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The median raise for mid-level administrators -- across job categories -- was no raise at all in 2009-10, according to an analysis being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
This is the first time in the 12 years that CUPA-HR has been conducting the survey that there was no increase. However, the results are not surprising, given that recent reports by the association have found no median increases in salaries for either senior administrators or faculty members.
In public higher education, the 0 percent median raise was uniform across sectors. In private higher education, doctoral institutions reported a 1 percent median increase and master's institutions a 0.2 percent increase.
As in past years, the highest median salaries were for positions -- staff physician and staff attorney -- for which there are high salaries outside academe. Staff physician had the highest median salary across sectors at $130,287. The lowest median position was security guard at $27,563.
Here are the medians by job title and sector. (A * indicates that the sample size was too small to analyze.)
Median Salaries for Mid-Level Administrators, 2009-10
Job | All | Doctorate | Master's | Baccalaureate | Associate |
Academic affairs | |||||
--Conference coordinator for continuing education | $43,115 | $43,470 | $ 42,130 | $36,240 | $46,132 |
--Continuing education specialist | 50,071 | 53,565 | 49,786 | 45,490 | 49,903 |
--Museum curator | 50,348 | 50,171 | 47,103 | 55,840 | 58,169 |
--Head of reference an instruction | 51,998 | 59,675 | 50,281 | 50,305 | 50,559 |
--Reference and instructional librarian | 43,312 | 44,864 | 44,402 | 39,943 | 43,342 |
--Catalog/metadata librarian | 50,666 | 52,686 | 50,411 | 47,490 | 62,597 |
--Cataloger librarian | 36,925 | 40,387 | 36,311 | 34,168 | 41,728 |
--Coordinator, library services for distance education | 52,572 | 57,666 | 47,224 | 53,951 | 55,978 |
--Government document, publications librarian | 50,867 | 57,127 | 49,271 | 45,900 | * |
--Serials librarian | 49,200 | 51,356 | 48,360 | 46,023 | * |
--Systems librarian (digital) | 58,447 | 64,553 | 55,907 | 51,014 | 48,289 |
--Admissions counselor | 34,581 | 35,683 | 34,433 | 32,230 | 38,931 |
--Financial aid counselor | 37,108 | 38,521 | 36,952 | 34,724 | 39,746 |
--Academic evaluator | 35,750 | 35,768 | 35,044 | 33,958 | 39,605 |
Business and administrative affairs | |||||
--Administrative specialist | 43,816 | 45,418 | 43,456 | 41,176 | 47,375 |
--Staff attorney | 105,000 | 107,797 | 94,211 | * | 101,590 |
--Buyer | 40,836 | 43,445 | 39,168 | 37,278 | 40,053 |
--Buyer, senior | 50,586 | 51,532 | 46,965 | 45,443 | 51,525 |
--Buyer, supervisory | 63,450 | 67,275 | 54,386 | 55,737 | 62,580 |
--Contract and grants specialist | 50,397 | 48,503 | 50,495 | 52,000 | 54,444 |
--Accountant | 42,120 | 43,574 | 41,324 | 40,041 | 42,441 |
--Accountant, senior | 53,541 | 53,597 | 52,727 | 50,705 | 54,960 |
--Accounting unit supervisor | 61,115 | 63,925 | 57,876 | 53,641 | 59,560 |
--Auditor | 52,660 | 52,124 | 49,445 | 64,006 | 55,100 |
--Auditor, senior | 64,406 | 64,770 | 63,896 | * | 64,190 |
--Budget analyst | 50,000 | 50,860 | 47,500 | 46,833 | 50,819 |
