The Howard Community College Board of Trustees and President Daria J. Willis are pleased to announce that, effective today, July 1, 2026, all full-time administrative, professional/technical, and support group employees will receive a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
Yesterday, full-time faculty represented by the American Federation of Teachers — Maryland ratified the same adjustment offer. This affirms the faculty’s partnership with the administration in support of pay equity and institutional stability for a second consecutive year, as bargaining unit members will receive the same terms as their non-bargaining colleagues.
This increase reflects a sustained institutional commitment to employee compensation over the past six years. COLA increases are permanent and compound within the base salary schedule, resulting in a 28.5% structural increase in base salary since FY 2022. In addition, employees received year-specific merit increases of 1% in FY 2024, FY 2025, and FY 2027, and one-time bonus payments of $1,500 in FY 2022 and $3,500 in FY 2026.
Merit and bonus payments do not carry over into the base salary schedule but represent meaningful additional compensation paid to eligible employees in the years they were awarded.
We are grateful to every member of the HCC community for their patience and professionalism, and thank you for your continuing hard work to meet students where they dream.
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