Senior Administrators' Pay Up 1.4%

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The median base salary increase for senior administrators in 2010 was 1.4 percent, up from no increase at all in 2009, according to data released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

The gains in salaries were not universal, however. The median salary at public colleges and universities once again showed no increase. For private institutions, the increase was 2.0 percent. With a gain in the Consumer Price Index of 1.6 percent during the period studied by CUPA, that means that senior administrators at private institutions saw modest gains on top of inflation, while their public counterparts lost ground.

The only sector in which senior administrators in public colleges saw any increase in median base salary was at community colleges, where the increase was 0.4 percent. At private institutions, the biggest gains were also at two-year institutions (up 3.0 percent), although there are very few private associate-degree institutions. Among other nonprofit sectors, the median salary was up 2.3 percent at private doctoral institutions and 2.0 percent at both master's and baccalaureate institutions.

The base salaries continue to favor those at some institutions over others, with few surprises. The presidents of doctoral granting institutions earn more than twice as much as those at community colleges (medians of $385,000 vs. $167,895). Master's and baccalaureate institutions are in the middle and close to one another, at $250,000 and $241,488, respectively.

Among deans, it pays to be in the professions. The median is $437,040 for medical deans, $298,710 for dentistry deans, and $278,454 for law deans. Those medians are far higher than those for divinity ($93,133) and for humanities ($109,109).

CUPA's findings are based on data it collected on 78,118 job incumbents in public and private institutions nationwide. Salaries were reported by 1,256 institutions for 284 positions, mostly at the director level and above. On the summary table that follows, an * indicates that there were not enough people in the job category to make a median figure meaningful. Full reports may be ordered from the association.

Median Salaries of Senior Administrators, by Sector, 2010

Job Title	All	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Associate
Senior Exec & Chief Functional Officers
--CEO of Syst/District	$322,700	$425,000	$266,100	*	$252,343
--Ex Asst/Chief Staff for CEO Syst/Dist	121,553	121,288	92,098	*	122,847
--CEO of Single Institution	248,000	385,000	250,000	241,488	167,895
--Ex Asst/Chief Staff CEO Single Inst	99,013	129,273	99,011	85,000	76,356
--Exec VP/Vice Chancellor	182,835	291,664	175,100	136,500	144,871
--Secretary of the Institution	85,573	172,125	73,468	84,498	66,029
--Chief Acad Affairs Officer & Provost	164,000	275,000	168,150	145,000	118,645
--Chief Research Officer	203,535	224,500	136,035	126,434	111,449
--Chief Technology Transfer Officer	157,541	164,800	127,725	*	*
--Chief Business Officer	162,828	228,762	163,432	144,787	115,242
--Chief Administration Officer	141,917	200,640	134,890	121,408	116,495
--Chief Financial Officer	140,000	194,000	131,983	118,261	110,700
--Chief Investment Officer	178,675	216,000	102,577	177,500	*
--Chief Planning Officer	121,550	164,409	102,457	121,992	108,923
