FTE calculator

30 / 37.5 = 0.8000

actual hours
full time hours for
worked by
divided by this role equals FTE
employee
(over same period)
(e.g. per week)

Multiplier calculator

0.8000 on full pay = 0.8000

FTE on pay % equals Multiplier

 FTE

40 1.0000
39 1.0000 0.9750
38.5 0.9872 0.9625
38 1.0000 0.9744 0.9500
37.5 1.0000 0.9868 0.9615 0.9375
37 1.0000 0.9867 0.9737 0.9487 0.9250
36.5 1.0000 0.9865 0.9733 0.9605 0.9359 0.9125
36 0.9863 0.9730 0.9600 0.9474 0.9231 0.9000
35 1.0000 0.9589 0.9459 0.9333 0.9211 0.8974 0.8750
33.75 0.9643 0.9247 0.9122 0.9000 0.8882 0.8654 0.8438
32.5 0.9286 0.8904 0.8784 0.8667 0.8553 0.8333 0.8125
32 0.9143 0.8767 0.8649 0.8533 0.8421 0.8205 0.8000
31 0.8857 0.8493 0.8378 0.8267 0.8158 0.7949 0.7750
30 0.8571 0.8219 0.8108 0.8000 0.7895 0.7692 0.7500
29.6 0.8457 0.8110 0.8000 0.7893 0.7789 0.7590 0.7400
29.2 0.8343 0.8000 0.7892 0.7787 0.7684 0.7487 0.7300
28.13 0.8037 0.7707 0.7603 0.7501 0.7403 0.7213 0.7033
28 0.8000 0.7671 0.7568 0.7467 0.7368 0.7179 0.7000
27.5 0.7857 0.7534 0.7432 0.7333 0.7237 0.7051 0.6875
27 0.7714 0.7397 0.7297 0.7200 0.7105 0.6923 0.6750
26.25 0.7500 0.7192 0.7095 0.7000 0.6908 0.6731 0.6563
26 0.7429 0.7123 0.7027 0.6933 0.6842 0.6667 0.6500
25 0.7143 0.6849 0.6757 0.6667 0.6579 0.6410 0.6250
24 0.6857 0.6575 0.6486 0.6400 0.6316 0.6154 0.6000
22.5 0.6429 0.6164 0.6081 0.6000 0.5921 0.5769 0.5625
22.2 0.6343 0.6082 0.6000 0.5920 0.5842 0.5692 0.5550
Employee' 22 0.6286 0.6027 0.5946 0.5867 0.5789 0.5641 0.5500
contracted 21.9 0.6257 0.6000 0.5919 0.5840 0.5763 0.5615 0.5475
hours 21.5 0.6143 0.5890 0.5811 0.5733 0.5658 0.5513 0.5375
21 0.6000 0.5753 0.5676 0.5600 0.5526 0.5385 0.5250
20 0.5714 0.5479 0.5405 0.5333 0.5263 0.5128 0.5000
19.5 0.5571 0.5342 0.5270 0.5200 0.5132 0.5000 0.4875
19 0.5429 0.5205 0.5135 0.5067 0.5000 0.4872 0.4750
18.75 0.5357 0.5137 0.5068 0.5000 0.4934 0.4808 0.4688
18.5 0.5286 0.5068 0.5000 0.4933 0.4868 0.4744 0.4625
18.25 0.5214 0.5000 0.4932 0.4867 0.4803 0.4679 0.4563
18 0.5143 0.4932 0.4865 0.4800 0.4737 0.4615 0.4500
16.5 0.4714 0.4521 0.4459 0.4400 0.4342 0.4231 0.4125
16 0.4571 0.4384 0.4324 0.4267 0.4211 0.4103 0.4000
15 0.4286 0.4110 0.4054 0.4000 0.3947 0.3846 0.3750
14.6 0.4171 0.4000 0.3946 0.3893 0.3842 0.3744 0.3650
14 0.4000 0.3836 0.3784 0.3733 0.3684 0.3590 0.3500
 12 0.3429 0.3288 0.3243 0.3200 0.3158 0.3077 0.3000
11.25 0.3214 0.3082 0.3041 0.3000 0.2961 0.2885 0.2813
10.5 0.3000 0.2877 0.2838 0.2800 0.2763 0.2692 0.2625
10 0.2857 0.2740 0.2703 0.2667 0.2632 0.2564 0.2500
9.38 0.2680 0.2570 0.2535 0.2501 0.2468 0.2405 0.2345
8 0.2286 0.2192 0.2162 0.2133 0.2105 0.2051 0.2000
7.5 0.2143 0.2055 0.2027 0.2000 0.1974 0.1923 0.1875
7.3 0.2086 0.2000 0.1973 0.1947 0.1921 0.1872 0.1825
6 0.1714 0.1644 0.1622 0.1600 0.1579 0.1538 0.1500
5 0.1429 0.1370 0.1351 0.1333 0.1316 0.1282 0.1250
4 0.1143 0.1096 0.1081 0.1067 0.1053 0.1026 0.1000
3.75 0.1071 0.1027 0.1014 0.1000 0.0987 0.0962 0.0938
3.5 0.1000 0.0959 0.0946 0.0933 0.0921 0.0897 0.0875
3.41 0.0974 0.0934 0.0922 0.0909 0.0897 0.0874 0.0853
3 0.0857 0.0822 0.0811 0.0800 0.0789 0.0769 0.0750
1 0.0286 0.0274 0.0270 0.0267 0.0263 0.0256 0.0250
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 36.5 37 37.5 38 39 40
Full time equivalent hours in this role
 Multiplier