--Budget analyst, senior | 64,831 | 65,762 | 60,968 | 64,967 | 63,583 |
--Budget unit supervisor | 76,903 | 77,703 | 75,584 | 73,500 | 66,143 |
--Department business manager (small unit) | 54,540 | 56,513 | 50,397 | 49,889 | 49,152 |
--Department business manager (large unit) | 70,249 | 72,061 | 62,136 | 62,954 | 74,928 |
--Head cashier | 35,544 | 41,655 | 33,086 | 30,093 | 38,919 |
--Collections supervisor | 42,275 | 48,179 | 40,310 | 36,085 | 48,042 |
--Auditor, IT | 58,779 | 58,779 | * | * | * |
--Auditor, senior IT | 70,108 | 68,204 | * | * | * |
--Manager, audit | 90,174 | 91,015 | 88,538 | * | * |
--Manager, IT audit | 91,358 | 86,979 | * | * | * |
--Shipping and receiving supervisor | 40,585 | 41,050 | 40,585 | 37,591 | 39,657 |
--Print shop supervisor | 43,597 | 46,781 | 41,914 | 36,163 | 44,618 |
--Mail services supervisor | 37,480 | 43,110 | 35,880 | 31,909 | 41,584 |
--Child care center teacher | 31,179 | 31,981 | 32,230 | 30,280 | 30,478 |
--Child care site director | 53,380 | 60,000 | 50,888 | 47,346 | 53,131 |
--Textbook manager | 41,000 | 48,851 | 38,821 | 33,740 | 48,425 |
--Food service manager (unit) | 47,667 | 50,612 | 43,116 | 46,915 | 46,181 |
--Assistant police chief | 67,300 | 81,355 | 61,884 | 52,000 | 62,000 |
--Police lieutenant | 57,658 | 63,387 | 51,221 | 47,540 | 54,422 |
--Police sergeant | 47,154 | 53,893 | 42,449 | 39,936 | 46,948 |
--Police officer | 38,522 | 42,974 | 35,916 | 33,784 | 38,343 |
--Security guard | 27,563 | 27,832 | 27,362 | 27,004 | 30,092 |
--Environmental health and safety specialist | 52,375 | 52,131 | 51,098 | 48,609 | 53,627 |
--Safety officer | 52,249 | 57,453 | 46,591 | 46,036 | 49,311 |
--Skilled crafts supervisor | 53,565 | 57,666 | 51,506 | 51,048 | 49,997 |
--Coordinator construction projects | 64,000 | 65,520 | 61,058 | 63,563 | 60,743 |
--Architect | 73,070 | 72,558 | 66,495 | 75,171 | 80,898 |
--Facilities utilization planner | 56,000 | 58,350 | 50,390 | 53,121 | 53,312 |
--Facilities engineer | 65,673 | 68,315 | 60,686 | 63,440 | * |
--Manager of inventory | 46,414 | 47,290 | 43,701 | 34,465 | 48,547 |
Human resources | |||||
--Coordinator, disability services | 52,868 | 60,740 | 46,950 | 48,266 | 53,417 |
--Training specialist | 51,133 | 52,814 | 49,122 | 48,703 | 51,107 |
--EEO/affirmative action specialist | 54,787 | 54,139 | 51,602 | 52,900 | 55,193 |
--Employee relations specialist | 47,532 | 44,130 | 48,542 | * | 50,020 |
--Employee relations specialist, senior | 61,735 | 59,622 | 57,868 | * | 60,008 |
--Employee relations unit supervisor | 72,435 | 74,957 | 63,093 | * | 72,500 |
--HR generalist | 42,823 | 47,039 | 41,616 | 39,187 | 41,600 |
--HR generalist, senior | 55,750 | 57,456 | 53,044 | 48,813 | 58,735 |
--Credential specialist | 43,073 | 49,161 | 43,152 | 39,072 | 40,906 |
--Compensation specialist | 46,422 | 46,459 | 41,832 | 46,157 | 45,760 |
--Compensation specialist, senior | 59,056 | 59,000 | 56,220 | * | 55,224 |
--Compensation/classification unit supervisor | 67,901 | 67,048 | 67,259 | * | 56,418 |
--Benefits specialist | 41,240 | 41,327 | 40,859 | 39,068 | 44,934 |
--Benefits specialist, senior | 51,325 | 51,981 | 48,953 | 48,642 | 55,463 |
--Benefits unit supervisor | 63,334 | 63,913 | 60,165 | * | 56,074 |
