January 23rd – Tables Summarizing Wage, Rent, And Rent Burden for 2014 vs. 2018

Hi all,

I used some of the available rental data from other COLA members and summarized the changes from 2014-2018. Please find rental rate increases, wage increases, and rent burdens.
Please let me know if you find something that needs to be changed. 5-8 Bedroom homes were considered to be 5 bedrooms.
Best,
Stephan

Santa Cruz Rent Change: 2014-2018
Rental Type	Rent PBR 2014	Rent PBR 2018	$ Change in 4 years	% Change in 4 years
1 BR Apt/Condo	$ 1,306	$ 2,079	$ 773	59%
1 BR House/Duplex	$ 1,500	$ 1,995	$ 495	33%
2 BR Apt/Condo	$ 953	$ 1,388	$ 435	46%
2 BR House/Duplex	$ 1,086	$ 1,489	$ 403	37%
3 BR Apt/Condo	$ 950	$ 1,092	$ 142	15%
3 BR House/Duplex	$ 974	$ 1,284	$ 310	32%
4 BR House/Apt/Condo	$ 931	$ 1,172	$ 241	26%
5-8 BR House/Apt/Condo	$ 950	$ 1,129	$ 179	19%
Room in Shared Housing	$ 795	$ 1,017	$ 222	28%
Studios/Efficiencies	$ 983	$ 1,428	$ 445	45%
PBR: Per Bedroom
Change in 5 years was calculated by subtracting column 2 from column 3
% Change in 5 years was calculated by dividing column 4 by column 2 and then multiplying by 100
Data Source: UC Santa Cruz Community Rentals Five Year Cost Comparison (communityrentals.ucsc.edu/cost/5-year.html)

UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student Wage Change: 2014-2018
Salary Type	Monthly 2014	Monthly 2018	$ Change in 4 years	% Change in 4 years
Teaching Assistant	$ 1,545	$ 1,773	$ 228	15%
Teaching Fellow	$ 1,811	$ 2,078	$ 267	15%
PBR: Per Bedroom
Change in 5 years was calculated by subtracting column 2 from column 3
% Change in 5 years was calculated by dividing column 4 by column 2 and then multiplying by 100
Data Source: UC Santa Cruz Salary Scales 2014 & 2018 (apo.ucsc.edu/compensation/salary-scales/index.html)

UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student Rent Burden: 2014-2018 (Teaching Assistant)
Rent Type	2014 Rent Burden	2018 Rent Burden	% Change in 4 years
1 BR Apt/Condo	83%	117%	41%
1 BR House/Duplex	95%	113%	18%
2 BR Apt/Condo	60%	78%	29%
2 BR House/Duplex	69%	84%	22%
3 BR Apt/Condo	60%	62%	2%
3 BR House/Duplex	62%	72%	17%
4 BR House/Apt/Condo	59%	66%	12%
5-8 BR House/Apt/Condo	60%	64%	6%
Room in Shared Housing	50%	57%	14%
Studios/Efficiencies	62%	81%	29%
Rent burden was calculated as the monthly wage divided by rent for 1 bedroom.

UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student Rent Burden: 2014-2018 (Teaching Fellow)
Rent Type	2014 Rent Burden	2018 Rent Burden	% Change in 4 years
1 BR Apt/Condo	72%	100%	39%
1 BR House/Duplex	83%	96%	16%
2 BR Apt/Condo	53%	67%	27%
2 BR House/Duplex	60%	72%	19%
3 BR Apt/Condo	52%	53%	0%
3 BR House/Duplex	54%	62%	15%
4 BR House/Apt/Condo	51%	56%	10%
5-8 BR House/Apt/Condo	52%	54%	4%
Room in Shared Housing	44%	49%	11%
Studios/Efficiencies	54%	69%	27%
Rent burden was calculated as the monthly wage divided by rent for 1 bedroom

All the best,
Stephan

Mission

We are TAs, GSIs, Tutors, Readers, Student Researchers, Fellows, Postdocs, and Academic Researchers at UCSC. We are represented by our union, UAW 4811 (Formerly UAW 2865 and UAW 5810). In 2019/2020, workers at UCSC withheld labor for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and in 2022, our statewide union struck for 6 weeks over a COLA, arguing for a 54k base wage for all academic workers with the goal of raising the living conditions of academic workers across the state. Now, we are on strike for Divestment, Disclosure, Transitional funding for researchers, & Amnesty for all protestors.