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gives policies relative to arXiv, viXra and bioRxiv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_journals_by_preprint_policy

Includes University Salaries

http://data.spokesman.com/salaries/state/2012/
http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee-salaries also
http://linkstream2.gerstein.info/2012/12/05/state-worker-salary-search-the-sacramento-bee-sacramento-california-2/

http://www.sacbee.com/statepay
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A great reference site for academic salaries. It seems to work ostensibly even for luminaries such as Nobel Laureates.

Some useful tidbits I’ve learned about the site:

Putting in a blank often gives a ranked list of salaries in a unit — e.g. a dept. at UCLA .

Total pay is everything received, including summer salary and can include things like one-time housing/moving supplements etc. The total is not accurate, reflecting the fact that many professors get salaries from other sources.

For academic year salary, the ‘base pay’ is 9-month salary. That’s the actual number set by the University and is the most reliable number to use as a guide to salary scales.

In the UC system, there is a different salary scale for engineers and for other faculty. Also, for faculty in ‘health science’ (HCOMP in title) are on 11-months salary — for them the total is the only meaningful number.

In connection with this it’s good to look at:
http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel/compensation
esp.
http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel/compensation/2011-academic-salary-scales.html

http://www.sacbee.com/statepay

Seems to work ostensibly even for luminaries such as Nobel Laureates