Wage Tiers

Teachworks supports a variety of teacher wage methods including setting an hourly wage on the teacher's profile or setting an hourly wage based on the service type of a lesson.

An additional option is to set up wage tiers. Wage tiers allow you to pay teachers based on the service type of a lesson, but the tiers also allow you to pay teachers at a different hourly rate for the same service type.

Example

You could create wage tiers for teachers based on their years of experience.  Teachers with less than a year of experience would be included in the "Default" tier.  You would then add tiers for 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, etc. of experience. You would then assign a wage for the new tiers for each service in your Service List, allowing you to pay teachers at different hourly wages for the same type of service.  

Enabling Wage Tiers

1. Click on "Account & Settings" and then click on "Account Settings".
2. Scroll down to the "Cost & Wage Settings" section.
3. Set the "Wage Tiers" setting to "Enabled".
4. Submit the form to save your changes.

Adding Wage Tiers

After you've enabled wage tiers, you can add a new wage tier by following these steps:

1. Click on "Account & Settings" and then click on "Service List".
2. Click the "Add Wage Tier" link in the sidebar on the right-hand side.
3. Enter a name for the wage tier in the "Name" field.
4. Enter the wage that will be paid for this tier for each of your service types.
5. Submit the form to save your changes and create the wage tier.

 

Assigning Teachers to Wage Tiers

After you've created a wage tier, you can follow the steps below to assign them to teachers' profiles:

1. Click on "Employees" and then click on "Employee List".
2. Click on the "Edit" button next to the teacher you'd like to add a wage tier to.
3. Scroll down to the "Employment Details" section.
4. In the "Wage Level" field, select the level that the teacher belongs to.
5. Submit the form to save your changes.

Editing Wage Tiers

1. Click on "Account & Settings" and then click on "Services".
2. Click the "Wage Tiers" link in the sidebar on the right-hand side.
3. Click on the "Edit" button next to the wage tier you'd like to update.
4. Enter the new wage that will be paid for this tier for each of your service types.
5. Submit the form to save your changes.

NOTE: When editing a wage tier, the wages for existing lessons will not be updated automatically. If you wish to update to the new wage, you can click on the "Update the wage for existing lessons that use this wage tier" setting under the "Apply New Rates" section.

Importing Wage Tiers

We have a limited access feature that will allow you to update your existing wage tiers in bulk using an Excel spreadsheet.  If you would like this feature enabled in your account, please send an email to [e-mail]. Please note, this feature can only be used to update existing wage tiers, it can't be used to create new ones.