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There is no need to budget for staff benefit expenditures in the CSU Operating Fund. Staff benefits are managed centrally by the University Budget Office. Budget allocations to cover benefits expenditures are made automatically every month just after salaries are posted and before the financial books are closed. If you notice a negative budget balance available in any one of your Operating Fund staff benefits accounts (i.e. expenditures but no budget), please contact the University Budget Office.

For CSU Operating Fund budget processes like begin year base budget submissions, budget funding requests, moving OE&E budget into S&W budget during the fiscal year, etc., a staff benefit rate of 37% (20% for Interpreters). Beginning 2010-11, a separate rate for temporary faculty was established. The temporary faculty rate for 2011-12 is 27.572%.

The staff benefit rate is periodically reviewed by the University Budget Office and announced for the upcoming fiscal year in April or early May. The purpose of selecting a specific staff benefit rate for use in budgeting CSU Operating Fund activities is to ensure that the university has sufficient budget to cover all projected staff benefit costs.