Graduate students with a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) or Academic Student Employee (ASE) position will be paid out in UCPath for their work by the first day of the following month. For example, your January work will be paid out on February 1. If you signed up for direct deposit in UCPath, you will receive your pay immediately on the scheduled date. If you have not signed up for direct deposit in UCPath or have elected to receive a paper check, your paper check will be mailed out on the scheduled date and can take 3-5 business days to receive at your designated home address on file.

Graduate students that receive training grant/fellowship pay will be paid out in TritonPay on the last day of the working month unless otherwise stated. Direct deposit will disburse immediately on the scheduled date, while paper check may experience a one to two day delay.

Below are the links to the payment schedules:

• Link to Stipend calendar 
• Link to UCPath calendar

Stipend payments issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or resident aliens are processed through the Student Financial Solutions (SFS).  They are automatically issued as paper checks and mailed to your address listed in your Tritonlink account unless you sign up for direct deposit. You may sign up for direct deposit through SFS online at https://www-act.ucsd.edu/studentEBill/StudentBilling.

Salary payments (TA, GSR paychecks) are administered through UCPath (https://ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu/home). They are automatically issued as paper checks and mailed to your home address listed in UCPath, unless you sign up for direct deposit.

• To update your mailing address in UCPath, go to Employee Actions > Personal Information > Personal Information Summary. 
• To sign up for Direct Deposit in UCPath, go to Employee Actions > Income and Taxes > Direct Deposit 

Note that it may take up to 60 days before direct deposit is activated.

• Link to SA contact page
• For questions regarding GSR pay, please contact Divina Aleonar (dialeonar@ucsd.edu)
• For questions regarding TA/Assoc-In/Reader/Tutor pay, please contact Roniel Lomahan (rolomahan@ucsd.edu)
• For questions regarding Training Grant/Fellowship Pay, please contact Kylea Wong (kyw006@ucsd.edu)

Graduate student employees who are U.S. citizens, permanents residents, or resident aliens are subject to FICA deductions of 8.95% (7.5% for DCP and 1.45% for Medicare) from their salaried paychecks during the months of July and August when they are not registered students. However, graduate student employees are exempt from FICA deductions during the academic year if they are registered at least half-time.

You can find more FICA and DCP information on the Graduate Division Student Financial Support website: http://grad.ucsd.edu/financial/employment/benefits/student-fica.html 

Additionally, you may obtain information and access to your Defined Contribution Plan (DCP) account at http://www.netbenefits.fidelity.com/ or call 1-866-682-7787.

• If you received DCP deductions on your paycheck and have confirmed that you are exempt during the time worked for the paycheck in question, please submit a ticket to UCPath to correct the error. 
  • To submit an inquiry: Log in to UCPath > Click on the yellow "Ask UCPath" button in the top right corner > Select UC San Diego as the provider (if necessary) > Click on the "Submit an Inquiry" tab on the top menu > Insert your Employee ID > Select the position that you were paid under that contains deductions in question and fill out your inquiry
• Please visit the DCP Deductions page for more information.