USG Employee Category Definitions
Instructional Personnel
Faculty -- persons whose primary assignments are instruction, research, or public service, who hold academic rank and are tenured, on tenure track, or in positions that are not tenure track; includes department chairpersons if their principal activity is instructional; includes faculty on nine-month and twelve month contracts.
Other -- persons whose primary assignments are instruction, research, or public service; who do not hold instructional rank, or who are not on at least an academic contract, or who hold a non-tenure type position.
Executive/Administrative/Managerial -- persons whose assignments require primary responsibility in management of the institution; includes department chairpersons if their principal activity is administrative.
Professional Non-Faculty -- persons with specialized professional training who cannot be classified in any of the other classifications (e.g., librarians, lawyers, physicians).
Secretarial/Clerical -- persons such as secretaries, bookkeepers, sales clerks, and data entry clerks.
Technical/Paraprofessional -- persons with technical skills (e.g., computer programmers).
Skilled Crafts -- persons with special manual skills (e.g., mechanics, electricians, machinists, carpenters).
Service/Maintenance -- persons with service or maintenance skills (e.g., food service and cleaning workers, drivers, laborers, and groundskeepers).
Sources: USG Payroll System; FIS