Professional Salaries Up 2.2%

Gains are larger at public institutions.

By

March 30, 2015

Professional positions in higher education administration saw an overall median base salary increase of 2.2 percent in 2014, according to a report issued today by the College and University Professional Association of Human Resources.

The increase a year ago was 2.1 percent. Reversing a trend of recent years, increases at public colleges and universities were greater than those at private institutions (2.3 percent vs. 2.1 percent).

Of the various positions covered by this report, the best compensated positions (excluding coaches) were (on average): staff physician ($148,722), followed by staff lawyer, veterinarian, pharmacist, senior technology licensing officer. The lowest paid position was that of student residence hall manager ($31,470 plus room and board).

A report by CUPA-HR last month covered salaries of senior administrators, who saw average gains of 2.4 percent.

The following table shows median salaries from the report being issued today.

	Research Univs	Other Doctoral	Master's	Bacc.	Assoc.
Academic Affairs
Exec Assist to Sys or Inst CEO	91,824	80,000	67,179	62,299	58,239
Admin Specialist/Coord	51,520	48,063	46,586	46,561	47,969
Study Abroad Advisor	42,735	44,942	42,560	45,331	45,003
Academic Support Center Coord	51,806	50,010	47,584	45,313	50,602
Head, Campus Lrng Resources Ctr	86,219	63,339	62,406	59,229	59,825
Head, Campus Teaching Center	100,393	96,496	81,940	74,548	62,697
Credential Specialist	49,339	51,458	47,314	40,241	54,612
Academic Evaluator	42,618	45,393	39,255	37,585	47,718
Head, Foreign Student Services	79,488	60,439	60,982	51,566	56,924
Head, Stu Academic Counseling	77,783	61,554	59,016	62,838	59,474
Academic Advisor/ Counselor	43,757	43,110	42,140	41,126	44,285
Librarian, Head of Acquisitions	70,673	60,589	62,428	52,093	50,378
Librarian, Head of Tech Svs	90,875	72,811	61,944	58,540	53,700
Librarian, Head, Pub/Access Svs	83,846	71,851	60,301	58,623	50,144
Librarian, Head of Cataloging	72,652	68,750	56,913	60,000	48,456
Librarian, Head, Collect Devel	78,535	77,603	63,573	63,457	*
Librarian, Head, Archives/Recds	81,862	65,905	57,105	57,363	59,948
Librarian, Syst/Digital Coll	72,368	64,757	56,375	58,140	61,853
Librarian, Head, Ref/ Instr (II)	70,470	61,515	59,852	58,650	49,956
Librarian, Ref/ Instr (Lev I)	55,727	54,446	49,828	48,695	49,713
Librarian, Catal/ Metadata (II)	58,568	54,566	52,365	52,714	63,967
Librarian, Cataloger (Level I)	50,739	45,790	43,370	41,481	46,471
Librarian, Electronic Resources	61,250	58,403	52,173	55,008	68,930
Librarian, Media	60,552	64,462	57,222	51,995	*
Library Svs Coord for Dist Ed	61,368	81,876	51,071	49,935	53,408
Librarian, Gov Docs/Pubs	62,337	56,911	55,400	56,172	*
Librarian, Serials	*	*	*	*	*
Librarian, Head, Branch Lib	90,884	69,788	65,907	80,308	53,080
Librarian, Head of Access Services	77,539	74,118	55,524	66,570	*
Librarian, Access Services	57,708	50,614	45,602	38,988	*
Librarian, Special Collections/ Archives	61,611	54,051	45,497	54,267	*
Librarian, Data and Geographical Info	62,455	*	71,431	*	*
Librarian, Emerging Technology	62,039	54,000	54,778	52,275	*
Librarian, User Exper/ Assessment	64,098	*	57,108	59,285	*
Head, Campus Museum	125,459	83,547	72,267	93,078	91,907
Archive/Museum/Gallery Curator	57,526	48,641	50,031	55,913	50,415
Continuing Ed Specialist	59,427	53,984	54,264	51,435	55,435
Continuing Ed Conf/Wrkshp Coord	49,785	50,430	47,002	43,758	51,990
Instr Tech, Faculty Support Mgr	76,688	64,460	61,039	57,989	60,000
Web Content Developer	56,300	54,768	51,054	49,607	53,875
Web Graphics Designer	53,808	53,872	44,893	46,932	46,358
Instr Technology, Specialist	54,241	53,000	51,813	54,910	49,690