--Labor relations specialist | 54,060 | 51,749 | * | * | * |
--Labor relations specialist, senior | 71,933 | 73,492 | * | * | * |
--Labor relations unit supervisor | 94,259 | 90,000 | * | * | * |
--Employment specialist | 40,687 | 42,532 | 37,061 | 38,355 | 40,680 |
--Employment specialist, senior | 51,453 | 51,368 | 49,738 | 54,955 | 48,129 |
--Employment unit supervisor | 72,221 | 72,442 | 70,672 | * | 71,062 |
--Advisor disability services | 43,373 | 43,476 | 43,913 | 41,063 | 41,493 |
--Work life coordinator | 57,750 | 54,944 | * | * | * |
Information Technology | |||||
--Programmer analyst | 52,493 | 53,924 | 50,833 | 51,874 | 55,553 |
--Programmer analyst, senior | 63,878 | 65,865 | 60,434 | 62,730 | 66,849 |
--Programmer analyst, supervisor | 76,488 | 81,205 | 71,750 | 71,252 | 70,831 |
--Systems programmer | 53,289 | 56,683 | 51,258 | 49,334 | 52,602 |
--Systems programmer, senior | 69,061 | 69,889 | 65,132 | 65,292 | 78,124 |
--Systems programmer, supervisor | 80,131 | 83,021 | 72,625 | 79,475 | 85,030 |
--IT security analyst/engineer | 64,038 | 67,384 | 60,255 | 58,261 | 68,018 |
--Telecommunications manager | 59,022 | 78,762 | 53,367 | 49,417 | 60,727 |
--Network engineer | 60,651 | 65,345 | 55,104 | 54,996 | 60,713 |
--E-mail administrator | 63,586 | 69,420 | 60,131 | 57,750 | 57,447 |
--Network administrator | 58,386 | 62,700 | 57,624 | 55,052 | 57,445 |
--System administrator | 57,255 | 59,870 | 54,486 | 54,207 | 59,648 |
--Database administrator | 64,950 | 70,561 | 63,212 | 59,267 | 66,364 |
--Data administrator | 62,588 | 68,600 | 51,936 | 51,106 | 50,442 |
--Manager, Web services/Web master | 56,555 | 64,071 | 55,483 | 51,472 | 54,200 |
--Web graphics designer | 48,183 | 49,386 | 46,460 | 47,515 | 48,236 |
--Web content developer | 48,611 | 50,408 | 47,012 | 47,690 | 49,331 |
--Computer operator, entry | 33,216 | 31,622 | 35,111 | 30,971 | 34,722 |
--Computer operator, senior | 41,574 | 39,757 | 41,418 | 41,203 | 47,385 |
--Computer operations supervisor | 56,202 | 56,550 | 50,843 | 57,562 | 59,094 |
--IT support specialist | 43,390 | 45,296 | 43,159 | 42,550 | 38,717 |
--Help desk specialist/technician | 37,665 | 40,623 | 36,775 | 36,293 | 36,256 |
--Help desk manager | 51,579 | 60,819 | 48,867 | 46,407 | 54,160 |
--IT technical writer | 47,986 | 48,338 | 44,825 | * | * |
--IT project manager | 71,500 | 76,448 | 70,512 | 58,337 | 66,635 |
--Electronic resources librarian | 52,296 | 56,738 | 50,428 | 48,620 | 51,641 |
--Media librarian | 54,195 | 61,161 | 48,176 | 52,800 | * |
--Instructional technology specialist | 48,865 | 51,998 | 47,575 | 50,000 | 44,743 |
--Multimedia specialist/technician | 41,837 | 44,372 | 41,570 | 40,400 | 42,032 |
Athletics | |||||
--Assistant athletic trainer/physical therapist | 38,194 | 40,207 | 37,566 | 36,109 | 49,019 |
--Head athletic trainer | 52,902 | 68,034 | 50,564 | 47,981 | 48,403 |
--Ticket manager (athletic event) | 43,770 | 48,779 | 39,750 | 43,540 | * |
--Head coach-football | 87,337 | 236,630 | 83,487 | 70,640 | 72,300 |
--Offensive coordinator-football | 60,000 | 157,500 | 50,409 | 40,935 | * |
--Defensive coordinator-football | 61,120 | 146,225 | 52,285 | 42,436 | * |
--Assistant coach-football | 42,367 | 88,750 | 40,438 | 34,627 | * |
