Flat Salaries for Senior Officials

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The median raise for senior administrators at colleges and universities for 2009-10 is no raise at all -- 0 percent -- according to a survey being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

Last year's median raise was 4 percent, but in some respects the two years were similar: In both, the median raise modestly outpaced the inflation rate (which for the most recent year was slightly negative).

By sector and job category the lack of salary increase was almost across the board. The only category of institution with a median increase was private associate degree institutions (a very small part of the two-year college sector), with a median of 2.5 percent. The only job category showing an increase was assistant deans, and only at private colleges, which reported a median salary increase for deans of 1.1 percent.

The data in the CUPA-HR survey come from 1,280 institutions. While median figures are released, the association does not report on the salary levels at individual institutions.

Andy Brantley, president of CUPA-HR, released a statement on the statistics in which he said: "The data from this and our other salary surveys confirm that the majority of the higher ed workforce has not received a salary increase this year and that many of our colleagues have actually had their salaries decreased due to budget cuts and furloughs. My hope is that college and university leaders are going out of their way to acknowledge in some capacity the great work of key performers who are helping ensure institution success during these difficult and challenging times.”

Here are the median figures, by sector.

Median Salary by Carnegie Classification, 2009-10

	All	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	2-Year
Senior Administrators
CEO of System/District	$323,000	$437,500	$209,745	n/a	$243,890
Ex Asst/Chief Staff for CEO System/Distric	132,298	148,715	n/a	n/a	134,390
CEO of Single Institution	243,150	375,000	248,842	225,200	165,950
Ex Asst/Chief Staff CEO Single Institution	97,000	130,500	95,460	84,498	76,384
Exec VP/Vice Chancellor	183,616	282,867	183,232	134,100	147,086
Secretary of the Institution	82,994	152,700	72,100	82,500	60,935
Chief Academic Affairs Officer & Provost	160,000	265,056	166,500	139,256	115,341
Chief Research Officer	200,408	218,400	129,937	105,000	92,936
Chief Technology Transfer Officer	162,598	156,966	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Business Officer	158,100	228,762	162,168	141,550	108,667
Chief Administration Officer	139,050	208,060	135,000	119,636	115,986
Chief Financial Officer	139,050	187,160	130,000	113,925	106,759
Chief Investment Officer	175,000	200,000	127,004	184,000	109,180
Chief Planning Officer	129,044	165,000	106,286	130,159	113,376
Chief Budget Officer	105,222	127,157	92,638	96,007	93,667
Chief Planning & Budget Officer	140,500	171,480	128,998	107,000	n/a
Chief Legal Affairs Officer	165,748	193,000	139,359	143,650	130,398
Chief HR Officer	98,990	145,248	92,920	82,407	89,128
Chief Information Officer	119,267	192,000	114,123	100,658	97,557
Chief Phys Plant/Facilities Officer	100,001	146,815	98,400	86,537	81,744
Chief Accounting Officer/Comptroller	97,308	135,000	94,259	83,963	87,991
Chief Health Professions Officer	267,891	464,857	88,999	n/a	104,131
Chief Administrator, Hospital/Medical Center	380,000	480,468	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Student Affairs/Life Officer	121,613	183,476	125,000	105,970	101,945
Chief Admissions Officer	84,605	109,390	80,525	79,750	63,959
Chief, Enrollment Management Officer	118,648	149,263	123,584	111,344	81,755
Chief External Affairs Officer	149,774	210,500	140,000	123,700	130,000
Chief Development Officer	142,161	224,441	143,000	130,000	93,812
Chief PR Officer	98,840	156,900	90,320	83,543	74,430
Chief Development & PR Officer	140,236	215,400	142,128	120,000	99,171
Chief Audit Officer	100,563	116,856	80,666	91,000	82,955
Chief Diversity Officer	97,749	128,775	86,128	83,175	69,739
Academic Deans
Dean, Agriculture	192,330	223,208	115,000	n/a	90,204