--Chief Budget Officer	106,100	129,482	96,123	95,000	88,185
--Chief Planning & Budget Officer	143,789	169,838	129,273	97,386	*
--Chief Legal Affairs Officer	168,210	196,781	144,263	154,515	134,222
--Chief HR Officer	100,254	150,000	96,408	84,592	91,897
--Chief Information Officer	122,228	200,000	115,579	104,848	101,075
--Chief Phys Plant/Facilities Officer	102,124	150,338	99,515	86,179	82,059
--Chief Accounting Officer/Comptroller	98,840	138,100	94,828	86,050	88,902
--Chief Health Professions Officer	295,896	525,000	151,020	104,511	105,039
--Chief Admin, Hospital/Med Center	410,000	517,920	*	*	*
--Chief Student Affairs/Life Officer	124,125	186,000	126,250	108,386	103,346
--Chief Admissions Officer	87,000	110,031	81,918	83,300	71,379
--Chief, Enrollment Mgt Officer	120,560	150,866	124,196	110,921	85,285
--Chief External Affairs Officer	150,681	197,000	141,499	139,330	125,311
--Chief Development Officer	144,950	231,300	145,913	138,322	95,291
--Chief PR Officer	100,776	157,068	92,350	90,000	83,382
--Chief Development & PR Officer	141,746	222,000	141,823	123,450	84,565
--Chief Audit Officer	101,013	118,525	84,460	91,910	86,700
--Chief Diversity Officer	102,447	139,005	91,337	88,771	91,567
Academic Deans
--Dean, Agriculture	208,440	223,300	115,441	*	*
--Dean, Architecture	185,544	199,796	137,496	*	*
--Dean, Arts & Letters	120,340	180,164	125,000	104,167	90,579
--Dean, Arts & Sciences	138,723	210,000	129,918	110,373	86,279
--Dean, Biological & Life Sciences	115,787	189,000	128,000	102,542	76,863
--Dean, Business	159,112	268,359	150,000	120,000	87,148
--Dean, Computer & Info Sciences	131,128	202,500	154,050	*	84,400
--Dean, Continuing Education	107,534	149,795	110,000	88,664	92,735
--Dean, Cooperative Extension	143,666	170,652	*	*	*
--Dean, Dentistry	298,710	313,650	*	*	*
--Dean, Divinity / Theology	93,133	159,500	95,126	79,665	*
--Dean, Education	131,128	184,500	125,000	90,945	86,237
--Dean, Engineering	213,119	240,933	169,298	116,825	81,312
--Dean, External Degree Programs	95,500	123,165	95,500	*	85,467
--Dean, Family & Consumer Sci	181,624	183,325	*	*	*
--Dean, Fine Arts	127,726	179,340	124,373	109,661	89,880
--Dean, Forestry & Environ Studies	185,480	194,950	*	*	*
--Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Policy	201,211	227,706	*	*	*
--Dean, Graduate Programs	135,000	170,350	116,410	96,000	*
--Dean, Health-Related Profs	121,340	184,500	132,578	113,232	90,125
--Dean, Honors Program	123,198	129,980	102,000	*	*
--Dean, Humanities	109,109	188,600	120,200	85,550	88,289
--Dean, Instruction	93,848	*	*	100,000	92,425
--Dean, Journalism & Mass Comm	169,200	194,500	130,560	*	94,800
--Dean, Law	278,454	289,800	248,545	261,250	*
--Library Dean	124,750	159,884	110,806	90,000	92,383
--Dean, Mathematics	93,646	128,391	128,000	*	86,869
--Dean, Medicine	437,040	437,286	*	*	*
--Dean, Music	157,331	186,116	107,000	*	*
--Dean, Nursing	133,820	192,824	120,084	98,201	85,000
--Dean, Occup Studies/Voc Ed/Techn	93,879	135,000	134,396	110,048	90,011
--Dean, Performing Arts	140,814	211,630	138,075	*	*
--Dean, Pharmacy	212,097	230,000	195,674	192,950	*
--Dean, Public Administration	149,816	218,000	*	*	*
--Dean, Public Health	285,500	295,576	*	*	*
--Dean, Sciences	131,250	207,000	130,000	97,651	81,950
--Dean, Social Sciences	104,721	197,272	124,182	70,958	85,945
--Dean, Social Work	176,819	200,000	103,820	*	*
--Dean, Special Programs	90,425	*	80,000	90,202	87,824
