Senior administrators' salaries increased by 2 percent in 2011

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The salaries of senior administrators increased by 2 percent in 2011, according to a study being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. As has been the case in recent years, median raises were larger at private institutions (2.5 percent) than at publics (1.5 percent).

The 2 percent gain over all compares favorably to the 2010 increase of 1.4 percent, and of no increase at all the year before.

But the increase in the Consumer Price Index in 2011 was 3.2 percent -- double the increase of 2010. So while many administrators at private colleges and universities saw their spending power increase in 2010, relatively few of them (and very few public college administrators) are feeling such gains from their 2011 raises.

Within various administrative categories, athletics positions saw the largest raises.

Median Salary Increases in 2011 for Senior Administrators, by Category

Category	All	Public	Private
Senior executives	2.0%	1.1%	2.6%
Deans	2.0%	1.5%	2.4%
Associate deans	2.0%	1.5%	2.8%
Academic affairs	2.0%	1.5%	2.3%
Business, HR and IT	2.1%	1.8%	2.5%
Athletics	2.3%	2.0%	2.5%
Student affairs	2.0%	1.5%	2.3%
Academic affairs	1.2%	1.2%	2.2%

The data released by CUPA-HR show the wide variation in administrative salaries, both by sector and by specialization. For instance, the median salary for a president/CEO of a single campus was $392,150 at doctoral institutions in 2011, but less than half of that at community colleges ($170,157). Among deans, medicine is the most lucrative field (median salary of $474,212), while divinity deans are on the other end of the pay scale ($90,000).

CUPA-HR releases summary data (see below, and an * indicating insufficient number of institutions reporting). Full reports may be ordered from the association.

JOB CATEGORY	All	Doctoral	Master's	Bacc.	Associate
Senior Exec & Chief Functional Officers
CEO of Syst/District	326,250	480,000	272,500	220,375	255,439
Ex Asst/Chief Staff for CEO Syst/Dist	129,095	154,800	85,000	*	137,778
CEO of Single Institution	255,849	392,150	265,000	250,000	170,157
Ex Asst/Chief Staff CEO Single Inst	101,329	130,391	97,957	85,972	76,208
Exec VP/Vice Chancellor	190,000	302,500	184,000	157,055	147,000
Secretary of the Institution	90,639	168,830	79,170	79,254	64,135
Chief Acad Affairs Officer & Provost	168,219	281,162	175,000	149,167	118,985
Chief Research Officer	212,107	234,600	126,189	120,000	96,541
Chief Technology Transfer Officer	164,317	165,600	109,242	*	*
Chief Business Officer	167,197	236,022	169,243	154,500	119,137
Chief Administration Officer	151,472	210,810	138,000	125,050	125,517
Chief Financial Officer	149,350	210,250	142,085	132,000	108,000
Chief Investment Officer	195,863	218,000	108,643	200,000	*
Chief Planning Officer	126,760	154,898	116,658	132,860	105,398
Chief Budget Officer	107,100	131,064	96,452	96,380	90,831
Chief Planning & Budget Officer	136,000	173,102	133,162	99,050	*
Chief Legal Affairs Officer	172,977	198,005	140,000	149,354	130,083
Chief HR Officer	102,861	154,067	98,345	86,842	90,672
Chief Information Officer	125,446	200,000	120,000	105,880	104,358
Chief Phys Plant/Facilities Officer	104,836	155,000	102,068	88,386	81,369
