University of California payroll grew 6 percent in 2012
The University of California spent $11.22 billion on its payroll last year, up 6 percent from the year before, according to figures released Wednesday. Total pay to faculty rose by about 4 percent, while pay to nonacademic staff and management rose by 7 percent. Between 2006 and 2012, the system’s payroll grew more than 35 percent… UC officials attributed the 2012 increased spending on salaries to growth in student enrollment, research activity and the size of its workforce. “There were no general pay increases,” said UC spokeswoman Dianne Klein. “The amount of pay did increase by 6 percent but this was largely from the medical enterprise.”
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by Laurel Rosenhall and Phillip Reese, The Fresno Bee.