Survey: administrators in higher ed see 2.4% increase in base salary

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After three years in which private college and university administrators led their public counterparts in salary gains, the publics are on top in 2013-14.

The gains in public higher education are also larger than those of a year before, while the private increase is smaller than last year's, according to a study released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Overall, the increase is 2.4 percent -- with the public increase 2.5 percent and the private increase 2.3 percent. Based on an increase of 1.5 percent in the Consumer Price Index for the period covered, that means that public and private administrators are all enjoying increases in purchasing power.

The following table shows the gains over the last four years for public and private higher education:

Gains in Base Salary for Administrators, Public vs. Private

Year	Public	Private
2010-11	0.0%	2.0%
2011-12	1.5%	2.5%
2012-13	2.0%	2.5%
2013-14	2.5%	2.3%

The results come in a year in which many states started to put more money into public higher education, following the deep cuts that started after the economy took so many hits in 2008.

Comparing colleges by highest degrees awarded, doctoral institutions saw the largest gains for administrators (2.6 percent), higher than those for master's institutions (2.0 percent), baccalaureate (2.3 percent), associate institutions (2.4 percent) and specialized institutions (2.0 percent). And doctoral institutions are the only category in which private gains out paced those of the public sector.

Gains in Base Salary for Administrators, by Degree Levels, 2013-14

Year	Public	Private
Doctoral	2.5%	2.7%
Master's	2.2%	2.0%
Baccalaureate	2.5%	2.3%
Associate	2.5%	2.5%
Specialized	2.0%	2.0%

CUPA-HR also releases median salaries for various administrator job categories, broken down by Carnegie classification.

Median Salaries by Sector, 2013-14

An * indicates that there are not enough people in the sample to produce a statistically valid median.