Dean, Architecture	185,296	195,000	130,949	n/a	n/a
Dean, Arts & Letters	120,891	184,000	120,868	104,000	93,482
Dean, Arts & Sciences	135,000	200,000	126,652	109,298	85,384
Dean, Biological & Life Sciences	109,225	224,306	115,287	n/a	83,077
Dean, Business	154,775	260,378	148,420	118,189	87,935
Dean, Computer & Info Sciences	124,515	214,240	147,265	127,882	80,730
Dean, Continuing Education	107,616	153,734	109,975	84,518	93,548
Dean, Cooperative Extension	146,953	170,652	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Dentistry	285,000	302,775	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Divinity / Theology	92,978	162,386	92,978	73,599	n/a
Dean, Education	130,394	179,953	120,934	89,113	86,212
Dean, Engineering	206,760	234,291	161,397	113,600	90,219
Dean, External Degree Programs	93,164	n/a	108,240	75,917	81,263
Dean, Family & Consumer Sci	181,089	182,998	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Fine Arts	135,500	182,000	126,451	97,702	89,490
Dean, Forestry & Environ Studies	179,110	190,215	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Policy	216,303	237,820	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Graduate Programs	134,993	171,234	117,500	92,000	*
Dean, Health-Related Profs	119,279	181,358	124,996	110,979	91,255
Dean, Honors Program	121,539	129,645	90,459	n/a	n/a
Dean, Humanities	102,844	198,500	119,850	87,000	87,148
Dean, Instruction	89,185	n/a	n/a	86,675	89,185
Dean, Journalism & Mass Comm	170,641	190,000	122,470	n/a	94,777
Dean, Law	275,000	283,528	244,300	n/a	n/a
Library Dean	130,555	154,801	113,500	83,200	92,233
Dean, Mathematics	92,378	128,391	112,080	95,984	87,939
Dean, Medicine	427,727	410,961	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Music	147,573	185,558	107,310	n/a	n/a
Dean, Nursing	127,340	190,041	114,396	95,074	82,400
Dean, Occupational Studies/Voc Ed	92,000	136,005	136,590	105,781	85,862
Dean, Performing Arts	139,392	191,000	136,194	n/a	n/a
Dean, Pharmacy	213,159	224,626	185,400	200,900	n/a
Dean, Public Administration	135,900	218,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Public Health	272,232	285,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dean, Sciences	131,000	207,000	131,619	94,016	84,736
Dean, Social Sciences	104,321	207,164	120,000	70,958	88,276
Dean, Social Work	176,819	195,738	99,639	n/a	n/a
Dean, Special Programs	85,511	148,294	80,965	92,050	83,720
Dean, Undergraduate Programs	127,150	159,655	115,508	100,000	86,026
Dean, Veterinary Medicine	229,000	225,082	n/a	n/a	n/a
Associate/Assistant Academic Deans
A/A Dean, Agriculture	143,770	146,304	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Architecture	106,235	106,235	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters	98,374	115,306	95,976	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences	100,266	116,168	90,000	85,249	78,327
A/A Dean, Bio & Life Sci	112,169	132,162	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Business	123,456	148,281	114,359	91,997	77,091
A/A Dean, Computer & Information Sciences	119,211	161,513	n/a	102,500	n/a
A/A Dean, Continuing Education	79,253	103,704	75,000	62,836	69,346
A/A Dean, Coop Extension	145,744	148,941	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Dentistry	174,300	166,482	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Divinity / Theology	82,949	80,618	73,300	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Education	102,250	112,171	93,415	81,900	n/a
A/A Dean, Engineering	136,888	139,085	113,699	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Ext Degree Programs	101,135	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Family & Consumer Sciences	116,291	126,372	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Fine Arts	91,509	95,617	88,255	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Forest & Envir Studies	119,483	122,051	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Pol	123,810	126,472	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgrms	99,154	105,513	84,422	70,500	n/a
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs	100,500	114,231	97,038	n/a	80,608
A/A Dean, Honors Program	83,583	99,712	78,030	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Humanities	94,328	117,600	89,333	n/a	71,210
