Ryan ChartrandThe California State University today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the California Faculty Association that provides all CSU faculty with base pay increases of 20.7 percent over a four-year period, as well as step increases for those eligible.
In addition to these increases, $28 million will be provided that will provide raises for senior faculty who have reached the top of the pay scale, as well as boost
junior faculty compensation. The CSU will seek an additional 1 percent increase for all employees’ compensation in state budget funds in each of the next three years.
The base salary increases will raise the average salary for a tenure track faculty member from $74,000 to $90,749 and the average salary for a full time, full professor with tenure from $86,000 to $105,465 by the end of the contract period.
“CSU employees including our faculty are the University’s greatest asset,” said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. “This agreement strikes a realistic balance between providing deserved raises to our faculty and our limited financial resources. The recommendations of the
neutral fact finder provided a roadmap to settle both economic and non-economic issues.”
The total pay package will cost the CSU more than $400 million over four years.
“We are pleased that we were able to come to an agreement with our faculty union,” said Roberta Achtenberg, chair of the CSU Board of Trustees. “This is good news for everybody, including our 417,000 students, and we look forward to moving ahead with getting our faculty their salary increases.”
If the tentative agreement is ratified by the membership of the California Faculty Association, it will then be submitted to the CSU Board of Trustees for approval.