	All	Doctoral	Master's	Bacc.	Assoc.
Top Executive and Senior Officers
Chief Exec Officer, System	$370,940	$465,618	$311,217	*	$285,338
CEO, Single Inst/Campus in Syst	275,000	425,000	275,000	265,000	184,782
Exec VP/Vice Chancellor	186,750	326,863	181,456	155,625	154,884
Chief Acad Affairs Officer/Prov	178,884	302,841	185,000	160,500	126,616
Chief Business Officer	172,000	250,000	175,393	160,000	123,974
Chief Athletics Admr	109,497	238,736	108,441	90,166	80,392
Chief Audit Officer	112,366	129,480	86,453	89,721	97,346
Chief Dev/ Advance Officer	155,000	248,373	154,000	149,868	96,155
Chief Enrollment Mgt Officer	134,716	171,652	135,000	130,047	92,776
Chief Exten/ Engagement Officer	137,148	198,430	113,520	*	119,609
Chief External Affairs Officer	164,353	200,069	143,237	112,600	140,446
Chief Facilities Officer	110,677	161,095	106,899	93,125	94,000
Chief Financial Officer	157,927	231,274	145,441	137,963	116,481
Chief Health Affairs Officer	377,597	539,537	*	*	*
Chief Human Resources Officer	106,240	158,750	102,180	88,000	96,920
Chief Info/ IT Officer	128,283	208,959	125,000	108,150	104,873
Chief Instal Planning Officer	140,688	187,733	122,247	128,272	106,378
Chief Instal Research Officer	90,000	118,418	84,431	81,201	85,000
Chief Investment Officer	204,651	227,084	105,060	234,328	*
Chief Legal Affairs Officer	185,000	218,184	153,000	162,000	141,271
Chief Library Officer	90,352	165,866	92,210	78,015	73,218
Chief Pub Relations Officer	106,111	172,000	100,161	92,335	84,004
Chief Research Officer	225,500	247,638	125,013	112,725	109,058
Chief Stu Affairs/ Life Officer	133,429	202,995	137,007	121,708	106,575
Academic Deans
Dean Agriculture	224,142	240,000	142,000	*	*
Dean Architecture/ Design	201,310	213,761	160,710	*	*
Dean Arts and Letters	133,952	180,000	129,300	103,810	96,662
Dean Arts and Sciences	146,217	225,000	139,182	119,225	91,800
Dean Biological and Life Sci	140,300	217,125	140,300	*	92,816
Dean Business	170,000	293,096	159,014	125,000	95,209
Dean Computer and Info Sci	167,250	259,560	154,896	*	104,344
Dean Continuing Ed	112,839	167,074	115,000	92,016	93,000
Dean Coop Extension	189,780	192,800	*	*	*
Dean Dentistry	317,398	328,467	*	*	*
Dean Divinity/ Religion	96,463	140,770	93,636	82,400	*
Dean Education	144,330	199,614	130,000	95,000	91,489
Dean Engineering	241,327	275,000	189,750	112,059	97,000
Dean External Degree Prgms	91,260	*	*	*	91,260
Dean Family and Cons Sci	200,000	200,000	*	*	*
Dean Fine Arts	138,585	192,175	132,774	109,702	102,087
Dean Forestry/ Environ Studies	181,882	200,830	*	*	*
Dean Gov/ Pub Affairs/ Pub Pol	262,650	262,650	*	*	*
Dean Graduate School	145,353	187,250	125,815	96,253	*
Dean Hth-Related Professions	131,931	192,200	140,634	100,982	92,475
Dean Honors Program	132,665	145,707	105,000	*	*
Dean Humanities	115,770	197,176	133,392	102,866	95,605
Dean Instruction	94,194	*	101,214	102,391	93,754
Dean Journalism/ Mass Comm	190,238	204,000	166,930	*	89,903
Dean Law	300,000	310,000	269,180	*	*
Dean Library Sciences	138,048	163,997	116,430	*	88,188
Dean Mathematics	102,157	*	157,790	*	96,255
Dean Medicine	484,730	501,350	388,125	*	*
Dean Music	183,641	197,515	144,999	*	*
Dean Nursing	133,419	213,840	127,264	110,500	92,776
Dean Occup Studies/ Voc Ed/Tech	99,425	146,520	136,178	121,904	91,008
Dean Performing Arts	153,130	210,000	153,130	*	*
Dean Pharmacy	240,000	257,648	210,000	*	*
Dean Public Admin	142,000	226,569	*	*	*
Dean Pub Health	262,628	285,000	*	*	*
Dean Sciences	140,000	220,000	138,849	101,959	94,835
Dean Social Sciences	117,884	227,480	140,390	96,419	90,804
Dean Social Work	198,042	206,431	120,000	*	*
Dean Special Programs	95,078	*	135,800	102,816	87,000
Dean Undergrad Programs	125,211	180,730	116,549	103,831	*
Dean Vet Medicine	253,860	257,720	*	*	*
Dean of Students	92,521	127,000	89,130	81,853	88,025
Instit Adminis- trators
Chief Accnting Officer/ Contrlr	101,599	149,300	98,940	91,865	86,594
