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PhD Students

All Stern PhD students must have prior consent to work as a Teaching Fellow, Graduate Fellow or Grader/Tutor from the Stern Doctoral Office. Please contact Anya Francioli at anya.francioli@stern.nyu.edu. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.0. All appointments are for one semester only. Therefore, students must reapply and gain Doctoral Office approval for each term and position they intend to work.

PhD students fall under the collective bargaining agreement of the UAW-Local 2110 for Graduate Employees at New York University and will receive compensation via payroll which is subject to union dues and taxes. Graders and Tutors are exempt. For more information, please visit www.makingabetternyu.org/gsocuaw/ or contact Local 2110 at gsoc@2110uaw.org. Please note that once an application has been approved by the Teaching Assistance Center the compensation amount cannot be amended due to an increase or decrease in the course enrollment.

International students who have a green card or hold an F-1 or J-1 visa are eligible to work. If you hold any other visa, such as an H-1B, you cannot work.
International students that have graduated are not allowed to work.

Visit the Job Listings page to apply for positions.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can find the designated Coordinator's contact information by going to the Department site and selecting the Faculty & Staff tab.

If you have not already been hired by a Professor and are looking for available positions, you may apply to a listed position on the main Student Jobs page. If you have already been selected as a TF/GF by a Professor or Department, you should select the 'apply for an unlisted position' option on the main Student Jobs page to submit an application. Selection processes vary by Department, so specific questions about the inital hiring process should be directed to the Department coordinator.

Please login into Student Web Information System (Albert) and follow the link on the left hand navigation bar to “department enrollments".

Please contact your Department Coordinator first.

For questions about showing hiring documents to Human Resources, please contact Pauline Braz at pbraz@stern.nyu.edu

TF Graduate Student/PhD Compensation

Compensation Rates as of 9/1/2024 for AY 2024-2025

	Half credit courses (1.5 or 2.0 credits)			Full credit courses (3.0 or 4.0 credits)			6 credit courses
Position	Hours per week for 14 weeks	Payment	Position Weight	Hours per week for 14 weeks	Payment	Position Weight	Hours per week for 14 weeks	Payment	Position Weight
.5 (enrollment of 25-49)	2.5	$1025	0.25	5	$2050	0.5	7.5	$3075	.75
1 (enrollment of 50-84)	5	$2050	.5	10	$4100	1	15	$6150	1.5
1.5 (enrollment of 85-119)	7.5	$3075	.75	15	$6150	1.5
2 (enrollment of 120 and higher, MAX 2 full positions)	10	$4100	1	20	$8200	2

TFs for Executive MBA Courses - Student compensation

Executive MBA courses follow a different schedule than standard UG/MBA courses and work different hours/weeks.

Graduate Student/PhD EMBA TF compensation for AY24-25.

Course type/ Credits or enrollments	Hours	Weeks	Compensation
Core - 1.25	10	6	$1740
Core - 1.5	10	6	$1740
Core - 2.5	10	11	$3190
Core - 3.0	10	11	$3190
Elective < 15 students	Not eligible
Elective < 15-39 students	5	11	$1595
Elective 40+ students	10	11	$3190

Graduate Fellow Compensation

Graduate students (i.e. Stern MS students, Stern or non-Stern PhDs, non-Stern graduate students) will be paid via payroll based on biweekly timesheets. The hourly rate is $29.00 and the estimated number of weeks and the estimated total compensation is below. Students will need to review the Wasserman Center for Student Employment instructions to complete an "On-Campus Student Employment Application" and send this to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu) in Stern Human Resources. Pauline will then send the student instructions on entering hours worked in order to be paid upon submission of biweekly timesheets. Hiring managers will need to send the union appointment letter and card to the student with a cc to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu). Managers will also need to approve the biweekly timesheets in Workday.

Graduate Fellow Compensation - Stern MS students, Stern or non-Stern PhDs, non-Stern graduate students for AY 2024 - 2025 as of 9/1/2024:

Estimated hours per week for 14 weeks	Estimated Compensation
5	$2050
10	$4100
15	$6150
20	$8200

Tutor Compensation

Process and Rates
Graduate student/PhD tutors are paid $29/hour. Students will need to review the Wasserman Center for Student Employment instructions to complete an "On-Campus Student Employment Application" and send this to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu) in Stern Human Resources. Pauline will then send the student instructions on entering hours worked in order to be paid upon submission of biweekly timesheets. Managers will also need to approve the biweekly timesheets in Workday.

Grader Compensation

Process and Rates
Graduate and PhD Student Graders are paid $29/hour for graders. (Graders assist professors with grading at a minimum of three major assignments per student, not to exceed one hour per student per course.) Students will need to review the Wasserman Center for Student Employment instructions to complete an "On-Campus Student Employment Application" and send this to Pauline Braz (pbraz@stern.nyu.edu) in Stern Human Resources. Pauline will then send the student instructions on entering hours worked in order to be paid upon submission of biweekly timesheets. Managers will also need to approve the biweekly timesheets in Workday.

Students' employment is at will, which means that students or NYU can terminate employment at any time, with or without cause. NYU can also withdraw or rescind this offer at any time prior to the commencement of work without restriction.

Policy for Releasing TFs or GFs from Contractual Obligations:
If, for whatever reason, a professor wants to release a TF or GF from the position, both the professor and student must discuss the issue and agree to dissolve the contract. Both professor and student should agree to termination and compensation in writing.

If it is decided that the TF or GF is released from the position, the professor and student must come to an agreement regarding payment. Generally, payment is pro-rated by the number of weeks worked. (For example, if a TF or GF has a salary of $3,600 and the semester is 15 weeks long, the weekly rate is $240. If the TF or GF has worked 4 out of 15 weeks, he or she would be paid $960.) However, the pro-rated amount can differ from this formula, as long as the professor and student agree on this new amount.

Students receiving tuition remission will have the partial credit removed from their account. The department’s coordinator should contact the Office of Faculty Affairs to inform the amount and they will provide the updated information to Financial Aid.

Students receiving a check from payroll will simply receive a reduced amount of paychecks. The department coordinator should contact Pauline Braz regarding the amount already disbursed (note: several smaller paychecks to TFs or GFs are disbursed throughout the semester; TF or GF salaries are not paid in one check) and then inform the Office of Faculty Affairs of the updated amount.

The remaining funds from the pro-rated salary can be used to hire another Teaching Fellow. If a Faculty member would like to pay the replacement TF or GF more than the balance, these funds would have to come out of the Faculty member’s STARS account.

You will be paid by payroll check through Human Resources. These payments are subject to union dues and taxes. Graders and Tutors are exempt from the union and will still be paid by payroll with compensation subject to tax withholding, but union dues will not apply.

Yes. However, a student may not exceed 20 hours of work per week during the semester.
Students can work up to 35 hours per weel during the summer.

You may work up to 3.5 TF positions (35 hours per week) over the course of Summer I,II, and III terms. May graduates cannot work.

No. Position and compensation are based on enrollment and course credit load.

No. Students may not make independent arrangements for additional compensation to tutor students in the class to which they are assigned as a TF. Petitions for exceptions to this policy must be accompanied by the following, submitted in writing by the instructor: (1) A complete description of the TF's responsibilities (2) A guarantee that the TF will not be engaged in any interpretive assessment of student work.

Yes, but only with approval from the professor and the department Administrative Coordinator.