Does CAL State LA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CAL State LA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CAL State LA. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CAL State LA?

85% of CAL State LA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CAL State LA 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CAL State LA?

Student Assistant (48) , Lecturer (17) , Graduate Assistant (16) , Adjunct Professor (11) , Administrative Assistant (11) , Assistant Professor (9) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (8) , Adjunct Faculty (7) , Graduate Research Assistant (7) , Associate Professor (6) , Instructional Student Assistant (6) , Professor (6) , Adjunct Lecturer (5) , Administrative Support Coordinator (5) , Graduate Student (5)

What are the pros of working at CAL State LA according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefit and retirement plan" ((in 28 reviews)); "Great people to work with who care about furthering student success and is flexible to work around your school schedule." ((in 27 reviews)); "Supervisors are great mentors and more than willing to help" ((in 12 reviews)); "Good work environment and colleagues" ((in 11 reviews)); "the job offered training and flexible hours" ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CAL State LA according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was low and it could have been better" ((in 58 reviews)); "Faculty salary is low, but the benefit is good." ((in 10 reviews)); "pay is at the very minimum / no raises" ((in 5 reviews)); "if you get a bad manager, your time in university can be detrimental" ((in 4 reviews)); "Politics and favoritism." ((in 4 reviews))

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57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity and inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture and values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

Reviews by job title

25 reviews

3.0

26 May 2025

fair salary

Professor

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great environement, professional development and great students

Cons

Admin focused on budget only, limited care of employees

3.0

15 Jun 2022

PA @ CSULA

Physician assistant, pa-c

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good benefits, medical, dental, tuition waiver

Cons

Poor salaries NO room for advancement

4.0

18 Nov 2023

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Lecturer

Recommend

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Pros

Vibrant, diverse community, constantly growing.

Cons

The institution's budget allocations seems unfair in certain areas such as faculty salary

1.0

27 Feb 2024

Good Benefits Low Pay

Equipment technician ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Full Benefits. Medical, Vision, Dental, all have low employee contributions. Overworked, little support. Lots of do nothing state employees at every level.

Cons

Human Resources is the worst. Antiquated policies. No Transparency. Lowball salary offers. No mechanism for advancement in salary, or in career. Most get hired at one job and stay there for 20 years. Implementation of Salary steps may alleviate, but expect HR and CA State to screw this up.

3.0

26 Jan 2023

Not too great

Administrative support coordinator

Recommend

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Business outlook

Pros

Great vision benefits, near freeways, decent vacation

Cons

old buildings, no yearly steps or increases in salary, staff and faculty acting up because they know they can not be let go, horrible usage of funds

3.0

3 Jul 2023

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Assistant professor

Recommend

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Pros

Great benefits (medical insurance and pensions) Nice colleagues

Cons

Low salary High teaching load

4.0

26 Jan 2023

Assistant

User experience

Recommend

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Business outlook

Pros

Fun environment, flexible, easy, chill

Cons

Low salary, little room for growth.

3.0

24 Sept 2025

Great people. Not so great pay

Adminstrative coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The faculty, staff and students are great people. A real joy to be around. There's ample reasonable parking. Benefits are great if you can get them. There's a 4-year temp. employee status placed on most new employees.

Cons

The salary is lower than other CSU campuses. Perhaps because it also has a lower number of students?

3.0

12 Apr 2023

Ok but could be better

Administrative assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Not a stressful place to work.

Cons

There is not anual salary increase.

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