Chief Admin Officer	163,036	219,950	131,654	130,000	123,164
Chief Architect	110,411	124,375	99,273	101,567	106,680
Chief Auxiliary Services Officr	99,024	135,758	88,471	88,356	86,455
Chief Budget Officer	110,052	140,040	103,875	95,717	93,625
Chief Purchasing Officer	83,265	107,907	75,039	71,311	73,189
Chief EO/AA Officer	98,025	106,575	88,512	80,255	84,077
Chief Diversity Officer	111,348	157,350	98,004	85,607	82,043
Chief Hospital Admr	426,002	414,224	*	*	*
Chief Veterinary Hospital Admr	160,000	159,000	*	*	*
Chief Student Admissions Officer	88,080	118,248	85,797	79,921	74,206
Chief Fin Aid Officer	81,061	107,499	80,109	71,382	74,767
Chief Student Registr/ Rec Off	78,641	105,752	80,000	70,058	69,156
Chief Tech Transfer Officer	170,413	170,413	*	*	*
Chief Spons Resrch/ Prgms Admr	98,088	121,422	89,211	84,191	84,419
Chief Contracts & Grants Admr	84,602	97,731	71,937	63,909	74,360
Deputy Chief Library Officer	85,785	105,137	81,590	77,316	70,223
Deputy Chief, Student Affairs	96,870	127,805	91,233	76,583	91,123
Associate VP/VC for Research	158,815	175,632	*	61,986	88,407
Deputy Provost	161,302	196,600	140,000	122,625	119,015
Assoc Provost	126,340	160,979	125,686	106,581	95,900
Asst Provost	102,092	123,896	102,167	85,000	97,011
Chief of Staff to Syst/Inst CEO	139,282	175,000	132,000	121,750	105,000
Heads of Divisions, Depts & Centers
Dep Chief Financial Officer	104,971	134,474	102,926	93,845	80,218
Dep Chief Facilities Officer	84,867	110,250	81,124	73,080	69,711
Dep Chief HR Officer	82,307	99,200	75,695	71,993	79,699
Dep Chief Info/ IT Officer	109,705	145,584	104,572	83,559	94,577
Dep Chief Athletics Officer	77,636	116,699	70,000	64,389	67,450
Dep Chief Advance/ Dev Officer	117,070	161,712	107,351	113,768	81,011
Dep Chief Budget Officer	90,000	105,001	77,498	71,400	76,760
Bursar	70,039	90,850	66,718	61,797	67,293
Chief Camp Bookstore Admr	60,750	91,323	62,762	54,771	62,142
Chief Continuing Ed Admr	83,823	106,733	77,000	76,875	74,600
Chief Camp Distance Ed Admr	84,431	100,000	76,666	65,545	83,232
Chief Internatl Ed Admr	86,471	110,238	83,500	70,300	79,000
Chief Intnl Studies Ed Adm	79,268	90,695	73,137	76,822	*
Chief Environ Hth & Safety Admr	90,345	107,132	77,524	72,210	70,593
Chief Camp Risk Mgt & Ins Admr	93,933	113,500	73,485	75,828	84,274
Chief Camp Sec Admr/ Police	82,845	118,752	79,992	65,261	74,104
Dep Chief Sec/Police	71,124	91,147	64,655	57,486	61,085
Chief Parking/ Transport Admr	80,000	88,401	63,945	49,905	*
Chief Employment Admr	74,721	85,845	66,900	69,498	74,900
Chief Payroll Admr	65,920	85,136	60,024	54,050	63,432
Chief Benefits Admr	74,316	88,478	64,212	70,700	73,331
Chief Employee Rel Admr	87,590	94,640	84,686	87,435	81,113
Chief Classif/ Comp Admr	82,861	87,600	71,473	80,825	82,343
Chief HR Info Systs Admr	81,047	93,524	69,008	70,686	80,395
Chief Training & Dev Admr	82,926	89,164	73,200	79,312	78,670
Chief Camp Food/Dining Svs Admr	93,178	111,850	85,833	89,217	64,311
Dep Chief Food/ Din Svs Adm	71,724	80,651	61,800	64,050	46,291
Chief Research Park Admr	160,270	170,284	*	*	*
Chief Camp Real Estate Admr	120,716	123,316	94,395	*	*
Chief Camp Energy & Util Admr	95,821	103,640	87,403	85,413	*
Chief Camp TeleCom/ Netw Admr	94,348	117,248	87,300	86,227	84,580
Chief Camp Enterprise Applic	106,245	125,000	97,978	100,518	94,904
Chief Camp Academic Computing	90,583	107,956	86,721	75,827	80,806
Chief Camp Adm Computing Admr	94,803	127,000	90,484	83,767	83,340
Chief Camp Research Computing	115,796	115,796	*	*	*
Chief Camp IT Security Admr	100,306	113,881	88,685	80,000	82,896
Chief Student Activ Admr	60,000	75,421	58,976	50,126	60,631
Chief Student Center Admr	79,335	93,500	67,935	64,877	*
Chief Camp Greek Life Admr	53,078	57,886	44,402	42,400	*
Chief Camp Acad Advising Admr	69,578	81,306	68,399	60,039	62,406
Chief Career Services Admr	69,919	90,000	66,364	63,242	65,000
Chief Student Counsel Cntr	82,670	105,000	76,943	74,614	69,364
