Consistent with its commitment to transparency and public accountability, the University of California today (July 30) released its annual report on systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2007. The report is available online at www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/compensation/payroll2007/

Overall findings of the 2007 report follow previous years -- key points include:

• Approximately 40 percent of compensation in 2007 went to professors, clinical professors, other teaching faculty, researchers and other academic positions directly engaged in the university's academic mission.

• Clinical faculty and athletics personnel continue to dominate the list of high earners at UC.

• Compensation "above base pay" paid to senior managers increased by $200,000 in 2007, and still represents less than 1 percent of the total.

The payroll data on which the 2007 report is based are publicly available upon request from each UC campus as indicated at the above Web site and from the UC Office of the President in Oakland.