2025-26 Academic Salary Scales Issuance Memo

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June 04, 2025

By Grace McClintock, Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Personnel  

COLLEGE PROVOSTS
DEANS
DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAM CHAIRS
MRU AND ORU DIRECTORS
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN
VICE CHANCELLOR, RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR, BUDGET ANALYSIS & PLANNING
VICE CHANCELLOR, FINANCE, OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
VICE PROVOSTS

Re: 2025-26 Academic Salary Scales Issuance

Dear Colleagues:

Salary scales for represented academic appointees are set by the terms of their Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) and are being issued separately from policy-covered academic appointee salary scales this year.

The changes will be effective on either July 1, 2025 or October 1, 2025 as follows:

July 1, 2025 [Effective July 6, 2025 for biweekly paid appointees]

Non-Senate Instructional Unit (IX – Unit 18): 4.0% increase. The scales include Lecturer, Supervisor of Teacher Education, and Coordinator of Field Work.
Professional Librarian Unit (LX): 3.5% increase.
Academic Researchers Unit (RA): 3.5% increase. The scales include the represented Professional Research Series, the represented Specialist Series, and the represented Project Scientist Series.

October 1, 2025 [October 12, 2025, for biweekly paid appointees]

Postdoctoral Scholars Unit (PX): 3.5% increase.
Academic Student Employee Unit (BX): 4.0% increase.
Graduate Student Researchers Unit (BR): 4.0% increase.

The revised scales are now published in our campus Academic Salary Scales. Please share this information with the appropriate individuals in your unit(s).

If you have any questions, you may direct them to the Academic Personnel Office at apo@ucsc.edu.

Sincerely,                                                                                           

Grace McClintock
Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Personnel

cc:

Associate University Librarian Bono                                         
AVC Staff Human Resources Green                                          
Budget Analysis and Planning Analyst Spires
Employee & Labor Relations Director Kasper                          
Graduate Division Assistant Dean Casher
Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Kletzer
Chancellor Larive                                                              
College Academic Managers
Department and Program Managers
Divisional, Library, and UNEX Academic Personnel Coordinators
ORU and MRU Asst Directors/Administrative Managers
Administrative Records