction

(Social Security taxes deducted)

For payment of UW student hourly positions filled by students who have been awarded Federal Work Study funded by the UW office of Student Financial Aid.

Wages are subject to Social Security taxes:

  • For Undergraduates when credits taken are below 6.
  • For Graduates when credits taken are below 5.
  • For thesis / dissertation students (700-800 courses) if credits taken are below 2.

Undergraduate Student

  • Undergraduate WS
  • 0875 Student Assistant

Graduate Student

  • Graduate WS
  • 0881 Teaching Fellow
  • 0882 Research Asst
  • 0883 Staff Asst

Use limited to these job class codes only.

Hours x hourly rate

FTE: YES

Department - OPUS

NOTE: Official Work Study Time Sheet available from work study office

UW payroll computer system automatically changes WFO to WSF when credits taken are below the limit.