Teaching Assistants
To hire a Teaching Assistant (TA), departments should populate appointment information on their departmental Student Support Google spreadsheet. If there are any questions, please contact Academic HR Specialist Lili Diaz.
The department is responsible for providing the TA with their Description of Duties form.
If a TA has been offered an appointment and the class assignment changes for the quarter, updates do not need to be made to the spreadsheet (unless for internal purposes) as long as the class change is within the same department, and all other terms of the appointment remain unchanged.
Students may work up to 12 quarters as a TA, reader, tutor, teaching fellow, or associate in. If you want to appoint a student in one of these titles beyond 12 quarters, you must request permission from the Grad Division. Please include the approval when forwarding the TA authorization form to the Division. Students may not work over 18 quarters as a TA, reader, tutor, teaching fellow, or associate in (no exceptions). However, as of Summer 2020, due to COVID-19, students are temporarily being allowed to work up to 21 quarters as a TA, reader, tutor, teaching fellow, or associate in.
Teaching Assistant Salary (effective October 1, 2023)*
Experience Level Annual Monthly Quarterly
1 - (0-2 quarters) $58,250 $6,472.22 $19,416.67
2 - (3-5 quarters) $59,998 $6,666.44 $19,999.33
3 - (6+ quarters) $61,798 $6,866.44 $20,599.33
*Note: These figures are for 100% time. A TA typically works 50% time in their appointment, so the actual salary would be 50% of the above per a given year, month, or quarter.
Experience levels are based on the terms of the ASE (Academic Student Employee) contract article 30A.
Academic Student Employee appointments are subject to a 4.76% miscellaneous benefits charge as of 7/1/23 (this is charged to the FOAPAL and based on the salary).
Full Fee and Tuition Remission for Academic Student Employees (Effective 2023-2024)
Academic Student Employees (e.g. TAs, Graduate Student Instructors, Readers who are graduate students) qualify for full fee and tuition remission if they are appointed at least 25% time or greater, in all Academic Student Employee and other appointments combined. Full fee and tuition remission includes (as per the Office of the Registrar's webpage):
- Student Services Fee - $402.00
- Tuition - $4,088.00
- Partial Campus Fees - $464.70
- Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHIP) - $1,738.00
Total Quarterly Fees: $6,692.70
The partial fee and tuition remission provided by ASE appointments does not cover Nonresident Supplemental Tuition (non-California residents or international students), which is $5,034.00 for the 2023-2024 academic year.
More Information
TA Appointment Information and Policy
ASE (Academic Student Employee) Bargaining Contract
Division of Graduate Studies Student Employment Information