University System of Maryland
Comparison of C.P.I. & Salary Increases
Fiscal	State		USM Employees		Total	C.P.I.
Year	C.O.L.A.		Merit		Increase	Increase
1967	0.00%		0.00%		0.00%
1968	12.00%		5.00%		17.00%	3.30%
1969	0.00%		6.00%		6.00%	4.80%
1970	8.00%	*1	6.00%		14.00%	5.90%
1971	5.00%	*2	7.00%	*9	12.00%	5.20%
1972	7.80%	*3	6.00%	*9	14.80%	3.60%
1973	0.00%		4.50%	*9	4.50%	3.90%
1974	0.00%		5.00%	*9	5.00%	8.90%
1975	7.60%	*4	3.50%		11.10%	11.20%
1976	5.30%	*5	4.00%		9.30%	7.10%
1977	0.00%		0.50%		0.50%	5.80%
1978	5.50%	*6	3.00%		8.50%	6.80%
1979	3.10%	*7	3.00%		6.10%	9.30%
1980	6.05%	*8	3.00%		9.05%	13.30%
1981	7.00%		2.70%		9.70%	11.60%
1982	0.00%		2.00%		2.00%	8.70%
1983	9.00%		5.21%		14.21%	4.30%
1984	0.00%		2.65%	*10	5.11%	3.70%
1985	6.00%		3.26%	*11	11.00%	3.90%
1986	4.00%	*12	3.24%		7.24%	2.90%
1987	3.50%		4.00%		7.50%	2.20%
1988	2.50%		3.50%		6.00%	4.10%
1989	4.00%		3.60%		7.60%	4.70%
1990	4.00%		4.00%		8.00%	4.80%
1991	4.00%		1.25%		5.25%	5.40%
1992	0.00%	*13	0.00%		0.00%	3.20%
1993	0.00%	*13	0.00%		0.00%	3.10%
1994	0.00%		1.25%		1.25%	2.50%
1995	3.00%	*14	1.25%		4.25%	3.00%
1996	2.00%	*15	1.25%		3.25%	2.70%
1997	0.00%		1.25%		1.25%	2.90%
1998	0.00%		1.25%		1.25%	1.80%
1999	$1,275	*16	1.25%		variable	1.70%
2000	$1,275	*17	2.50%		variable	3.40%
2001	4.00%	*18	2.50%		6.50%
2002	4.00%	*19	2.50%		6.50%
2003	0%		0%		0%
2004	0%		0%		0%
2005	$752	*20	2.5%
2006	1.5%		2.5%		4.0%
2007	$900 - $1400	*21	2.5%
2008	2.0%		2.5%		4.5%

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Notes:
*1 Grades 1-7=9% Grades 8-14=7% Grades 15-19=5%
*2 Grades 1-7=6% Grades 8-14=4% Grades 15-19=3%
*3 Minimum 4.5%
*4 6.8% - 12.3% = minimum of $550
*5 3.0% - 8.78% = minimum of $500
*6 5% - 6% = minimum of $400
*7 3% = minimum of $300
*8 6% = minimum of $500
*9 Estimated
*10 5.11% annualized, but implementation delayed half of year.
*11 5.0% but delayed for 15% of employees salary year.
*12 Ann Salary Rev effected Classified Grading for Some Titles
*13 Classified Employees did not receive step increments
*14 1995 COLA included $800 or 3% whichever higher;merit/class increments delayed 2 mos
*15 1.25% merit and class increments delayed 4 months 11/1/95
*16 FY 99-Flat rate COLA;incremented $900 on 7/1/98 and $375 on 1/1/99;annualized $1,088.
*17 FY 00-Flat rate COLA;incremented $638 on 7/1/99 and $637 on 1/1/00;annualized $957.
*18 4% COLA delayed until 11/15/2000; 2.5% merit on 7/1/2000.
*19 4% COLA delayed until 1/1/2002; 2.5% merit on 7/1/2001.
*20 $752 flat dollar cost of living adjustment(COLA) to be added to the base salary; 2.5% merit on 7/1/2005.
*21 $900 for employees whose annualized base salary is less than $45,000; and, the lesser of 2% or $1,400 for employees whose annualized base salary is $45,000 and above (a break point of $70,000);2.5% merit on 7/1/2007.