1.0000 0 0.5000 1.0000

0.9000 0 0.4500 0.9000
0.8000 0 0.4000 0.8000
0.7500 0 0.3750 0.7500
0.7000 0 0.3500 0.7000
0.6000 0 0.3000 0.6000
FTE 0.5000 0 0.2500 0.5000
0.4000 0 0.2000 0.4000
0.3000 0 0.1500 0.3000
0.2500 0 0.1250 0.2500
0.2000 0 0.1000 0.2000
0.1000 0 0.0500 0.1000
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Pay
FTE
FTE (full time equivalent) is a number which represents the time that someone is contracted to

FTE is calculated by Core. It takes the number of hours a person is contracted to work, and
divides it by the number of hours a full-time person would be expected to work in the same
role. FTE is calculated to four decimal places.

Examples
i) Alex works part-time as an Office Manager. He works 30 hours a week in total. For his
contract type full-time hours would be 37.5. Alex's FTE is therefore 0.8000, as shown in this
calculation:

30 / 37.5 = 0.8000
actual hours full time
worked by divided by hours for equals FTE
employee this role

ii) Megan works full time as a Departmental Lecturer. Her contract is for 37.5 hours. Her FTE
is therefore 1, as shown in this calculation:

37.5 / 37.5 = 1.0000

actual hours full time
worked by divided by hours for equals FTE
employee this role

Multiplier
Core does not use FTE to calculate pay. Instead it uses another item, called the 'multiplier', to
calculate how much pay someone should receive.

Multiplier will usually be the same as an employee's FTE. However, if someone is on half pay
orExamples:
no pay (for example because of long term absence), then their multiplier is used to adjust
i) Full
their paytime employee
without on the
affecting full appointment
pay FTE.
£25,000 x 1 = £25,000
pay (e.g
multipled by multiplier equals actual pay
salary)

ii) Full time employee on half pay because of long-term sickness absence
£25,000 x 0.5 = £12,500
pay (e.g
multipled by multiplier equals actual pay
salary)

ii) Part time (0.5 FTE) employee on half pay because of long-term sickness absence
£25,000 x 0.25 = £6,250
pay (e.g
multipled by multiplier equals actual pay
salary)

Note that in these examples, the FTE would remain the same as before.
Calculating multiplier
In most cases - where someone is on full pay for the hours that they work - multiplier is
calculated simply by taking the FTE for a person's appointment.

When someone is reduced to half pay, the multiplier is half the appointment FTE (FTE x 0.5).

When someone is reduced to no pay, the multiplier is set to zero (FTE x 0).

Examples
i) Megan has an FTE of 1, and her pay is not reduced because of absence or any other
factor. Therefore her multiplier is also 1, as shown in this calculation.

1.0000 x 100% (full pay) = 1.0000

FTE on pay % equals multiplier

ii) Alex has an FTE of 0.8, and his pay is not reduced because of absence or any other
factor. Therefore his multiplier is also 0.8, as shown in this calculation.

0.8000 x 100% (full pay) = 0.8000

FTE on pay % equals multiplier

iii) Sally has been on long-term sickness absence and has been reduced to half pay. His
appointment FTE is 1. Therefore her multiplier is 0.5, as shown in this calculation.

1.0000 x 50% (half pay) = 0.5000

FTE on pay % equals multiplier

iv) Ben has been on long-term sickness absence and has been reduced to half pay. His
appointment FTE is 0.8. Therefore his multiplier is 0.4, as shown in this calculation.

0.8000 x 50% (half pay) = 0.4000

FTE on pay % equals multiplier