Does UCLA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, UCLA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 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?

77% 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 (165) , Administrative Assistant (121) , 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 518 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and that was one of the best reasons I enjoyed my work experience at ucla." ((in 289 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and it is a dream place to work if you like research in social sciences." ((in 221 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and easily available with overtime pay for holidays and late night shifts." ((in 201 reviews)); "I love teaching and work environment is good." ((in 119 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 318 reviews)); "Salary and raises very low for level of responsibilities and expectation (25% below fair market value)" ((in 235 reviews)); "Management was poor and slow to get back to you." ((in 112 reviews)); "parking is expensive and not always convenient to where you work." ((in 108 reviews)); "Low compensation and lack of growth" ((in 22 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

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,744 total reviews)

Gene D. Block

70% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

UCLA has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,744 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

4.0

Apr 5, 2012

Very good research university.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

excellent scientists good facilities excellent patent services cross-culture environment

Cons

More and more students now.

3.0

Mar 29, 2012

It's a "government" job - nothing more, nothing less

Specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable - short of people abuse or setting the campus on fire, you can pretty rest assured that you won't be laid off or fired. It is a government job. Benefits package is great, and if you're a lifer their retirement benefits are also quite outstanding.

Cons

Related to Pros, but since they can't fire people, you have a lot (A LOT!) of incompetent people working at very high, and mid, levels. People that would not survive a week in a corporate environment before getting fired. Lots of red tape. Throw away any reasonable expectations out the door. Something that in a corporate environment would take 2 hours to a day to get done here it can take upwards of a year. Not kidding about it either. Unless you're tenured faculty the options for growth of staff are somewhat reasonable, but nowhere near great.

3.0

Mar 26, 2012

UCLA opportunities are limitless

Systems manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours and health benefits make UCLA the most attractive place to work. You'll get experience in systems design and build which you can use in the commercial world.

Cons

The campus is politically charged right now under the leadership of Block. Our website is a dismal portral of the campus life and needs improvement to energize employees.

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