Salary & Fee Remission

Academic Student Employees

SALARY

Teaching Assistants and Associates receive three equal paychecks per quarter. Fall quarter paychecks are issued on 11/1, 12/1 and 1/1; winter quarter checks on 2/1, 3/1 and 4/1; and spring quarter checks on 5/1, 6/1 and 7/1. Monthly salary is determined by multiplying the 100% monthly salary rate by the appointment percent time. 

Readers and Tutors are positive-time employees and must report hours worked in Ecotime to be paid. 

Student Academic Title Pay Rates

FEE PAYMENTS
Fee Payment Information for Academic Student Employees

Graduate Student Researchers

SALARY AND FEE PAYMENTS

Graduate Student Researchers are paid once a month on the first day of the month following the beginning of the term of appointment. Monthly salary is determined by multiplying the 100% monthly salary rate by the appointment percent time. Graduate Student Researchers employed 25% or more for the quarter are eligible to have their entire tuition/fees (excluding any professional or program fee) paid under the Graduate Student Researcher Tuition/Fee Remission program. 

NOTE: For Non Resident Supplemental Tuition remission, students must be within the first year of graduate study at UC San Diego unless an international student. US citizens and permanent residents should establish California residency by the start of their second year.

Student Academic Title Pay Rates

Payroll and Timekeeping

Students appointed as Associates, Teaching Assistants, and Graduate Student Researchers are salaried and do not report hours worked in Ecotime.  Readers and Tutors are positive-time employees and must report hours worked in Ecotime to be paid.