Chief Accounting Officer/Comptroller	100,105	139,966	97,000	87,750	90,977
Chief Health Professions Officer	350,947	541,419	96,000	*	108,286
Chief Admin, Hospital/Med Center	453,407	566,733	*	*	*
Chief Student Affairs/Life Officer	127,633	194,056	129,600	112,790	103,584
Chief Admissions Officer	90,000	112,217	85,315	86,000	73,997
Chief, Enrollment Mgt Officer	129,738	160,750	130,594	117,500	91,185
Chief External Affairs Officer	147,255	210,000	133,110	138,801	125,623
Chief Development Officer	150,000	239,120	150,000	141,628	93,000
Chief PR Officer	105,000	162,400	97,728	91,942	87,575
Chief Development & PR Officer	147,900	239,798	146,000	135,650	85,191
Chief Audit Officer	104,545	121,056	86,799	83,825	86,917
Chief Diversity Officer	106,153	149,524	90,000	88,085	86,059
Academic Deans
Dean, Agriculture	215,000	227,166	143,129	*	*
Dean, Architecture	195,000	203,062	129,038	*	*
Dean, Arts & Letters	120,175	180,164	123,390	111,500	90,000
Dean, Arts & Sciences	139,762	220,829	130,204	109,984	91,901
Dean, Biological & Life Sciences	109,762	210,000	124,685	96,226	87,943
Dean, Business	161,167	290,700	155,372	120,077	91,825
Dean, Computer & Info Sciences	129,009	219,330	140,000	*	84,400
Dean, Continuing Education	111,882	164,138	115,507	91,744	92,803
Dean, Cooperative Extension	175,329	177,981	*	*	*
Dean, Dentistry	305,974	322,500	*	*	*
Dean, Divinity / Theology	90,000	144,198	90,000	77,768	*
Dean, Education	136,378	190,000	126,075	94,646	92,351
Dean, Engineering	220,884	254,015	175,000	113,039	81,312
Dean, External Degree Programs	90,028	*	*	*	90,028
Dean, Family & Consumer Sci	185,948	187,000	*	*	*
Dean, Fine Arts	129,944	180,816	128,125	108,985	92,070
Dean, Forestry & Environ Studies	189,163	192,479	*	*	*
Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Policy	249,571	265,800	*	*	*
Dean, Graduate Programs	139,922	175,444	118,450	94,836	*
Dean, Health-Related Profs	125,000	186,480	132,780	111,608	92,213
Dean, Honors Program	125,000	133,469	97,000	*	*
Dean, Humanities	109,723	189,276	130,707	95,325	91,402
Dean, Instruction	92,985	*	*	96,493	91,553
Dean, Journalism & Mass Comm	181,813	205,000	147,650	*	95,756
Dean, Law	282,958	308,254	253,097	268,580	*
Dean, Library	125,763	163,500	113,013	90,536	86,615
Dean, Mathematics	100,884	120,000	103,152	*	94,904
Dean, Medicine	474,212	486,997	*	*	*
Dean, Music	157,663	189,294	98,940	*	*
Dean, Nursing	129,600	207,171	120,701	101,704	86,498
Dean, Occup Studies/Voc Ed/Techn	95,150	137,010	135,429	*	91,073
Dean, Performing Arts	145,750	189,638	142,707	*	*
Dean, Pharmacy	228,799	236,500	199,941	189,625	*
Dean, Public Administration	144,728	181,250	*	*	*
Dean, Public Health	285,500	302,414	*	*	*
Dean, Sciences	131,860	210,000	131,657	110,000	90,190
Dean, Social Sciences	108,760	203,191	131,250	71,732	90,122
Dean, Social Work	189,387	199,700	108,000	*	*
Dean, Special Programs	91,200	*	78,474	86,803	90,598
Dean, Undergraduate Programs	124,650	161,247	116,335	92,000	91,680
Dean, Veterinary Medicine	237,280	235,560	*	*	*
Multiple Academic Disciplines	113,818	195,000	122,500	102,138	90,739
Associate/Assistant Academic Deans
A/A Dean, Agriculture	142,147	147,653	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Architecture	111,836	112,483	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters	101,665	118,255	92,098	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences	102,040	118,825	94,074	91,800	76,259