Chief Stu Hth Cntr/ Non-Med	91,722	113,263	81,884	77,900	55,743
Chief Stu Hth Cntr/ MD Admr	163,958	180,000	142,268	158,013	*
Chief Stu Hth Ctr/ Nrs/Prac	73,383	84,447	72,000	63,728	71,998
Chief Student Housing Admr	70,206	99,000	68,000	56,000	52,498
Chief Annual Giving Admr	69,712	84,840	66,033	62,961	76,473
Chief Corp/ Fdn Rel Admr	85,010	105,325	78,893	79,296	82,871
Chief Planned Giving Admr	99,450	132,189	92,000	92,298	*
Chief Camp Alumni Affairs Admr	75,469	110,811	72,598	66,358	59,321
Chief Camp Major Gifts Admr	92,565	133,280	83,320	88,589	76,133
Chief Camp Donor Rel Admr	71,043	82,500	63,894	65,313	51,652
Chief Advance Svs Admr	71,732	82,050	66,950	67,002	*
Chief Camp Fed Gov/Legis Liaisn	142,413	147,716	129,630	*	*
Chief Camp State/ Loc Gov Liais	117,000	130,784	103,796	98,550	92,561
Chief Camp Marketing Admr	85,000	99,978	81,600	76,506	75,878
Chief Publications Admr	73,963	85,905	65,707	67,861	77,917
Chief Study Abroad Admr	73,471	77,656	69,913	74,186	*
Chief Workf/ Career Dev Adm	87,000	105,864	75,406	59,200	95,543
Chief Bus Affairs Off, Coll/Div	101,156	106,117	86,828	73,188	94,939
Chief HR Officer, College/Div	80,541	82,676	70,000	*	77,532
Academic Associate/ Assistant Deans
A/A Dean, Agriculture	159,650	161,950	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Arch/Design	121,002	121,086	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters	97,594	111,933	93,300	*	76,946
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences	109,685	130,115	101,729	101,577	72,685
A/A Dean, Biological & Life Sci	115,110	122,368	103,383	*	*
A/A Dean, Business	135,030	167,627	119,991	81,688	80,734
A/A Dean, Computer & Info Sci	112,706	159,492	98,700	*	*
A/A Dean, Continuing Ed	92,994	107,911	90,457	74,351	77,820
A/A Dean, Coop Extens	154,568	158,985	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Dentistry	184,297	177,132	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Divinity/Relig	102,578	113,329	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Education	105,000	121,772	99,797	85,345	72,841
A/A Dean, Engineering	148,784	156,150	128,383	*	*
A/A Dean, Ext Degr Prgms	83,139	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Fam/Cons Sci/Hum Sci	129,730	130,058	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Fine Arts	94,779	104,253	86,471	*	*
A/A Dean, Forestry & Envir Stds	122,340	123,165	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affrs/ Pub Pol	136,805	145,000	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgms	103,551	118,736	91,880	88,752	*
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs	116,115	134,412	106,820	*	86,700
A/A Dean, Honors Program	99,114	102,025	80,043	*	*
A/A Dean, Humanities	106,837	127,039	95,433	*	78,088
A/A Dean, Instruction	84,050	*	*	*	82,267
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm	115,272	123,343	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Law	155,208	157,016	153,444	*	*
A/A Dean Library Sci	101,262	103,010	95,275	*	*
A/A Dean, Mathematics	82,545	*	*	*	75,464
A/A Dean, Medicine	203,609	210,185	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Music	98,796	98,796	100,122	*	*
A/A Dean, Nursing	114,990	135,046	106,090	83,671	78,197
A/A Dean, Occup/Voc Ed/Tech	85,206	99,567	*	*	80,043
A/A Dean, Performing Arts	100,000	100,260	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Pharmacy	146,719	152,981	136,017	*	*
A/A Dean, Pub Admin	110,311	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Pub Health	140,000	157,614	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Sciences	119,800	130,984	116,119	*	81,600
A/A Dean, Social Sciences	100,025	119,636	88,715	*	74,987
A/A Dean, Social Work	118,387	119,811	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Special Prgms	76,756	77,333	77,828	*	73,680
A/A Dean, Undergrad Prgms	93,264	118,861	81,219	86,706	*
A/A Dean, Veterinary Medicine	174,269	172,500	*	*	*