A Competitive Edge
At Stanford, staff receive much more than salary and traditional benefits. As the samples below demonstrate, annual “income” extends well beyond the paycheck—and comes from a variety of sources, depending on lifestyle and life stage.
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- Benefits
Stanford provides staff members with an array of outstanding benefits.
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- Compensation
Stanford offers staff competitive pay that reflects market trends.
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A Competitive Edge: Sample Comparisons
Barbara, Age 54 At Stanford 9 years, two children in college
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Attends four performances per year at Bing Concert Hall |
$40 (20% Staff Discount) |
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Takes Caltrain and the Marguerite shuttle to work as a member of Stanford’s Commute Club |
$5,000 (Savings on gas, maintenance and parking versus driving 40 miles per week R/T) $300 (Clean Air Cash) $96 (Zipcar Driving Credit) $958 (12 free hourly car rental vouchers) |
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Takes 12 one-hour yoga classes |
$220 (Cost at local yoga center minus cost at Stanford) |
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Participates in free health and fitness screening through Stanford’s BeWell program |
$480 (Employee wellness incentive) + $240 (For spouse) |
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Attends health seminars, exercise classes and nutrition classes to earn at least five “BeWell Berries” |
$100 (Additional incentive) |
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Sends one child to University of California–Irvine |
$12,192 (Annual tuition at UCI) |
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Sends one child to Middlebury College |
$20,025 (Maximum annual assistance from Tuition Grant Program) |
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Uses emergency back-up care for elderly parent |
$160 (Maximum reimbursement, if needed) |
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Works with some of the brightest minds in the world |
Priceless |
Josh, Age 28 At Stanford 3 years
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Commutes to Stanford by bus |
$1,152 ($96/month) (VTA Echo Pass) |
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Plays two rounds of golf per month (on weekdays) |
$1,800 (Stanford University Golf Course staff discount) |
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Receives professional counseling at Faculty and Staff Help Center |
$1,500 (10 Visits) |
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Takes multiple professional development and management training courses |
$800 (Reimbursed tuition, registration and required textbook fees) |
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Works out at Tressider Fitness Center, swims at Avery Aquatic Center, plays tennis at West Campus Tennis Courts |
$2,064 (Average Palo Alto athletic club membership fee) |
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Lunches at the Arbuckle Dining Pavilion (or any of seven other locations on campus) |
$1,150 (Average cost of 230 meals per year minus cost of Faculty-Staff Lunch Plan) |
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Practices speaking Chinese with a colleague |
Priceless |
Kwame, Age 35 At Stanford 6 years, two children (6 months and 3 years, one child adopted)
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Enrolls both children in child care |
$5,000 (Child Care Subsidy Grant) |
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Adopts 3-year-old |
$10,000 (Reimbursed adoption expenses) |
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Takes courses toward master’s in endocrinology at Berkeley |
$5,250 (per year) |
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Attends Cardinal Football games |
$120 (40 percent season ticket discount) |
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Attends Cardinal Basketball games |
$89 (25 percent season ticket discount) |
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Jogs during lunch break around a campus combining attributes of a movie set and a resort |
Priceless |
