"Interestingly, increased spending has not been going into the pockets of the typical professor. Salaries of full-time faculty members are, on average, barely higher than they were in 1970. Moreover, while 45 years ago 78 percent of college and university professors were full time, today half of postsecondary faculty members are lower-paid part-time employees, meaning that the average salaries of the people who do the teaching in American higher education are actually quite a bit lower than they were in 1970."
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/opinion/sunday/the-real-r...
There's literally 30 pages of UC Berkeley professors and admins making >$200k.
At UCI, the cost of living is less than Berkeley, but there are 650~ people making that much.
UCLA's two top earners are also coaches ($3.5 and $2.7 million).
But this is not true for all the schools. At Davis, the highest paid employee is the CEO of the Medical Center, who makes $1 million, with no coaches near the top.
How many professors actually make $200k in salary, outside of medical/law school schools?
The University of California has a salary schedule and, from what I know, they stick to it pretty consistently. You need 12 years as a full professor before you're making even $110k in salary. http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/1617/...