--Dean, Undergraduate Programs	130,488	163,136	107,500	100,500	*
--Dean, Veterinary Medicine	225,242	225,242	*	*	*
--Multiple Academic Disciplines	112,884	196,460	114,793	102,400	91,673
Associate/Assistant Academic Deans
--A/A Dean, Agriculture	137,957	143,322	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Architecture	106,243	107,494	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Arts & Letters	98,928	115,306	95,813	*	*
--A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences	100,837	119,390	92,088	95,187	71,400
--A/A Dean, Bio & Life Sci	111,326	131,586	95,000	*	*
--A/A Dean, Business	125,004	153,131	115,759	91,977	74,840
--A/A Dean, Comp & Info Sci	121,029	145,270	127,567	*	*
--A/A Dean, Continuing Ed	82,000	96,935	77,276	76,568	68,515
--A/A Dean, Coop Extension	148,670	148,941	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Dentistry	164,764	159,656	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Divinity / Theology	83,414	80,306	82,590	*	*
--A/A Dean, Education	100,215	114,052	93,341	76,441	*
--A/A Dean, Engineering	135,431	142,958	112,860	95,000	88,488
--A/A Dean, Ext Degree Programs	94,375	*	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Family & Consum Sci	118,640	121,845	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Fine Arts	87,237	98,220	84,331	*	*
--A/A Dean, Forest & Envir Studies	113,752	124,296	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Pol	122,926	126,012	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Graduate Prgrms	100,610	109,421	87,737	79,900	*
--A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs	103,865	119,779	102,593	*	80,304
--A/A Dean, Honors Program	91,392	95,000	80,215	*	*
--A/A Dean, Humanities	95,676	114,190	92,029	*	70,000
--A/A Dean, Instruction	85,419	*	*	*	87,019
--A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm	103,602	108,105	90,744	*	*
--A/A Dean, Law	133,294	133,314	131,077	169,136	*
--Deputy Coll Librarian	90,772	100,457	79,319	*	66,409
--A/A Dean, Mathematics	94,597	*	103,060	*	79,514
--A/A Dean, Medicine	188,206	187,283	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Music	90,000	89,994	87,663	*	*
--A/A Dean, Nursing	107,675	121,875	98,100	94,436	86,910
--A/A Dean, Occ Stds/Voc Ed/Tech	82,470	105,648	94,276	*	79,741
--A/A Dean, Performing Arts	81,945	96,776	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Pharmacy	133,017	137,811	128,394	*	*
--A/A Dean, Public Admin	76,385	*	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Public Health	131,396	140,990	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Sciences	114,690	132,133	104,608	*	86,700
--A/A Dean, Social Sciences	102,267	113,600	99,348	*	79,750
--A/A Dean, Social Work	98,000	103,239	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Special Programs	70,800	81,534	*	73,636	*
--A/A Dean, Undergrad Programs	85,344	98,632	77,240	80,590	*
--A/A Dean, Veterinary Med	154,175	154,175	*	*	*
--A/A Dean, Multiple Acad Disciplines	96,237	*	92,750	78,361	*
Academic Affairs
--Vice Provost	149,591	181,107	128,537	119,500	111,777
--Assoc Provost	117,510	151,910	115,541	99,876	92,292
--Asst Provost	96,514	109,555	91,624	89,698	85,118
--Dir, Institutional Research	82,002	110,000	78,526	73,488	77,160
--Assoc Dir, Institutional Research	65,564	76,495	55,000	50,300	61,930
--Dir, International Education	80,000	104,169	75,967	70,960	74,176