[A/A Dean, Instruction	83,745	n/a	n/a	n/a	83,038
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm	100,844	103,476	90,066	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Law	133,663	133,418	140,151	n/a	n/a
Deputy Colleg Librarian	91,485	99,600	79,499	n/a	79,922
A/A Dean, Mathematics	98,100	n/a	103,060	n/a	80,063
A/A Dean, Medicine	185,566	182,703	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Music	92,128	92,335	87,671	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Nursing	107,298	117,738	100,000	97,020	83,079
A/A Dean, Occupational Stjudies/Voc Ed	87,773	102,329	86,895	n/a	81,000
A/A Dean, Performing Arts	103,450	131,919	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Pharmacy	134,273	135,415	125,469	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Public Admin	83,373	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Public Health	145,876	144,547	n/a	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Sciences	115,651	124,726	105,088	n/a	80,064
A/A Dean, Social Sciences	99,410	114,591	95,741	n/a	79,741
A/A Dean, Social Work	94,161	94,161	92,395	n/a	n/a
A/A Dean, Special Programs	62,882	54,224	n/a	n/a	60,165
A/A Dean, Undergrad Programs	82,971	86,429	85,878	74,437	n/a
A/A Dean, Veterinary Med	168,146	168,849	n/a	n/a	n/a
Academic Affairs
Vice Provost	152,114	180,292	129,697	117,500	112,266
Associate Provost	116,127	149,841	113,661	102,000	87,876
Assistant Provost	94,553	109,279	90,114	87,240	83,122
Director, Institutional Research	81,450	108,787	78,000	71,400	75,979
Assoc Director, Institutional Research	65,171	74,551	55,000	52,141	65,211
Director, International Education	84,131	105,435	75,902	70,265	75,523
Director, International Studies Education	70,000	79,361	64,974	62,300	88,916
Director, Sponsored Research & Programs	93,227	112,587	83,246	74,966	71,489
Director, Continuing Education	74,281	95,528	74,352	65,430	69,159
Senior Technology Licensing Officer	99,467	98,933	n/a	n/a	n/a
Director, Distance Learning	74,662	86,770	70,745	61,941	70,239
Director, Teaching Center	84,159	100,000	82,000	71,920	59,775
Assoc/Asst VP for Research	152,656	163,009	111,120	n/a	n/a
Director of Museums	96,642	113,579	82,475	87,373	n/a
Education Abroad Director	69,592	77,575	61,639	64,777	n/a
Dir/Dean Workforce & Career Develop	89,141	91,560	71,576	59,136	87,820
Chief Op Officer (non-faculty), Med Sch	244,152	238,704	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Financial Officer, Med Sch	172,733	182,202	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Admissions Officer, Med Sch	107,768	119,012	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Financial Aid Officer, Med Sch	65,592	66,728	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Student Affairs Officer, Med Sch	144,200	144,200	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Development Officer, Med Sch	152,808	160,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief IT Officer, Med Sch	132,377	128,125	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Research Officer, Med Sch	201,829	200,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief Librarian, Med Sch	122,290	129,311	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chief HR Officer, Med Sch	118,727	118,727	n/a	n/a	n/a
Director, Library Services	83,590	155,001	86,473	72,050	69,022
Acquisitions Librarian	57,688	64,989	55,446	53,000	65,016
Head, Technical Services	63,278	82,593	59,364	53,258	56,845
Head, Public (Access) Services	62,257	80,017	59,682	54,516	58,366
Head, Catalog & Metadata - Lev III	59,725	67,841	57,319	50,251	77,253
Head, Collection Development	66,420	74,500	62,786	63,181	n/a
Spec Collections Librian/Archivist	60,095	68,834	55,433	55,179	n/a
Director, Educational Media Services	66,106	82,460	68,673	56,057	63,931
Director, Learning Resources Center	61,109	81,498	57,448	55,121	63,489
Assoc Director, Admissions	54,724	65,141	53,371	49,230	51,786
Director, Admissions & Registrar	71,866	97,616	80,000	60,467	67,846
Registrar	73,149	98,666	73,014	64,618	61,814
Assoc Registrar	54,906	67,171	51,159	49,116	48,677
Asst Registrar	42,259	50,283	40,965	38,522	42,152