A/A Dean, Bio & Life Sci	114,824	128,510	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Business	128,348	162,129	118,653	94,093	73,000
A/A Dean, Comp & Info Sci	116,650	139,896	*	*	74,406
A/A Dean, Continuing Ed	85,307	101,212	84,399	67,994	70,901
A/A Dean, Coop Extension	149,455	150,240	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Dentistry	171,570	158,561	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Divinity / Theology	86,434	81,818	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Education	101,182	119,661	94,891	82,670	*
A/A Dean, Engineering	139,932	145,411	120,000	*	*
A/A Dean, Ext Degree Programs	85,247	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Family & Consum Sci	116,205	123,213	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Fine Arts	89,300	101,700	85,158	*	*
A/A Dean, Forest & Envir Studies	118,926	122,852	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Pol	126,690	132,315	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgrms	102,949	112,570	89,887	71,875	*
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs	104,197	117,000	96,420	*	80,608
A/A Dean, Honors Program	92,518	104,862	72,799	*	*
A/A Dean, Humanities	96,139	120,102	91,688	*	70,500
A/A Dean, Instruction	86,909	*	*	*	89,004
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm	104,439	108,105	103,150	*	*
A/A Dean, Law	135,386	136,404	134,923	*	*
Deputy College Librarian	92,362	101,569	81,000	83,573	*
A/A Dean, Mathematics	73,144	*	*	*	71,077
A/A Dean, Medicine	180,620	184,975	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Music	95,653	96,321	94,856	*	*
A/A Dean, Nursing	110,000	122,672	101,012	84,645	81,768
A/A Dean, Occ Stds/Voc Ed/Tech	84,523	96,554	*	*	76,811
A/A Dean, Performing Arts	88,319	94,229	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Pharmacy	141,243	144,200	132,350	*	*
A/A Dean, Public Admin	89,587	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Public Health	132,792	142,091	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Sciences	116,971	126,117	107,771	*	83,020
A/A Dean, Social Sciences	103,417	117,500	85,636	*	*
A/A Dean, Social Work	105,539	105,870	96,350	*	*
A/A Dean, Special Programs	72,625	100,445	63,340	73,901	63,607
A/A Dean, Undergrad Programs	86,923	95,381	75,100	87,110	*
A/A Dean, Veterinary Med	169,263	164,463	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Multiple Acad Disciplines	98,298	101,680	99,807	84,472	*
Academic Affairs
Vice Provost	158,476	192,959	133,900	117,877	118,728
Assoc Provost	120,000	150,804	118,450	104,653	89,760
Asst Provost	97,021	112,551	92,869	87,679	88,523
Dir, Institutional Research	84,505	114,415	81,600	75,000	77,031
Assoc Dir, Institutional Research	65,184	78,112	57,594	51,963	56,252
Dir, International Education	83,081	104,566	80,800	66,777	80,627
Dir, International Studies Ed	73,566	81,963	70,132	67,626	71,477
Dir, Sponsored Research & Programs	95,000	117,729	85,750	79,659	77,403
Dir, Continuing Education	74,762	99,500	73,077	66,975	70,668
Senior Technology Licensing Officer	104,372	101,900	*	*	*
Dir, Distance Learning	74,778	92,179	71,050	69,000	69,947