Online Instr Designer, Entry	54,154	53,692	47,736	46,865	45,570
Online Instr Designer, Sr	61,411	54,540	57,905	58,066	57,044
Head, Campus Ed Media Services	86,044	80,297	61,641	61,062	66,668
Head, Exec Ed	139,750	*	89,357	93,766	81,870
Head, Theater/Perform Arts Ctr	107,519	63,857	70,130	63,099	63,700
Student Affairs
Head, Min/ Multicult Stu Affairs	79,181	67,014	60,000	58,157	61,050
Cooperative Ed Program Coord	49,028	46,970	48,923	47,826	51,871
Head, Campus Ministries	106,239	68,261	63,967	67,770	*
Head, Women's Center	70,222	56,100	59,124	63,254	66,550
Campus Chaplain	62,626	53,757	49,208	53,959	*
Deputy Head, Stu Admissions	76,354	63,000	55,169	53,841	56,668
Stu Admissions Counselor	39,154	38,606	36,647	34,922	40,641
Head, Campus Grad Admissions	82,325	71,000	61,831	52,522	*
Student Career Counselor	46,316	44,900	44,028	44,930	48,375
Deputy Head, Stu Financial Aid	73,550	63,420	55,469	54,000	56,099
Stu Financial Aid Counselor	41,624	40,731	38,916	38,200	43,345
Deputy Head, Stu Housing	75,656	59,545	52,825	42,984	*
Stu Housing, Admin Ops Officer	72,547	54,431	48,478	46,115	*
Stu Housing, Res Life Officer	60,745	50,845	43,000	38,161	44,359
Stu Res Hall Mgr (R&B incl)	33,197	31,600	31,000	29,333	34,889
Stu Res Hall Mgr (R&B not incl)	37,000	35,906	37,000	34,236	*
Deputy Head, Stu Activities	56,664	47,858	45,699	40,850	54,895
Head, Campus Rec/Intramurals	87,818	75,065	60,203	56,216	46,225
Stu Activities Officer	44,687	45,000	39,584	39,752	45,970
Deputy Head, Campus Rec/ Intram	59,302	55,484	46,051	44,117	*
Deputy Head, Campus Stu Union	62,546	54,445	52,138	48,831	*
Campus Rec/Intramural Coord	43,756	41,001	39,801	35,704	41,828
Deputy Head, Stu Counseling	81,164	74,140	62,913	64,026	57,897
Stu Counseling Psychologist	64,599	62,457	57,194	60,580	61,079
Student Counselor	50,473	48,362	47,504	48,359	52,696
Assoc Registrar	72,003	62,718	53,662	51,295	54,814
Assist Registrar	56,336	48,318	44,564	40,860	44,992
Institutional Affairs
Staff Attorney	119,520	98,266	100,000	121,591	106,629
HR Generalist	50,419	50,000	45,054	44,377	47,081
HR Generalist, Sr	66,619	61,643	56,594	55,000	55,578
HR Class & Comp Specialist	52,518	55,000	48,000	*	50,510
HR Class & Comp Specialist, Sr	66,905	66,569	54,712	54,682	65,161
HR Class & Comp Unit Supervisor	81,201	69,321	65,004	*	70,000
HR Benefits Specialist	45,542	48,793	43,507	44,473	47,352
HR Benefits Specialist, Sr	56,405	58,000	55,000	52,333	56,119
HR Benefits Unit Supervisor	74,312	77,343	65,290	*	72,100
HR Employment Specialist	47,880	44,615	41,327	42,447	44,163
HR Employment Specialist, Sr	57,025	52,134	53,271	56,758	62,500
HR Employment Unit Supervisor	70,973	71,000	66,449	*	59,778
HR Employee Relatns Specialist	54,390	53,000	58,822	*	55,530
HR Employee Rel Specialist, Sr	66,500	55,000	62,040	60,000	60,274
HR Employee Rel Unit Supervisor	78,034	79,162	71,856	*	76,954
Head, Campus Labor Relations	98,518	*	90,000	*	*
Head, Campus Disability Svs	77,004	62,712	62,400	60,000	64,050
Disability Services Coord	58,409	48,850	48,276	49,293	51,732
Disability Services Advisor	47,638	46,580	45,006	45,256	45,603
Deputy Head, Campus AA/EEO	83,200	*	64,000	*	*
Affirm Action/ EEO Specialist	63,162	52,020	56,238	*	63,615
Head, Title III Program	*	*	65,649	67,139	57,590
Title IX Coord	102,500	*	65,000	70,300	51,144
Training/Org Develop Specialist	62,402	60,000	50,697	47,302	55,152
Deputy Head, Instit Research	87,100	73,226	62,262	55,773	58,204
Fiscal Affairs
Deputy Controller	104,867	96,084	78,378	70,190	74,973
Deputy Bursar	67,964	54,436	52,363	50,000	50,059
Accountant	47,571	50,016	44,735	42,959	46,394
Accountant, Sr	58,793	62,000	59,577	55,516	56,587
Head, Accounting (not CAO)	103,109	87,917	72,337	81,670	68,424
Collections Supervisor	56,676	53,187	47,458	41,600	47,043