Director, Admissions & Financial Aid	105,913	113,556	108,386	118,892	70,383
Director, Student Financial Aid	75,079	99,951	74,327	66,226	67,460
Assoc Director, Student Financial Aid	54,687	66,090	52,227	47,798	49,569
Business and Administrative Affairs
Director, Risk Mgt & Insurance	88,900	95,790	70,477	80,080	83,095
Director, Med Center PR/Ext Affairs	115,000	134,316	n/a	n/a	n/a
Director, Med Center HR	141,014	145,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Director, University Research Park	150,000	150,083	150,000	n/a	n/a
Director, Contracts & Grants	81,099	94,248	70,848	72,500	65,282
Director, College/University Press	102,863	105,616	82,558	n/a	n/a
College/Div Business Affairs Officer	92,800	97,763	85,000	n/a	n/a
Assoc Budget Director	82,104	91,582	75,129	72,589	76,901
Asst Comptroller	73,080	92,820	70,068	61,450	63,922
Restricted Funds Accountant	60,000	65,217	53,883	58,700	47,285
Director, Accounting	77,834	95,000	71,556	67,032	64,480
Bursar	65,000	85,878	61,799	54,000	58,977
Assoc/Asst Bursar	51,028	58,989	47,400	38,185	48,377
Director/Mgr, Payroll	61,527	78,561	55,159	47,316	60,212
Director, Purchasing/Materials Mgt	75,932	94,185	67,962	66,778	69,112
Assoc Director, Purch/Materials Mgt	66,424	73,337	59,013	45,322	61,099
Director, Auxiliary Services	89,070	119,368	84,593	83,100	75,928
Director/Mgr, Printing Services	55,262	71,200	50,457	46,890	53,042
Director/Mgr, Mail Services	47,408	54,694	44,577	36,902	53,976
Director, Bookstore	55,588	85,577	56,319	49,089	51,137
Assoc Director, Bookstore	46,441	62,030	40,220	42,252	48,872
Director, Food/Dining Services	82,658	100,925	77,110	77,208	63,400
Assoc Director, Food /Dining Services	67,568	78,103	61,200	58,076	40,758
Director, Environmental Health & Safety	83,656	100,728	69,526	66,612	68,890
Director, Campus Security/Safety	76,100	106,641	72,060	60,265	67,563
Director, Parking & Transportation	74,678	79,253	60,041	43,183	n/a
Director, Real Estate & Space Mgt	107,195	113,488	93,600	74,638	n/a
Architect for the Institution	99,491	110,700	87,916	83,119	91,460
Assoc Director, Physical Plant/Facil Mgt	79,627	100,356	72,860	67,779	70,922
Director, Energy & Utilities	91,224	92,988	78,773	78,226	n/a
Mgr, Landscape & Grounds	57,201	70,814	53,299	53,986	50,160
Mgr, Building Maintenance Trades	63,658	75,901	59,098	55,996	61,339
Mgr, Technical Trades	64,388	71,248	59,815	59,515	57,592
Mgr, Custodial Services	55,091	66,350	50,000	47,184	56,067
Mgr, Power Plant	69,826	78,962	64,995	64,325	69,948
Human Resources & Information Technology
Assoc Dir, HR	72,948	92,078	67,370	66,000	61,873
Director/Mgr, Employee Benefits	67,716	80,179	60,000	55,249	67,167
Director/Mgr, Training & Development	75,673	79,218	64,640	56,940	75,539
Director/Mgr, Employee Relations	79,071	82,500	73,357	79,071	76,171
Director/Mgr, Labor Relations	95,956	96,663	75,897	n/a	n/a
Director/Mgr, Employment	67,209	74,513	59,300	54,645	70,000
Director/Mgr, Compens & Classification	78,000	83,116	65,225	65,520	75,384
Director/Mgr, HR Info Systems	75,307	84,216	67,474	60,672	74,689
Director, AA/Equal Employment	92,446	99,456	83,208	75,077	82,103
Assoc Director, AA/Equal Employment	70,301	70,743	73,463	n/a	n/a
Director, HR & AA	78,574	97,000	78,618	76,109	77,500
Director, Disability Services	58,486	69,571	55,676	57,120	52,965
Deputy Chief Info Officer	103,265	136,549	93,081	69,688	95,428
Director, Academic Computing	88,536	119,557	80,028	86,162	77,427
Assoc Director, Academic Computing	73,105	88,146	66,800	60,290	64,220
Director, Admin Computing	90,747	116,002	85,792	80,295	72,879
Assoc Director, Admin Computing	77,410	98,538	72,406	62,539	63,190
Director, Telecom/ Networking	88,452	107,450	81,940	75,876	80,335
Director, Enterprise Info Systems	96,809	112,416	89,280	87,940	82,129
Director, Research Computing	105,990	106,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
Director, Enterprise Data Center	92,587	97,094	86,169	83,671	87,707
Director, IT Security	91,771	101,561	79,723	79,874	77,557
Director, Instructional Technology	77,061	93,959	72,463	67,001	65,727
Director, User Services	76,063	90,523	67,238	66,023	69,005