--Dir, International Studies Ed	72,218	80,106	72,100	61,643	85,588
--Dir, Sponsored Research & Programs	93,600	113,386	83,222	79,799	77,403
--Dir, Continuing Education	74,814	101,000	73,905	65,400	70,681
--Senior Technology Licensing Officer	104,711	104,711	*	*	*
--Dir, Distance Learning	77,525	90,129	72,358	67,667	71,188
--Dir, Teaching Center	85,108	99,416	82,449	75,835	67,955
--Assoc/Asst VP for Research	155,229	158,478	110,000	*	*
--Dir of Museums	96,815	120,000	80,505	98,750	73,375
--Education Abroad Director	69,500	76,735	63,727	71,219	*
--Dir/Dean Workforce & Career Develop	83,117	75,876	61,480	61,255	87,430
--Chief Op Officer (non-faculty), Med Sch	238,704	225,422	*	*	*
--Chief Financial Officer, Med Sch	186,000	195,406	*	*	*
--Chief Admissions Officer, Med Sch	92,298	118,074	*	*	*
--Chief Financial Aid Officer, Med Sch	64,728	67,787	*	*	*
--Chief Student Affairs Officer, Med Sch	154,307	156,825	*	*	*
--Chief Development Officer, Med Sch	146,610	154,788	*	*	*
--Chief IT Officer, Med Sch	132,123	120,489	*	*	*
--Chief Research Officer, Med Sch	212,880	228,048	*	*	*
--Chief Librarian, Med Sch	116,637	124,736	*	*	*
--Chief HR Officer, Med Sch	118,727	115,000	*	*	*
--Dir, Library Services	82,976	155,901	86,743	72,862	69,360
--Acquisitions Librarian	58,479	67,381	55,771	53,287	64,814
--Head, Technical Services	62,967	80,288	61,125	54,398	54,141
--Head, Public (Access) Services	59,648	79,397	58,017	53,287	53,828
--Head, Catalog & Metadata - Lev III	60,000	65,571	54,421	52,536	69,626
--Head, Collection Development	67,657	78,041	57,881	63,600	*
--Spec Collections Libr'n/Archivist	61,320	69,137	54,950	56,537	*
--Dir, Educational Media Services	65,393	83,015	67,134	56,747	67,360
--Dir, Learning Resources Center	61,095	78,886	60,205	54,000	60,986
--Assoc Dir, Admissions	55,608	64,787	53,000	50,302	52,000
--Dir, Admissions & Registrar	73,264	91,774	71,040	74,483	68,347
--Registrar	73,483	99,788	74,675	65,782	63,225
--Assoc Registrar	54,848	66,485	50,584	49,042	51,830
--Asst Registrar	42,886	50,348	41,943	39,136	40,726
--Dir, Admissions & Financial Aid	106,419	107,887	94,473	140,500	*
--Dir, Student Financial Aid	75,349	102,003	75,085	66,545	69,295
--Assoc Dir, Student Financial Aid	54,551	66,980	52,625	49,590	49,793
Business and Administrative Affairs
--Dir, Risk Mgt & Insurance	87,000	97,500	67,378	75,429	85,227
--Dir, Med Center PR/Ext Affairs	120,000	136,008	*	*	*
--Dir, Med Center HR	153,700	147,357	*	*	*
--Dir, University Research Park	148,317	158,188	143,197	*	*
--Dir, Contracts & Grants	85,004	95,713	73,220	58,486	77,630
--Dir, College/University Press	98,940	111,872	78,134	*	*
--College/Div Business Affairs Officer	93,840	100,389	84,050	63,941	103,677
--Director/Head of Title III Program	68,656	86,165	64,328	*	57,500
--Director/Head of Sustainability	75,000	85,850	73,524	64,399	*
--Assoc Budget Dir	82,500	92,665	75,068	74,270	80,697
--Asst Comptroller	74,160	91,995	71,342	63,500	63,929
--Restricted Funds Accountant	59,166	64,477	55,693	59,277	46,875
--Dir, Accounting	79,304	95,262	73,761	65,679	65,924
--Bursar	66,403	87,122	63,340	56,260	58,748
--Assoc/Asst Bursar	51,180	59,460	49,146	41,567	49,010
--Dir/Mgr, Payroll	61,892	80,024	56,400	49,020	61,253
--Dir, Purchasing/Materials Mgt	77,100	96,500	69,797	68,424	68,172
--Assoc Dir, Purch/Materials Mgt	66,674	72,058	59,673	48,892	63,066
