Process is Primary! Compensation is about more than numbers. Your compensation policies and practices are a way of living your values. We include reminders here about process, local wage rates, changes in cost of living, ministerial salaries, and part-time positions.

UUA Recommended Salary Ranges by Geo Index (location) are provided for four congregational sizes at six job levels.

Each year, we update our salary program info. This page houses a record of changes in salary structure and other adjustments in recent years.

Our Recommended Salary Ranges are based on job levels, not specific job titles. Each job level is described by multiple characteristics.

Congregational Size Profiles begin with membership, but also take into account operating expenses and typical staffing. Our four size profiles contain some overlap.

Our Geo Index Listing adjusts recommended salaries to account for prevailing wage rates in a congregation's location.

The UUA offers a Congregational Salary Program as a service to congregational leaders. Our approach emphasizes process and values, with recommended salary ranges provided for six job levels in four congregational size profiles.

Setting salaries is about more than picking numbers. Let our list of policies and practices guide you in creating a salary program driven by process and values. Of the items listed below, what are you already doing well? Which practices might you work to incorporate next?

Our Ruler Method provides a consistent approach to placing employee salaries with in our recommended ranges. Use it mathematically or simply conceptually.

The power of individuals can collectively help congregations grow, stretch and live our values in our world.

Understanding the different "pockets of giving" will help your congregation be more savvy about when and how to ask for financial gifts. Pockets of money are not the same!

The stewardship team needs the support of the congregation, both in structure and in culture. Here are a few key areas to pay attention to.

An effective stewardship team sustains and deepens a broad-based commitment to the mission and programs of the congregation by inspiring a culture of abundance and generosity,

Coupled with a strong vision for why your congregation matters, this giving guide will help people better align their resources with their values.

Articles, webinars, and trainings to help you canvas your members and friend in support of your annual operating budget.

Need a fund for strategic initiatives and financial resilience that is different from reserves or a traditional endowment and funded separately from your annual programs?

Mark Ewert and Rachel Maxwell of Stewardship for Us with guests, Rev. Tandi Rogers, Aisha Hauser and Rev. Allison Palm explore our UU shared value of Generosity, what it means to us today and how it could impact your stewardship practices.

Nineteen award-winning sermons on giving.

It seems like natural disasters are all around us. Is your congregation in need of help or want to help those affected through the UUA Disaster Relief Fund?

The UUA Office of Church Staff Finances provides Compensation Consultants and (new in summer 2024) Treasurer Support Team are available to help congregational leaders with needs related to compensation and finances.