Director, Info Mgt	89,440	98,041	69,993	68,663	85,128
Principal Database Administrator	79,220	89,798	75,124	65,459	70,766
Principal Systems Analyst	73,270	86,315	71,219	65,000	66,300
Athletics
Director, Athletics	96,886	193,081	96,118	81,120	70,124
Assoc Athletics Director	69,112	101,142	63,000	60,421	61,377
A/A Athletic Director, Sports Info/Comm	46,965	59,258	45,423	41,672	n/a
A/A Athletic Director, Men’s Athletic Programs	77,052	117,291	52,300	77,107	n/a
A/A Athletic Director, Women’s Athletic Programs	66,905	92,000	58,325	53,594	n/a
A/A Athletic Director for Fin & Bus	79,996	95,200	60,600	65,000	n/a
A/A Athletic Director for Operations	62,990	77,000	50,681	58,051	n/a
A/A Athletic Director for Ext Affairs	77,075	90,964	61,290	50,500	n/a
A/A Athletic Dir for Devel	75,108	85,850	60,780	49,680	n/a
A/A Athletic Director for Acad Affairs	65,228	69,814	58,819	n/a	n/a
A/A Athletic Director for Compliance	57,180	70,500	51,250	51,613	n/a
Student Affairs
Assoc VP for Student Affairs	96,000	118,479	89,253	71,782	95,274
Asst VP for Student Affairs	85,935	106,391	83,000	63,329	81,327
Dean of Students	88,772	109,155	83,350	78,000	85,943
Director, Greek Life	46,467	52,457	40,100	39,000	n/a
Director, Foreign Students	57,690	71,098	53,899	49,037	54,229
Director, Campus Ministries	59,936	79,550	57,500	59,451	n/a
Director, Minority Affairs	59,325	73,064	57,906	50,940	49,569
Director, Conferences	61,576	75,487	55,484	52,820	74,505
Director, Woman’s Center	64,636	65,831	58,000	55,000	70,759
Assoc/Asst Director, Women's Center	46,045	44,504	45,143	n/a	n/a
Director, Student Activities	55,319	67,857	52,956	46,146	59,195
Asst Director, Student Activities	41,189	47,060	38,683	37,978	43,496
Director, Campus Rec/Intramurals	63,328	79,004	56,800	45,880	n/a
Asst Director, Campus Rec/Intramurals	46,410	53,650	41,842	39,169	n/a
Director, Union & Student Activities	69,580	78,660	68,690	61,047	n/a
Director, Student Union	70,395	82,682	62,400	54,785	n/a
Assoc/Asst Director, Student Union	50,138	56,976	46,242	42,299	n/a
Director, Academic Advising	63,647	76,440	62,371	55,484	62,015
Director, Career Dev & Placement	65,900	86,325	63,319	56,000	61,011
Director, Student Academic Counseling	68,000	84,030	64,419	55,728	68,796
Assoc Director, Student Counseling	61,041	69,000	53,194	51,275	81,079
Director, Student Housing	65,000	91,185	62,000	52,045	45,751
Assoc Dir, Student Housing	51,956	65,894	49,460	40,373	n/a
Housing Officer/Admin Operations	56,100	65,930	47,863	42,050	n/a
Housing Officer/Residence Life	45,000	61,625	43,863	39,075	39,757
Director, Student Health Srvcs (Physician)	153,684	168,444	127,984	128,156	n/a
Director, Student Health Srvcs (Nurse)	66,707	84,195	66,241	56,274	62,555
Director, Student Health Srvcs (Non Med)	85,000	104,761	74,649	75,532	n/a
Director, Counseling & Psych Srvcs	77,868	96,743	72,450	72,800	58,052
External Affairs
Assoc/Asst VP/Chancellor for Devel	117,150	152,796	100,296	106,500	122,500
Director, Annual Giving	63,550	82,720	60,701	56,681	63,330
Director, Corporate/Foundation Relations	80,000	99,500	72,380	74,900	77,978
Director, Planned Giving	91,255	115,000	84,596	85,000	57,845
Director, Alumni Affairs	68,000	103,002	64,000	58,666	51,037
Director, Development & Alumni Affairs	71,360	102,162	74,818	65,446	66,023
Director, Major Gifts	86,319	107,225	78,397	83,025	83,646
Director, Devel for Instit School/College	80,000	87,367	69,165	75,048	77,250
Director, Donor Relations	63,582	72,309	59,016	56,500	71,050
Director, Adv Research/Prospect Mgt	64,821	76,449	59,971	60,535	n/a
Director, Governmental/Legislative Rel	124,968	144,180	100,000	90,410	108,170
Director, Federal Relations	121,477	121,118	n/a	n/a	n/a
Director, State Government Relations	102,873	102,860	90,055	n/a	n/a
Director, Church Relations	63,452	88,644	71,567	51,484	n/a
Director, Community Services	62,824	86,198	59,522	53,169	63,954
Director, Publications	66,633	81,832	61,526	62,093	64,584
Assoc Director, Publications	55,797	60,772	53,040	49,536	62,861
Director, Information Office	68,435	89,000	67,315	60,100	60,567
Director, News Bureau/Service	65,000	79,523	57,568	58,000	69,730
Director, Marketing	78,320	92,000	75,536	69,174	71,662