California · 2025 pay

How much do Sonoma State University employees make?

Name: Sonoma State University employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$9,640typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$3,036 – $62,101what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Student Assistant Range 0 Instructional Student Assistant Range 0 Lecturer - Academic Year Range 2

✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$3,036

$9,631

$61,650

$457,799

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $7,248 in 2022 to $9,640 in 2025 (+33%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+22.1%Typical pay went up from $7,898 to $9,640.
−3272,590 people were paid in 2025, compared with 2,917 in 2024.
+33%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $7,248 to $9,640, while the number of people paid went down from 3,112 to 2,590.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Sonoma State University

4years of
official data
2022–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$5,537
Overtime	$1
Extra pay	$4,093
Total for the year	$9,631

Average of the 130 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California), sco.ca.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

Job	People	Typical pay	Most earn	Since 2024
Student Assistant Range 0	898	$4,044	$2k – $7k	▲ 25.3%
Instructional Student Assistant Range 0	192	$1,609	$1k – $3k	▲ 8.8%
Lecturer - Academic Year Range 2	128	$15,925	$9k – $28k	▲ 38.6%
Instructional Faculty - Academic Year Range 5	114	$130,110	$121k – $151k	▲ 1.7%
Lecturer - Academic Year Range 3	99	$19,560	$10k – $41k	▼ 16.8%
Student Trainee on-Campus Work Study Range 0	70	$5,347	$2k – $9k	▲ 1.9%
Administrator II Range 1	68	$119,147	$102k – $131k	▼ 1.4%
Instructional Faculty - Academic Year Range 4	55	$119,744	$103k – $138k	▲ 6.4%
Administrator I Range 1	54	$74,860	$60k – $96k	▼ 3.5%
Casual Worker Range 0	49	$3,510	$1k – $7k	▲ 51.5%
Student Services Professional III Range 1	44	$67,882	$63k – $71k	▲ 4.8%
Lecturer - Academic Year Range 4	39	$40,950	$18k – $66k	▲ 15.3%
Administrative Analyst/Specialist -12 Month Range 1	36	$56,962	$50k – $63k	▼ 1.0%
Instructional Faculty Extension Non-Credit Range 1	30	$2,555	$2k – $3k	▼ 17.6%
Administrative Analyst/Specialist -12 Month Range 2	29	$60,770	$55k – $72k	▼ 5.0%
Graduate Assistant Monthly Range 0	28	$12,643	$5k – $21k	▲ 90.0%
Student Services Professional IV Range 1	26	$78,065	$65k – $81k	▲ 4.0%
Administrative Support Coordinator -12 Month Range 2	26	$33,559	$16k – $53k	▼ 11.5%
Administrator III Range 1	22	$185,204	$170k – $190k	▲ 2.8%
Instructional Faculty - Academic Year Range 3	21	$104,956	$95k – $115k	▲ 12.6%
Custodian Range 1	21	$49,364	$48k – $51k	▲ 1.7%
Special Consultant - Hourly Range 0	21	$8,664	$1k – $17k	▼ 37.1%
Student Services Professional II Range 1	20	$62,098	$35k – $64k	▲ 10.5%
Bridge Student Assistant Range 0	19	$2,265	$2k – $4k	▼ 44.9%
Administrator IV Range 1	16	$224,846	$203k – $263k	▲ 1.8%
Coaching Assistant - 12 Month Range 0	15	$39,316	$17k – $43k	▲ 84.2%
Instructional Faculty - 12 Month Range 5	14	$147,853	$133k – $174k	▲ 4.9%
Teaching Associate - Academic Year Range 1	14	$7,054	$5k – $10k	▲ 21.2%
Instructional Faculty Special Programs - for Credit Range 3	13	$10,000	$7k – $11k	▲ 11.1%
Confidential Administrative Support -12 Month Range 2	12	$77,915	$73k – $85k	▼ 4.6%
Research Technician I Range 1	11	$31,702	$24k – $54k	▼ 18.2%
Student - Ncs Range 0	11	$8,410	$7k – $13k	▲ 116.3%
Administrative Analyst/Specialist -12 Month Range 3	10	$77,922	$58k – $81k	▼ 0.5%
Lead Custodian Range 1	10	$54,065	$53k – $56k	▼ 0.1%
Administrative Support Assistant -12 Month Range 1	10	$10,547	$4k – $14k	▼ 41.0%
Instructional Student Assistant - on Campus Work Study Range 0	10	$3,343	$3k – $6k	▲ 50.9%
Coach - 12 Month Range 0	9	$108,207	$99k – $113k	▼ 7.1%
Building Service Engineer Range 1	8	$79,479	$53k – $81k	▼ 2.6%
Facilities Maintenance Mechanic Range 1	8	$77,694	$76k – $79k	▲ 4.4%
Food Service Worker I Range 1	8	$6,022	$3k – $44k	▼ 37.5%
Graduate Assistant Range 1	7	$7,228	$2k – $9k	▼ 5.3%
Instructional Faculty - 12 Month Range 4	6	$147,735	$118k – $156k	▲ 15.6%
Police Officer Range 0	6	$123,352	$97k – $140k	▲ 0.4%
Performing Arts Technician -12 Month Range 3	6	$85,951	$84k – $93k	▲ 2.0%
Research Technician II Range 1	6	$65,779	$46k – $71k	▲ 1.1%
Cook II Range 1	6	$51,342	$49k – $58k	▲ 9.1%
Cook I Range 1	6	$48,193	$47k – $50k	▲ 30.2%
Gardening Specialist Range 1	6	$46,351	$46k – $55k	new
Lecturer - Academic Year Range 5	6	$34,129	$10k – $50k	▼ 26.4%
Special Consultant Range 0	6	$1,000	$1k – $3k	▲ 0.0%
Technology Support Specialist III Range 1	5	$102,941	$93k – $105k	new
Accounting Technician III Range 1	5	$58,232	$51k – $58k	▲ 141.7%
Laborer Range 1	5	$52,705	$51k – $54k	▲ 2.7%
Painter Range 1	5	$42,305	$38k – $66k	▲ 134.3%
Librarian - 12 Month Range 3	5	$27,926	$27k – $50k	new

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How many people earn what

Under $10k1,318
$10k – $30k348
$30k – $50k149
$50k – $70k227
$70k – $90k168
$90k – $110k104
$110k – $150k178
$150k or more98

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a Sonoma State University employee make?

The typical employee was paid $9,640 in 2025: half of the 2,590 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $3,036 and $62,101.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 1,318 people (50.9%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (89.3% of all pay), overtime (0.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (9.9%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals