University Staff Payroll

University Staff (formerly Exempt Professionals)

University staff members are CU employees whose positions are exempt from the state personnel system. University staffers are paid monthly, on the last working day of the month, except for the June payroll, which is paid on the first working day of July.

CU has multiple options for documenting hours worked and exception time. You must verify with your department how it records hours/time and follow that procedure.

Both the employee and his/her supervisor must sign the leave record verifying the accuracy of leave usage and balances.

Use this page to find monthly and biweekly paydays.

Note: Each campus and department has its own specific deadlines for updating individual payroll records, and for collecting timesheets and leave records from employees. Please refer to your department's business partner(s) for more information.

Monthly Paydays

2015 Monthly Paydays
Pay Period End Date Pay Date
01/31/2015 01/30/2015
02/28/2015 02/27/2015​
03/31/2015 03/31/2015
04/30/2015 04/30/2015
05/31/2015 05/29/2015
06/30/2015 07/01/2015
07/31/2015 07/31/2015
08/31/2015 08/31/2015
09/30/2015 09/30/2015
10/31/2015 10/30/2015
11/30/2015 11/30/2015
12/31/2015 12/31/2015

Biweekly Paydays

2015 Biweekly Paydays
Pay Period End Date Pay Date
01/31/2015 02/13/2015
02/14/2015 02/27/2015​
02/28/2015 03/13/2015
03/14/2015 03/27/2015
03/28/2015 04/10/2015
04/11/2015 04/24/2015
04/25/2015 05/08/2015
05/09/2015 05/22/2015
05/23/2015 06/05/2015
06/06/2015 05/22/2015
05/23/2015 06/05/2015
06/06/2015 06/19/2015
06/20/2015 07/02/2015
07/04/2015 07/17/2015
07/18/2015 07/31/2015
08/01/2015 08/14/2015
08/15/2015 08/28/2015
08/29/2015 09/11/2015
09/12/2015 09/25/2015
09/26/2015 10/09/2015
10/10/2015 10/23/2015
10/24/2015 11/06/2015
11/07/2015 11/20/2015
11/21/2015 12/04/2015
12/05/2015 12/18/2015
12/19/2015 12/31/2015

Determination of tax status and completion of tax forms


International employees must comply with the U.S. Tax Code. To ensure compliance, you must make an appointment with the appropriate campus international tax specialist to complete the proper tax forms and establish correct tax status. Please make your appointment as close to your employment start date as possible.  At times, it may be two to four weeks before an international tax specialist can meet with you due to busy academic and tax year schedules.  There is generally no negative ramification to a delay in meeting with our office.

If you’ve reached your 31st day of employment with the university and have applied for but not yet been issued a Social Security number, please have your department payroll representative contact the International Tax Office.

Related Information

Appointment Scheduling

International Tax

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