Proposed 2017-2018 Fringe Benefit Pool Rates
Effective April 26, 2017, all proposals should use the FY18 proposed fringe rates noted below when building budgets, with the understanding that the proposed rates are subject to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approval. The final approved rates will be charged effective July 1, 2017, regardless of what rate was used at time of proposal submission.
The UFIRST-Proposal budgeting system has been updated and is calculating fringe at the FY18 proposed fringe rates.
For those UFIRST proposals in progress and submitted for approval prior to the fringe rates being updated in UFIRST, the proposal team or an approver can have the fringe rates updated prior to submitting to the sponsor, by having the approver click the UFIRST My Activities Menu item “Request Changes.” This returns the proposal to the proposal team for updating to FY18 rates by
(1) manually adjusting the rates in the budget workspace, or
(2) removing the individual and then adding the individual back, which results in a refresh, calculating fringe at the FY18 proposed rates.
If you are on the UFIRST proposal team you may email the approver and request the UFIRST proposal be returned for fringe benefit update. If the proposal is at DSP for approval our staff will reach out to the UFIRST proposal team to discuss updating to FY18 fringe rates.
The pooled rates include the following employer costs of taxes and benefits:
- FICA OASDI (Social Security)
- FICA Medicare
- Health Insurance (including graduate assistant and postdoctoral associates health insurance)
- Retirement (employer contributions)
- Life Insurance
- Clinical Disability Insurance
- Worker’s Compensation
- Unemployment Compensation
- Vacation Leave Cash Outs
- Sick Leave Pool Payments
- Paid Parental Leave Payments
The employee categories and corresponding proposed benefit rates are as follows:
| Salary Plan | FY18 Proposed Rates (7/1/17 – 6/30/18) | FY17 Approved Rates (7/1/16 – 6/30/17) |
| Faculty (3, 9, 10, and 12-month) | 27.4% | 26.9% |
| COM Clinical Faculty | 18.3% | 16.4% |
| Exempt TEAMS/USPS | 35.8% | 36.9% |
| Non-Exempt TEAMS/USPS | 45.2% | 44.8% |
| Clinical Post Doc Associates/House staff | 20.6% | 22.1% |
| Regular Post Doc Associates | 10.2% | 20.4% |
| OPS Graduate Assistant | 10.2% | 20.4% |
| OPS Student/Federal Work Study | 0.6% | 2.5% |
| OPS Other/Temporary Faculty | 6.6% | 7.6% |
See UF’s Human Resource Services for a complete detail of Salary Plans, Current and Historical Fringe Rates.
Please contact the following individuals if you have any questions:
Brian Kuhl, bkuhl@ufl.edu or by phone 352-392-1231
Greg Dubois, gdubois@ufl.edu or by phone 352-392-2402