--Head coach-baseball | 56,100 | 83,230 | 54,007 | 46,284 | 57,680 |
--Assistant coach-baseball | 36,000 | 44,785 | 33,150 | 26,034 | 35,093 |
--Head coach-men’s basketball | 74,675 | 215,000 | 72,440 | 57,000 | 56,375 |
--Assistant coach-men’s basketball | 43,826 | 79,567 | 40,177 | 32,000 | 30,121 |
--Head coach-women’s basketball | 66,950 | 142,000 | 65,000 | 52,136 | 54,798 |
--Assistant coach-women’s basketball | 39,922 | 55,000 | 37,127 | 30,000 | 31,00 |
--Head coach-cross country | 39,917 | 48,000 | 38,527 | 36,000 | * |
--Head coach-track and field | 51,027 | 71,809 | 49,141 | 43,598 | * |
--Head coach-x country/track/field | 54,649 | 63,408 | 52,509 | 49,400 | * |
--Head coach-skiing (Alpine/Nordic) | 50,807 | 53,244 | * | 52,357 | * |
--Head coach-swimming and diving | 55,017 | 65,000 | 48,500 | 50,646 | * |
--Head coach-men’s golf | 46,064 | 66,000 | 40,893 | 38,200 | * |
--Head coach-men’s gymnastics | 83,499 | 84,436 | * | * | * |
--Head coach-men’s ice hockey | 92,034 | 170,000 | 80,800 | 86,888 | * |
--Head coach-men’s lacrosse | 49,212 | 95,497 | 43,900 | 47,000 | * |
--Head coach-men’s rowing | 52,368 | 68,950 | 50,653 | 53,518 | * |
--Head coach-men’s soccer | 50,173 | 68,289 | 45,146 | 46,200 | * |
--Head coach-men’s tennis | 46,045 | 64,938 | 40,734 | 42,000 | * |
--Head coach-men’s volleyball | 52,003 | 69,000 | 48,059 | 39,064 | * |
--Head coach-men’s wrestling | 54,645 | 72,053 | 50,000 | 46,175 | * |
--Head coach-women’s field hockey | 50,838 | 61,900 | 47,887 | 45,377 | * |
--Head coach-women’s golf | 47,014 | 62,220 | 38,583 | 33,250 | * |
--Head coach-women’s gymnastics | 69,565 | 82,160 | 61,225 | * | * |
--Head coach-women’s ice hockey | 58,968 | 95,176 | 52,316 | 56,000 | * |
--Head coach-women’s lacrosse | 46,884 | 61,458 | 42,339 | 44,700 | * |
--Head coach-women’s rowing | 55,000 | 64,017 | 43,264 | 54,783 | * |
--Head coach-women’s soccer | 48,366 | 63,293 | 45,818 | 42,546 | * |
--Head coach-women’s softball | 47,850 | 64,323 | 45,948 | 42,500 | 44,846 |
--Head coach-women’s tennis | 48,000 | 60,000 | 38,956 | 43,011 | * |
--Head coach-women’s volleyball | 51,000 | 73,150 | 48,175 | 44,467 | 41,000 |
Student Affairs | |||||
--Intramural/recreation coordinator | 39,147 | 42,845 | 37,851 | 35,020 | 38,576 |
--Student activities officer | 40,812 | 43,305 | 38,687 | 36,084 | 44,394 |
--Campus minister | 46,094 | 46,573 | 43,555 | 48,488 | * |
--Sign language interpreter | 45,090 | 47,358 | 42,210 | 45,180 | 43,833 |
--Events coordinator | 40,502 | 41,237 | 40,365 | 38,204 | 43,260 |
--Events technical services coordinator | 42,580 | 43,241 | 40,668 | 41,069 | 44,609 |
--Academic adviser/counselor | 40,290 | 40,290 | 40,060 | 40,361 | 40,511 |
--Student career counselor | 42,000 | 43,506 | 41,081 | 42,000 | 42,494 |
--Cooperative program coordinator | 45,082 | 45,591 | 45,830 | 42,977 | 42,213 |
--Study abroad adviser | 40,868 | 41,095 | 39,474 | 41,264 | * |
--Academic support center coordinator | 47,174 | 49,560 | 46,218 | 45,227 | 47,059 |
--Residence hall manager (room/board included) | 29,537 | 31,748 | 29,149 | 27,801 | 26,412 |
--Residence hall manager (room/board not Included | 37,367 | 40,667 | 37,695 | 28,557 | * |
--Counseling psychologist | 57,848 | 57,857 | 56,327 | 60,241 | 69,988 |
