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.

For example, you might create a 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. For each item in your service list you would assign a wage for the new tiers -- allowing you to pay teacher's at different hourly wages for the same type of service.  

When you select a service type for a lesson, these teachers' hourly rates would be set at a higher value than teachers in a lower tier.

To enable Wage Tiers follow these steps:

1. Under the Account & Settings tab, click "Account Settings".

2. Scroll down to "Wage & Cost Settings".

3. Set the "Wage Tiers" to "Enabled"

4. Save the form.

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

1. Click "Services" under the Account & Settings tab.

2. Click the "Add Wage Tier" link in the sidebar.

3. Enter a name for the wage tier.

4. Enter the wage that will be paid for this tier for each of your service types.

5. Submit the form.

 

Assigning teachers to wage tiers:

1. On teacher profiles, go the the Employment Details section.
2. In the "Wage Level" field, select the level that the teacher belongs to.
3. Submit the form.

Editing Wage Tiers

1. Click "Services" under the Account & Settings tab.

2. Click the "Wage Tiers" link in the sidebar.

3. Click on the "Edit" button (looks like a pencil) 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.

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.