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FTE

American  

abbreviation

  1. full-time employee; full-time employment.

  2. full time equivalent: the calculated proportion of work for any employee or position expressed as a percentage of the number of hours standard for an equivalent full-time job.

    I only work 10 hours a week, so I’m .25 FTE.


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Increasing FTE & TVC reimbursement amounts for travel to $150 per night.

From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2022

FTE calculates the total number of hours employees work and how many full-time employees that figure equates to.

From BBC ● May 20, 2022

FTE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2021

Only one other Regents university - Pittsburg State - saw a decrease in FTE enrollment.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2018

This means that one FTE is equal to 40 hours per week.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 1, 2018

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