--Counselor | 46,985 | 47,009 | 45,293 | 46,575 | 51,956 |
--Nurse practitioner | 71,669 | 73,841 | 65,698 | 66,730 | 68,614 |
--Staff nurse | 46,584 | 50,753 | 45,151 | 43,375 | 59,809 |
--Staff physician | 130,287 | 130,622 | 127,600 | 153,918 | * |
--Clinical research nurse | 59,869 | 61,776 | * | * | * |
--Pharmacist | 93,600 | 94,814 | 82,094 | * | * |
External Affairs | |||||
--Annual giving officer-entry level | 39,625 | 41,833 | 38,030 | 36,050 | 52,019 |
--Annual giving officer-senior level | 50,380 | 53,913 | 47,071 | 49,040 | 49,902 |
--Alumni relations officer-entry level | 39,256 | 41,000 | 38,602 | 36,436 | 42,124 |
--Alumni relations officer-senior level | 50,000 | 55,106 | 46,963 | 46,500 | 50,000 |
--Major gift officer-entry level | 52,000 | 54,976 | 50,690 | 52,000 | * |
--Major gift officer-senior level | 71,955 | 79,765 | 67,462 | 70,320 | 66,282 |
--Planned giving officer-entry level | 48,961 | 52,884 | 46,935 | 49,044 | * |
--Planned giving officer-senior level | 79,985 | 92,220 | 78,917 | 73,125 | * |
--Coordinator, resource development | 43,106 | 46,000 | 41,693 | 40,878 | 47,050 |
--Public information specialist | 45,000 | 46,990 | 43,243 | 41,677 | 47,530 |
--Assistant editor | 40,055 | 39,367 | 42,260 | 41,300 | * |
--Editor | 48,562 | 47,844 | 48,072 | 53,662 | 41,648 |
--Graphic designer | 42,571 | 42,771 | 41,942 | 42,296 | 43,563 |
--Writer | 44,876 | 46,903 | 44,088 | 43,080 | 44,466 |
--Assistant writer | 36,754 | 38,533 | 36,000 | * | * |
--Photographer | 42,545 | 43,139 | 41,800 | 43,974 | 43,588 |
--Producer/director (television) | 49,964 | 50,644 | 46,320 | 51,305 | 56,862 |
--Program manager (television) | 54,509 | 55,412 | 53,518 | * | 58,452 |
--Television engineer, senior | 52,534 | 51,291 | 52,837 | * | 59,715 |
--Manager, FM radio station | 61,120 | 74,117 | 58,030 | 49,500 | 60,952 |
Manager, TV station | 66,780 | 84,550 | 51,862 | * | 67,425 |
Engineering/Research and Agricultural | |||||
--Electrical/electronic engineer | 56,496 | 57,817 | 52,437 | 51,447 | * |
--Electrical/electronic engineer, senior | 76,335 | 76,998 | 69,925 | * | * |
--Mechanical engineer | 60,673 | 61,345 | 59,022 | * | * |
--Mechanical engineer, senior | 79,168 | 81,191 | * | * | * |
--Research assistant-natural/physical sciences | 39,148 | 41,192 | 34,603 | 38,664 | * |
--Research assistant, senior-natural/physical sciences | 49,161 | 50,648 | 48,778 | 53,561 | * |
--Research assistant-social/behavioral sciences | 41,910 | 42,470 | * | * | * |
--Research assistant, senior-social/behavioral sciences | 55,567 | 57,550 | 48,764 | * | * |
--Lab coordinator | 44,008 | 46,231 | 43,296 | 40,436 | 44,901 |
--Laboratory technician II | 35,057 | 33,532 | 33,720 | 36,579 | 40,901 |
--Laboratory technician IV | 42,263 | 42,748 | 41,508 | 47,239 | 33,837 |
--Research field technician | 37,528 | 36,670 | 41,842 | 44,005 | * |
--Research computer specialist | 55,776 | 56,684 | 50,138 | 48,782 | * |
--Electronic technician supervisor | 58,163 | 58,163 | 57,925 | * | * |
--Research project engineer | 60,710 | 60,360 | * | * | * |
--Veterinarian | 96,624 | 97,111 | * | * | * |
--Animal care manager | 50,449 | 55,351 | 43,216 | 35,963 | * |
--Farm manager | 47,873 | 48,866 | 46,142 | 41,888 | * |