Dir, Teaching Center	85,514	106,915	80,751	72,500	76,962
Assoc/Asst VP for Research	161,618	167,867	120,235	*	*
Dir of Museums	97,065	123,000	87,318	89,716	80,000
Education Abroad Director	70,599	79,280	65,582	67,391	*
Dir/Dean Workforce & Career Develop	80,921	82,000	59,486	63,000	86,348
Director of Grad Admissions	67,593	75,781	62,418	60,000	*
Dir of Theater/Perform Arts Center	79,080	96,097	70,032	70,000	77,678
Chief Op Officer (non-faculty), Med Sch	262,088	247,056	*	*	*
Chief Financial Officer, Med Sch	194,729	194,782	*	*	*
Chief Admissions Officer, Med Sch	93,659	100,714	*	*	*
Chief Financial Aid Officer, Med Sch	78,040	78,040	*	*	*
Chief Student Affairs Officer, Med Sch	152,493	152,519	*	*	*
Chief Development Officer, Med Sch	162,260	169,304	*	*	*
Chief IT Officer, Med Sch	138,743	124,240	*	*	*
Chief Research Officer, Med Sch	226,524	230,081	*	*	*
Chief Librarian, Med Sch	120,116	124,098	*	*	*
Chief HR Officer, Med Sch	124,773	124,545	*	*	*
Dir, Library Services	83,919	159,768	86,767	73,441	69,049
Acquisitions Librarian	59,211	69,770	59,211	53,625	63,441
Head, Technical Services	62,239	82,037	62,009	54,325	53,527
Head, Public (Access) Services	61,217	78,395	60,274	54,568	58,366
Head, Catalog & Metadata - Lev III	60,645	69,693	56,552	52,150	69,569
Head, Collection Development	67,551	82,000	59,371	61,559	*
Spec Collections Libr'n/Archivist	60,984	68,984	54,939	57,933	*
Dir, Educational Media Services	64,513	85,685	64,888	58,706	66,615
Dir, Learning Resources Center	61,419	79,200	61,185	53,415	62,655
Assoc Dir, Admissions	56,107	65,733	55,145	51,000	55,924
Dir, Admissions & Registrar	71,654	103,370	72,500	62,385	68,347
Registrar	75,000	101,621	75,808	66,950	63,225
Assoc Registrar	56,117	68,890	52,122	49,986	51,908
Asst Registrar	43,000	51,209	41,911	39,624	40,677
Dir, Admissions & Financial Aid	90,614	*	94,126	121,290	*
Dir, Student Financial Aid	76,598	103,500	76,068	67,759	69,692
Assoc Dir, Student Financial Aid	55,000	67,267	53,000	50,000	51,000
Exec Dir of Executive Ed Program	152,847	158,871	136,800	*	*
Dir of Business Dev, Exec Ed	88,915	108,742	63,334	*	78,669
Program Dir, Executive Education	73,000	89,577	67,175	*	*
Business and Administrative Affairs
Dir, Rsk Mgt & Insurance	90,079	103,248	72,288	77,823	86,738
Dir, Med Center PR/Ext Affairs	134,316	153,306	*	*	*
Dir, Med Center HR	150,052	131,065	*	*	*
Dir, University Research Park	150,000	159,098	144,944	*	*
Dir, Contracts & Grants	85,000	97,650	72,339	63,658	72,186
Dir, College/University Press	107,127	124,000	72,538	*	*
College/Div Business Affairs Officer	95,766	98,964	87,230	82,259	104,785
Director/Head of Title III Program	64,609	92,210	63,653	66,030	60,431
Director/Head of Sustainability	74,778	76,938	67,368	74,074	69,388
Associate VP for Admin Services	120,846	146,362	104,040	147,525	87,800
Assoc Budget Dir	84,107	96,900	76,293	74,488	75,606
Asst Comptroller	75,958	94,690	72,133	65,699	69,240
Restricted Funds Accountant	59,720	65,309	54,768	58,626	53,402
Dir, Accounting	80,914	97,850	73,298	66,000	68,000
Bursar	67,764	89,003	64,066	56,856	61,328
Assoc/Asst Bursar	51,501	61,350	49,176	41,200	49,548
Dir/Mgr, Payroll	62,656	80,000	57,500	52,084	60,096
Dir, Purchasing/Materials Mgt	79,313	99,988	71,762	70,130	70,496
Assoc Dir, Purch/Materials Mgt	68,333	76,371	62,926	48,714	68,667
