POLICIES AND PROCEDURES |Human Resources | 5.38 Longevity Pay | 5.38.1 Procedure



Longevity Pay Procedure

An employee assigned to full-time or regular part-time position is eligible for longevity pay only after the date the employee has completed ten years of total service with a community college, a school administrative unit, or an agency. 


Annual longevity pay amounts are based on the length of total service to agencies, community colleges, and school administrative units as designed in 23 NCAC 2D.0109 and a percentage of the employee's annual rate of pay on the date of eligibility.


  1. Longevity pay amounts are computed by multiplying the employee's annual base or contract salary rate as of the eligibility date by the appropriate percentage, rounded to the nearest dollar, in accordance with the following table:

    Years of Total State Service Longevity Pay Rate
    10 but less than 15 years 1.50 percent
    15 but less than 20 years 3.25 percent
    25 or more years 4.50 percent
  2. Longevity pay is not considered a part of annual base or contract pay nor is it to be represented in personnel and payroll records as a part of annual base or contract salary. (A salary increase effective on the same date as the longevity eligible date is incorporated in the base pay before computing longevity.)

The payment of longevity pay to eligible employees is automatic. Payment is made in a lump sum, subject to all statutory deductions, during the monthly pay period in which the employee has satisfied all eligibility requirements. Such payments also are subject to conditions specified in 23 NCAC 2D.0109 (f).


Longevity pay is paid from the same source of funds and in the same pro-rata amounts from which the employee's regular annual salary is paid (e.g. state, federal, local funds) subject to guidelines specified in 23 NCAC 2D.0109(g).