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 524 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and that was one of the best reasons I enjoyed my work experience at ucla." ((in 284 reviews)); "The campus is beautiful and it is a dream place to work if you like research in social sciences." ((in 220 reviews)); "Flexible hours and you get to take on as many people as you want to tutor" ((in 201 reviews)); "It's close to campus and staff is great" ((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 327 reviews)); "half time only means low salary but that's on par for the course for grad students" ((in 235 reviews)); "Management was poor and slow to get back to you." ((in 113 reviews)); "parking is expensive and not always convenient to where you work." ((in 108 reviews)); "Many hourly staff leave the department or UCLA as a whole due to poor management and leadership." ((in 38 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

Jan 20, 2015

Good college to work for!

Adjunct assistant professor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful campus Great reputation. Good school. Depends on the department you work for, though.

Cons

Depends on the department you work for. If you're working for a good department chair, you're all set. If your department chair is incompetent, look out!

1.0

Dec 28, 2014

Specialist

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits are decent and lots of days off since its state holidays

Cons

as someone stated depends on what department you work under . Our department is micromanaged big time, received $3 cummulative raise after 4.5years. No overtime pay unless you are manager favorite , also if you are favorite then you don't receive complicate work - basically you are screwed and used . Not sure why they hire the same group of people who like to make the tush bigger and management who misuse and abuse their power. Transfer to another department difficult at least in my department .

4.0

Oct 4, 2014

Very positive - excellent manager in Backbone Network Services

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of latitude in the direction of work. No office politics and an emphasis on getting the work done. Great crew in network engineering and operations. Some other groups were overly protective of their jobs.

Cons

Pay not that great, but the benefits were very good. Training needs to be done on your own initiative and there's very little support for training.

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