Dir, Auxiliary Services	89,226	122,350	87,550	82,658	70,646
Dir/Mgr, Printing Services	55,844	73,723	52,104	47,077	53,367
Dir/Mgr, Mail Services	48,225	55,756	45,147	39,666	56,919
Dir, Bookstore	57,444	91,803	58,339	50,080	60,468
Assoc Dir, Bookstore	46,921	65,497	43,573	42,755	51,241
Dir, Food/Dining Services	87,147	107,936	82,830	79,981	65,790
Assoc Dir, Food /Dining Services	70,471	77,250	65,813	62,292	42,552
Dir, Environmental Health & Safety	85,062	105,052	72,971	67,741	67,399
Dir, Campus Security/Safety	78,843	112,783	76,628	64,438	70,000
Dir, Parking & Transportation	76,732	84,663	62,510	46,956	*
Dir, Real Estate & Space Mgt	109,800	114,338	83,604	97,276	*
Architect for the Institution	102,769	115,700	93,540	93,623	98,491
Assoc Dir, Phy Plant/Facil Mgt	80,835	103,159	74,965	74,052	69,933
Dir, Energy & Utilities	93,023	99,000	87,125	77,378	*
Mgr, Landscape & Grounds	58,230	72,067	54,367	53,437	49,710
Mgr, Building Maintenance Trades	65,805	78,300	61,500	60,000	63,896
Mgr, Technical Trades	66,315	73,445	62,886	60,954	55,725
Mgr, Custodial Services	54,253	66,909	52,737	47,677	50,889
Mgr, Power Plant	71,145	79,276	65,220	65,365	*
Human Resources & Information Technology
Assoc Dir, HR	76,875	95,002	71,665	69,840	72,826
Dir/Mgr, Employee Benefits	69,436	82,870	63,175	59,800	65,807
Dir/Mgr, Training & Development	77,820	83,200	69,568	79,009	73,619
Dir/Mgr, Employee Relations	82,591	83,045	81,398	84,048	78,185
Dir/Mgr, Labor Relations	89,916	91,544	75,895	*	75,000
Dir/Mgr, Employment	69,075	74,513	62,385	59,344	70,000
Dir/Mgr, Compens & Classification	83,004	87,711	68,698	82,946	76,281
Dir/Mgr, HR Info Systems (HRIS)	77,888	90,397	65,000	66,658	74,315
Dir, AA/Equal Employment	95,000	102,875	84,169	76,362	91,176
Assoc Dir, AA/Equal Employment	67,474	66,437	71,653	*	*
Dir, HR & AA	81,948	97,500	83,619	72,000	79,263
Dir, Disability Services	60,946	71,200	57,590	57,885	61,377
Deputy Chief Info Officer	107,019	144,309	100,001	84,458	92,575
Dir, Academic Computing	91,284	114,851	80,000	86,985	82,745
Assoc Dir, Academic Computing	76,370	90,701	68,972	69,600	*
Dir, Admin Computing	91,977	123,600	90,000	83,363	77,347
Assoc Dir, Admin Computing	82,026	104,161	78,024	70,025	63,690
Dir, Telecom/ Networking	91,275	109,621	83,900	81,314	86,089
Dir, Enterprise Info Systems	97,470	118,357	91,962	86,700	90,475
Dir, Research Computing	106,403	113,715	*	*	*
Dir, Enterprise Data Center	95,824	105,000	82,969	87,055	*
Dir, IT Security	96,632	108,831	85,040	78,198	78,728
Dir, Instructional Technology	80,000	95,043	77,475	70,157	66,950
Dir, User Services	76,956	93,380	72,000	66,789	71,097
Dir, Info Mgt	85,818	108,800	73,187	73,500	83,380
Principal Database Administrator	81,118	92,800	78,847	70,832	72,000
Principal Systems Analyst	75,330	93,557	71,774	65,842	69,708
Athletics
Dir, Athletics	100,891	212,300	102,656	85,860	66,000
Assoc Athletics Dir	71,400	109,416	65,074	62,681	58,960
A/A Athl Dir, Sports Info/Comm	48,505	63,432	47,198	43,000	*
A/A Athl Dir, Men’s Athl Programs	66,250	150,645	56,000	53,226	*
A/A Athl Dir, Women’s Athl Prgms	69,270	96,425	62,507	57,249	*
A/A Athl Dir for Fin & Bus	76,195	99,000	60,665	72,389	*
A/A Athl Dir for Operations	62,483	79,284	53,085	54,884	*
A/A Athl Dir for Ext Affairs	77,788	96,237	63,000	50,233	*