--Dir, Auxiliary Services	89,846	119,033	84,870	83,617	76,343
--Dir/Mgr, Printing Services	54,952	71,936	51,896	44,508	52,554
--Dir/Mgr, Mail Services	46,776	55,117	44,946	41,000	57,956
--Dir, Bookstore	57,444	88,332	58,069	51,209	52,053
--Assoc Dir, Bookstore	47,997	65,054	43,729	41,976	49,256
--Dir, Food/Dining Services	84,794	104,823	79,029	77,819	65,133
--Assoc Dir, Food /Dining Services	70,027	74,889	61,200	58,732	*
--Dir, Environmental Health & Safety	84,429	100,619	71,400	67,361	66,188
--Dir, Campus Security/Safety	77,000	108,552	73,624	62,817	70,641
--Dir, Parking & Transportation	74,751	80,824	63,420	45,375	*
--Dir, Real Estate & Space Mgt	105,364	115,201	85,650	94,903	*
--Architect for the Institution	100,553	113,000	90,382	92,732	92,227
--Assoc Dir, Phy Plant/Facil Mgt	80,000	100,939	73,000	73,211	69,293
--Dir, Energy & Utilities	90,677	92,850	78,838	77,953	*
--Mgr, Landscape & Grounds	57,708	70,890	52,960	53,924	52,318
--Mgr, Building Maintenance Trades	64,324	76,850	59,936	57,992	62,753
--Mgr, Technical Trades	65,176	71,460	61,612	59,092	56,094
--Mgr, Custodial Services	54,030	66,231	51,191	47,900	54,137
--Mgr, Power Plant	68,008	76,373	64,780	62,650	*
Human Resources & Information Technology
--Assoc Dir, HR	74,254	90,901	68,350	68,279	69,535
--Dir/Mgr, Employee Benefits	67,000	81,134	61,565	55,587	62,480
--Dir/Mgr, Training & Development	74,600	78,900	65,353	78,231	72,994
--Dir/Mgr, Employee Relations	81,600	82,699	72,456	83,037	77,009
--Dir/Mgr, Labor Relations	90,449	98,102	78,946	*	80,569
--Dir/Mgr, Employment	66,898	76,461	59,992	57,500	62,269
--Dir/Mgr, Compens & Classification	78,915	83,311	67,301	80,000	75,336
--Dir/Mgr, HR Info Systems (HRIS)	74,323	82,818	63,578	64,500	75,042
--Dir, AA/Equal Employment	93,923	100,680	84,390	76,000	79,641
--Assoc Dir, AA/Equal Employment	71,400	71,495	68,505	*	*
--Dir, HR & AA	81,130	97,000	82,758	77,125	78,392
--Dir, Disability Services	60,332	70,000	56,812	53,182	60,398
--Deputy Chief Info Officer	104,686	135,643	95,270	77,435	94,304
--Dir, Academic Computing	89,542	123,873	81,691	86,129	82,725
--Assoc Dir, Academic Computing	74,938	86,491	68,180	72,050	69,723
--Dir, Admin Computing	90,000	119,484	86,249	78,012	79,299
--Assoc Dir, Admin Computing	78,350	95,342	74,318	60,712	64,454
--Dir, Telecom/ Networking	89,471	107,590	82,000	80,134	83,226
--Dir, Enterprise Info Systems	96,305	115,000	89,556	88,269	86,434
--Dir, Research Computing	112,735	113,999	*	*	*
--Dir, Enterprise Data Center	94,325	99,965	83,000	86,700	90,221
--Dir, IT Security	92,982	104,498	82,729	69,000	76,804
--Dir, Instructional Technology	77,880	95,467	73,120	69,168	67,918
--Dir, User Services	74,146	93,276	67,670	64,739	69,103
--Dir, Info Mgt	88,048	93,500	86,655	64,275	81,350
--Principal Database Administrator	80,000	90,420	77,352	70,967	70,007
--Principal Systems Analyst	73,553	88,519	70,720	65,800	62,538
Athletics
--Dir, Athletics	98,086	206,550	98,880	83,190	67,975
--Assoc Athletics Dir	69,779	101,252	63,675	61,151	57,810
--A/A Athl Dir, Sports Info/Comm	47,066	61,396	45,602	41,814	*
--A/A Athl Dir, Men’s Athl Programs	74,485	137,721	51,500	58,338	*
--A/A Athl Dir, Women’s Athl Prgms	65,000	92,000	56,506	56,316	*
--A/A Athl Dir for Fin & Bus	80,184	99,000	60,000	72,100	*
--A/A Athl Dir for Operations	63,385	78,015	52,922	47,500	*
--A/A Athl Dir for Ext Affairs	77,256	92,227	63,700	48,874	*
