Academic Classification and Compensation

2026-27 Academic Salary Program

Per the 2026-27 Academic Salary Program, the salary scales for policy covered academics will be increased by the general range adjustment of approximately 4% (subject to rounding per policy).

Effective: July 5^th biweekly (BW) and July 1st monthly paid (MO).
The regular peer-review promotion and merit advancement process for policy-covered academic appointees will continue per academic personnel policy.
Employees who separate from the University on or before the pay-out date will not be eligible for the increase.

The eligible exempt salary scales used by UC ANR are as follows:

Cooperative Extension Advisor Series
Specialist in Cooperative Extension Series
Academic Administrator Series
Academic Coordinator Series (Level I, Level II, and Level III)
Non-represented Project (e.g. Scientist) Series
Non-represented Specialist Series (non-CE)
Non-represented Professional Research Series

Questions about eligibility, pay dates, increase amounts, etc. should be directed to humanresources@ucanr.edu

Current Academic Compensation Tables

Announcement: Academic Program Review and Advancement, 2025-2026 Review Cycle

As a reminder, every academic is required to participate in the 2025-2026 review cycle. Advancement actions were confirmed with supervisors in August and everyone else is to complete an Annual Evaluation. If you are a new academic who started October. 1, 2025, or later, the Goals and Objectives form is the only requirement for your action.

For those academics whose proposed action is a promotion or an indefinite review, you and your supervisor will receive an email from Anna Lee with a link to the Qualtrics Surveys which need to be completed and submitted so the VP can solicit letters of evaluation for your case. This email will also include your period of review (from/to) to help confirm the expected time frame for your packet.

The due date to submit your materials is December 8, 2025.

For the 2025-2026 Merit and Promotion Calendar with other important dates: 2025-2026 Academic Calendar

Academic Advancement Guidance

Merit and Promotion Process
- PR Guidelines: E-Book for All Academic Titles & Dossier Examples
Annual Evaluation (AE) Process
Career Equity Review (CER) Process
Position Description Guidance
Normal Progression Charts – (For represented academics, please contact Academic HR for information on progression)

Academic Advancement Additional Resources

Project Board Academic Program System (Uploading your materials)
- All goals, annual evaluations, and advancement materials will be uploaded via your Project Board Academic Program Review dashboard in ANR Portal. Please review User Manual for step-by-step instructions.
- You can view the status of your case at any time in your Candidate Dashboard: https://projectboard.ucanr.edu/program-review/

Contacts

Academic HR or merit/promotion questions, contact Anna Lee at anlee@ucanr.edu.
Program Planning and Evaluation or general Project Board questions, contact Kit Alviz at kit.alviz@ucop.edu.