Does UCLA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UCLA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at UCLA. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at UCLA?

76% of UCLA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated UCLA 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at UCLA?

Research Assistant (202) , Teaching Assistant (170) , Graduate Student Researcher (164) , Administrative Assistant (120) , Postdoctoral Fellow (113) , Graduate Student (103) , Graduate Research Assistant (88) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (86) , PhD Student (67) , Postdoctoral Scholar (67) , Postdoctoral Researcher (65) , Student Worker (63) , Student Assistant (58) , Registered Nurse (56) , Researcher (55)

What are the pros of working at UCLA according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and class material is interesting." ((in 514 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and that was one of the best reasons I enjoyed my work experience at ucla." ((in 286 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and it is a dream place to work if you like research in social sciences." ((in 227 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and easily available with overtime pay for holidays and late night shifts." ((in 207 reviews)); "I love teaching and work environment is good." ((in 118 reviews))

What are the cons of working at UCLA according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and if you don’t publish you can really hurt your chances of getting a job after." ((in 329 reviews)); "Salary and raises very low for level of responsibilities and expectation (25% below fair market value)" ((in 237 reviews)); "Management was poor and slow to get back to you." ((in 116 reviews)); "parking is expensive and not always convenient to where you work." ((in 99 reviews)); "The only way to "move up" or get a raise is by applying to another position." ((in 30 reviews))

What are employees saying about UCLA layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about UCLA layoffs and their outlook for job security at UCLA in 2026.

UCLA reviews

4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(5,738 total reviews)

Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,738 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The UCLA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews

2.0

Jan 19, 2020

Programmer Analyst I (Glassdoor keeps setting the job title to Community Health Director for some reason)

Community health director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits as a part of the UC system. Great people.

Cons

Horrible pay. Don't expect raises beyond the cost of living adjustment. With the good people also come the bad ones. The ones that make you think how have they kept their job the past few years. The ones that in any normal private corporation they would have been immediately let go after the first 6-12 months. They are the ones who put the drag team morale. The only way to move up is to keep jumping department ships which is bad in general for UCLA

1.0

Jul 14, 2019

UCLA SAIT - Very poor management, possibly the worst

Programmer analyst - student affairs it (sait)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job security is the only pro.

Cons

SAIT (Student Affairs IT) has no standards. This is a small department (specific to application development team). This department has 2 decision makers (specific to application development) who couldn’t care less about the department or its services. The business analyst mangers have no clue how to manage projects or employees. They change internal processes every 2 months causing high frustration among employees.

3.0

Mar 23, 2019

100 years old and it shows

Art director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Super friendly place, great support from my team, a smattering of excellent people, easy to find pain points that can be tackled, stable as it gets

Cons

Slow moving, the best talent leaves, the mediocre/poor talent can't be removed, not much socialization between/amongst teams, mercurial management

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UCLA SAIT - Very poor management, possibly the worst

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