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Living Wage

ITÜ has a staff manual where it mentions the salary that all staff and administrative staff will receive according to the economic development policy of the republic of Türkiye. Each employee shall receive the salary stated in their employment contract. All employees are entitled to receive that salary from the actual date of joining and shall be paid on a monthly basis. Below is an example of an academic staff's salary account according to the working class, pay grade, and job title, salary step, and educational status. The salaries of academicians and civil servants calculated according to these conditions are given in the table below. ITÜ undertakes and pays all its personnel above the living wage.

TitlePay grade / Salary step2022
Net salary (TL)
2023
Net salary (TL)
2024
Net salary (TL)
Professor1/424,270.4942,613.0886 205
Associate professor2/115,972.3232,939.0169 685
Assistant professor4/115,691.1731,850.0062 738
Research assistant7/114,023.8029,808.3756 794
Lecturer7/113,677.8329,309.1057 378
Minimum wage in Türkiye 550011,40220 002
Minimum wage in the University  22,207.22≈44 000

The lowest monthly salary in ITU is ≈44 000 TL while the net minimum wage in Türkiye is 20 002 TL.