Semi-Monthly Payroll
Beginning January 1st, 2027, all exempt staff, Year-Round (YR) faculty, Academic-Year (AY) faculty, and graduate students will move from monthly to semi-monthly pay.
No changes to your total compensation or benefits will result from the transition from monthly to semi-monthly payroll cycles. What’s changing is simply the timing of your paycheck—you will receive 2 payments monthly, which will typically occur on the 15th and the last day of the month.
For detailed information about AY faculty contracts, please follow the link below.
Welcome to Your New Payroll Experience
What Can I Expect?
Final monthly paychecks will be received on December 31, 2026. The first semi-monthly paycheck will be received on January 15th, 2027, to reflect the January 1-15 pay period.
Additional details on unique deduction types (e.g., garnishments, retirement contributions, etc.) will be shared in separate communications with affected employees. However, please reach out to the project team at SemiMonthlyPayroll@baylor.edu with any questions.
What is NOT Changing?
- Biweekly (non-exempt) employees' pay schedule
- Faculty, staff, and graduate student total compensation
- Time and Absence entry procedures for staff and biweekly employees
How Can I Prepare?
As part of Baylor University’s transition to a semi-monthly pay schedule beginning January 2027, a required Journey is now available for all monthly-paid staff, faculty, and graduate students and must be completed by October 9, 2026.
The required Semi-Monthly Payroll Readiness Journey has been assigned to all impacted staff, faculty, and graduate students in Ignite. For a preview of the journey, watch this brief video overview.
This mandatory journey includes important information and actionable tasks to help employees prepare for the transition to semi-monthly pay.
The journey includes tasks related to:
- Updating your retirement contributions
- Reviewing your tax withholdings and direct deposit information
- Completing other pay transition-related activities, as applicable
Why are We Changing Payroll Schedules?
- Foster an efficient, competitive, and world-class academic environment.
- Support the Academic-Year (AY) Faculty Contract Transition, which enhances Baylor’s ability to recruit research-intensive faculty, as well as provide faculty three summer months for research, grant, consulting, or administrative responsibilities. For more information on the AY Faculty Contract Transition, visit the Faculty Contract Transition website.
- Enhance the employee experience through improved cash flow and financial planning, opportunities for increased earnings in retirement contributions, and faster leave accrual.
- Increase operational efficiency by reducing remedial actions such as off-cycle payments, streamline the onboarding and offboarding processes, and improve budget and financial planning.
Contact Info
For additional support, please complete this form, and a team member will contact you.
For general inquiries, please email SemiMonthlyPayroll@baylor.edu.
For benefit deduction and employee leave-related inquiries, please email AskHR@baylor.edu.
For tax withholdings, garnishments, and direct deposit-related inquiries, please email Payroll_Office@baylor.edu.
For questions related to Faculty Contracts, please email Provost_Office@baylor.edu.