Student Compensation

Effective July 1, 2024, the minimum wage in unincorporated Los Angeles County will increase to $17.28 per hour. To comply with this new county statute, a new student pay scale has been approved and will be implemented as follows: 

With the adaptation of the new minimum wage, the University is also adopting a new and simplified student-employee wage structure. 

The Student Specialist and Student Lead levels have switched as students serving as Student Leads are expected to have supervisory responsibilities of other student employees.
All departments will now have three steps to choose from based on the level of each position (entry-level, mid-level, senior-level). Please note that each step is at the discretion of the hiring department and shall be determined based on the amount of experience that each student has, not their year in school.