UC President Richard Atkinson, the 10 chancellors and other senior UC officials will see their salaries increase from 3.5 percent to 4.3 percent under raises approved last week by the regents.

Atkinson received a 3.5 percent pay increase, from $337,300 to $349,100 per year. Six chancellors, including UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, also received 3.5 percent increases; four others received raises of up to 4.3 percent. The average increase for the chancellors was 3.74 percent.

Unlike the past two years, UC is not providing across-the-board, market-based equity increases for senior administrators this year.

Senior administrators are eligible for basic merit-based salary increases from a 3.5 percent pool, the same funding level as for UC staff employees. In some cases, administrators were given additional increases beyond the basic merit-based increase to promote retention, improve a position’s salary in the higher education market, or correct an internal pay misalignment.