--A/A Athl Dir for Devel	78,000	85,850	65,000	51,783	*
--A/A Athl Dir for Acad Affairs	66,402	73,813	57,410	*	*
--A/A Athl Dir for Compliance	56,000	70,250	49,272	47,639	*
Student Affairs
--Assoc VP for Student Affairs	100,000	128,368	98,037	72,300	100,464
--Asst VP for Student Affairs	88,640	108,120	84,465	62,000	82,267
--Dean of Students	87,755	111,654	81,704	84,750	85,000
--Dir, Greek Life	47,285	54,762	40,994	40,830	*
--Dir, Foreign Students	58,865	72,493	55,978	49,178	57,052
--Dir, Campus Ministries	59,348	81,505	56,678	59,083	*
--Dir, Minority Affairs	60,155	72,532	59,634	52,765	53,265
--Dir, Conferences	60,176	76,944	57,902	54,097	77,424
--Dir, Woman’s Center	63,000	66,149	60,008	55,000	70,759
--Assoc/Asst Dir, Women's Center	47,000	47,000	45,829	*	*
--Dir, Student Activities	55,608	70,000	53,313	47,255	59,195
--Asst Dir, Student Activities	41,844	48,738	40,000	38,976	44,366
--Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	64,500	80,727	56,198	51,358	*
--Asst Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	47,252	53,935	41,546	41,393	*
--Dir, Union & Student Activities	71,216	82,472	67,772	65,730	*
--Dir, Student Union	69,666	85,965	61,455	54,821	*
--Assoc/Asst Dir, Student Union	50,822	59,197	46,549	41,799	*
--Dir, Academic Advising	63,054	75,109	64,044	56,080	60,000
--Dir, Career Dev & Placement	66,157	87,362	63,982	57,644	59,373
--Dir, Student Academic Counseling	64,601	86,078	61,950	55,015	69,326
--Assoc Dir, Student Counseling	61,359	70,026	53,635	53,046	70,598
--Dir, Student Housing	65,000	92,770	62,103	54,290	48,542
--Assoc Dir, Student Housing	52,478	66,727	48,971	41,222	*
--Housing Officer/Admin Operations	58,435	65,000	47,445	42,099	*
--Housing Officer/Residence Life	45,438	61,500	45,683	39,577	36,502
--Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Physician)	151,840	167,640	135,402	126,883	*
--Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Nurse)	68,845	85,451	68,336	59,582	66,946
--Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Non Med)	86,280	104,850	74,790	81,315	*
--Dir, Counseling & Psych Srvcs	79,226	96,743	73,015	71,277	58,129
External Affairs
--Assoc/Asst VP/Chancellor for Devel	118,912	158,464	101,377	110,662	116,288
--Dir, Annual Giving	64,508	84,220	61,200	60,000	69,038
--Dir, Corporate/Foundation Relations	80,168	99,007	75,117	76,398	74,100
--Dir, Planned Giving	90,537	113,038	85,398	85,000	51,831
--Dir, Alumni Affairs	69,345	103,002	65,143	58,628	57,195
--Dir, Development & Alumni Affairs	73,635	104,454	75,000	68,230	59,380
--Dir, Major Gifts	87,588	115,000	79,560	84,920	66,300
--Dir, Devel for Instit School/College	80,190	86,001	65,043	78,831	77,606
--Dir, Donor Relations	63,800	72,933	57,427	57,000	63,299
--Dir, Adv Research/Prospect Mgt	65,467	75,250	58,270	62,291	*
--Dir, Governmental/Legislative Rel	125,000	145,469	102,701	92,620	103,174
--Dir, Federal Relations	124,800	128,825	*	*	*
--Dir, State Government Relations	108,000	109,873	97,055	*	*
--Dir, Church Relations	60,649	*	65,293	58,924	*
--Dir, Community Services	62,815	89,301	56,977	54,036	63,000
--Dir, Publications	67,627	81,800	63,000	63,615	70,414
--Assoc Dir, Publications	56,419	61,604	52,104	51,253	65,605
--Dir, Information Office	69,650	89,100	66,415	62,072	61,167
--Dir, News Bureau/Service	67,506	79,185	59,987	60,990	70,848
--Dir, Marketing	78,510	94,000	75,879	69,949	74,952