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FSS can identify pay for an academic summer appointment, teaching or research. It may be separate from the usual academic-year salary and may use a different funding source.
Employer-specific label: this is a possible interpretation. Confirm the full meaning in the codebook for the employer that issued your statement.
How to read this entry
Use the possible interpretation Faculty summer salary alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
A summer appointment worth $6,000 in three equal payments produces $2,000 gross per payment; it should be reconciled separately from the main salary schedule.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Check the appointment letter, funding period and which earnings count towards retirement contributions.
Compare related entries
Read the earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes provides background on the underlying rules. It does not validate an individual employer’s internal abbreviation.