A/A Athl Dir for Devel	78,000	91,980	65,000	50,212	*
A/A Athl Dir for Acad Affairs	69,685	79,688	54,791	*	*
A/A Athl Dir for Compliance	57,068	74,394	50,400	46,910	*
Student Affairs
Assoc VP for Student Affairs	102,000	127,308	100,400	74,989	90,539
Asst VP for Student Affairs	89,224	109,304	83,634	61,500	83,210
Dean of Students	89,402	115,900	83,665	82,336	87,067
Dir, Greek Life	48,715	57,529	42,500	45,613	*
Dir, Foreign Students	58,924	70,751	56,621	51,475	60,351
Dir, Campus Ministries	61,414	84,852	59,916	59,041	*
Dir, Minority Affairs	61,038	73,520	59,399	53,040	58,039
Dir, Conferences	61,639	75,994	60,075	52,020	77,424
Dir, Woman’s Center	63,896	65,620	57,637	56,050	75,677
Assoc/Asst Dir, Women's Center	49,675	46,527	50,000	*	*
Dir, Student Activities	56,338	69,208	54,690	48,711	59,531
Asst Dir, Student Activities	42,189	48,804	40,760	39,425	43,213
Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	64,691	83,004	57,540	52,564	*
Asst Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	47,200	54,458	41,876	44,069	*
Dir, Union & Student Activities	72,598	84,243	70,000	64,450	*
Dir, Student Union	71,497	86,250	62,000	57,656	*
Assoc/Asst Dir, Student Union	52,747	62,115	48,025	45,184	*
Dir, Academic Advising	64,253	74,551	64,033	57,129	61,409
Dir, Career Dev & Placement	66,977	88,000	64,262	58,631	59,249
Dir, Student Academic Counseling	66,472	86,445	63,857	55,520	69,035
Assoc Dir, Student Counseling	60,576	70,917	53,851	53,064	68,880
Dir, Student Housing	67,000	98,545	62,918	55,450	48,402
Assoc Dir, Student Housing	52,849	67,010	48,042	43,328	*
Housing Officer/Admin Operations	57,438	65,774	49,440	42,475	*
Housing Officer/Residence Life	45,576	63,400	44,886	37,000	32,519
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Physician)	152,470	171,512	133,879	151,516	*
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Nurse)	69,912	87,430	68,500	60,000	69,867
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Non Med)	87,653	108,160	75,413	87,935	*
Dir, Counseling & Psych Srvcs	78,864	100,005	74,639	71,882	68,784
External Affairs
Assoc/Asst VP/Chancellor for Devel	120,580	155,000	104,602	111,738	102,528
Dir, Annual Giving	65,265	84,686	62,310	59,551	71,193
Dir, Corporate/Foundation Relations	82,857	100,000	76,000	77,060	77,040
Dir, Planned Giving	92,650	118,315	86,700	81,599	51,384
Dir, Alumni Affairs	70,020	104,320	66,505	61,295	60,190
Dir, Development & Alumni Affairs	79,785	91,020	85,309	66,992	62,380
Dir., Major gifts	87,960	118,995	80,670	80,000	67,613
Dir, Devel for Instit School/College	80,223	88,257	71,259	76,549	76,565
Dir, Donor Relations	64,715	75,000	57,025	61,200	67,474
Dir, Adv Research/Prospect Mgt	68,949	76,289	61,200	65,873	*
Dir, Governmental/Legislative Rel	128,750	147,787	107,792	95,813	98,602
Dir, Federal Relations	131,693	130,000	*	*	*
Dir, State Government Relations	110,000	113,300	99,282	*	*
Dir, Church Relations	58,500	*	65,585	53,204	*
Dir, Community Services	62,664	91,980	56,832	55,590	62,021
Dir, Publications	70,000	82,400	63,720	66,695	72,714
Assoc Dir, Publications	57,533	63,350	55,000	54,000	62,821
Dir, Information Office	70,222	90,048	66,666	62,425	61,327
Dir, News Bureau/Service	70,000	79,383	57,062	61,530	62,606
Dir, Marketing	79,682	95,846	77,802	71,048	71,855