Accounting Unit Supervisor	71,662	73,371	62,758	63,000	62,659
Head Cashier	50,288	54,456	39,032	36,067	44,434
Auditor	54,807	56,409	58,283	*	60,084
Auditor, Sr	75,934	67,110	68,000	*	71,008
Budget Analyst	55,173	54,721	54,136	51,360	55,445
Budget Analyst, Sr	71,406	68,990	65,229	66,391	65,769
Budget Unit Supervisor/Mgr	85,328	80,796	83,000	71,116	72,981
Deputy Head, Budget	102,007	72,386	76,952	85,479	71,400
Contract and Grants Specialist	52,004	57,065	54,953	55,602	56,152
Restricted Funds Accountant	64,162	65,475	55,058	65,230	50,535
Deputy Head, Purc/Materials Mgt	84,235	60,854	60,099	52,475	64,715
Materials Management Buyer	47,099	48,398	44,795	44,700	49,956
Materials Management Buyer, Sr	57,278	56,965	51,360	53,000	58,499
Print Shop Supervisor	55,146	61,559	48,791	41,236	48,965
Inventory Mgr	50,826	54,431	48,326	45,176	52,098
Deputy Head, Bookstore	68,558	*	46,725	46,865	48,943
Dept Business Mgr (Small Unit)	61,020	57,516	51,458	54,170	60,750
Dept Business Mgr (Large Unit)	78,311	67,345	62,870	68,888	68,148
Ticket Mgr	53,791	47,817	38,500	41,886	43,569
External Affairs
Head of Develop, College/Div	96,825	83,728	77,157	81,486	74,929
Annual Giving Officer, Entry	45,852	45,000	41,217	39,150	50,024
Annual Giving Officer – Sr	59,749	61,083	54,406	52,087	63,223
Major Gift Officer, Entry	64,537	63,600	57,472	59,241	*
Major Gift Officer, Sr	86,837	88,711	78,241	79,868	68,660
Planned Giving Officer, Entry	56,068	*	54,425	53,513	*
Planned Giving Officer, Sr	95,913	108,175	77,998	75,000	*
Alumni Rel Officer, Entry Level	47,391	41,425	41,946	38,741	43,556
Alumni Rel Officer, Sr Level	59,950	54,366	51,913	52,095	52,380
Head, Church Relations	*	79,350	71,662	54,584	*
Advanc Svs, Prospect Researcher	53,407	49,059	47,341	45,702	53,015
Public Info Specialist	50,057	53,197	46,340	43,425	49,726
Head, College/ University Press	124,775	*	64,241	67,430	54,086
Deputy Head, Campus Pubs	70,140	62,304	58,254	54,000	61,584
Head, Campus Info Office	98,043	78,039	66,978	64,735	66,133
Head, Campus News Bureau/ Srvc	85,551	76,241	64,270	70,201	*
Television Producer/ Director	53,937	60,800	53,850	54,000	48,555
Television Program Mgr	57,419	59,424	58,808	*	63,166
Television Engineer, Sr	56,082	54,874	58,307	47,400	68,326
FM Radio Station Mgr	79,607	62,688	60,841	60,850	71,441
TV Station Mgr	85,967	*	62,350	51,254	64,060
Head, Campus Conferences	84,676	68,760	63,978	56,292	*
Event Coord	46,740	46,789	46,304	43,950	51,602
Facilities
Head, Campus Printing Services	81,600	61,610	55,825	51,615	57,777
Head, Campus Mail Services	59,429	46,800	44,163	41,672	50,547
Head, Campus Land/Grnds Keeping	78,100	65,807	56,473	56,679	59,196
Head, Campus Construction	114,092	100,738	84,124	84,612	81,996
Head, Campus Skilled Trades	84,145	74,052	65,079	66,335	64,144
Head, Campus, Custodial Svs	74,240	63,362	53,941	50,953	59,460
Campus Power Plant Mgr	83,163	81,451	69,461	72,550	*
Mgr, Building Maint Trades	87,673	75,834	64,929	65,229	69,944
Facilities Utilization Planner	63,468	70,629	62,000	58,240	54,578
Architect	78,797	84,061	75,458	79,704	86,214
Landscape Architect	71,270	*	60,451	*	*
Engineer, Constr Projects Coord	74,596	71,851	68,900	71,842	71,329
Engineer, Facilities Mech Sys	82,602	63,739	68,746	78,013	*
Engineer, Electrical/ Electronic	68,695	*	55,140	*	*
Engineer, Mechanical	70,782	*	55,224	*	*
Engineer, Res Proj Instrum.	63,424	*	*	60,027	*
Engineer, Electr/ Electronic, Sr	83,983	*	*	*	*
Engineer, Mechanical, Sr	85,360	*	*	*	*
Environ Hlth/ Safety Specialist	58,296	59,353	55,145	60,000	59,231
Safety Officer	63,037	61,402	51,000	49,320	60,172
Child Care Site Director	68,700	58,724	57,289	56,523	60,551
Farm Mgr	55,194	60,840	47,672	43,493	*
Textbook Mgr	53,917	50,625	43,000	37,614	51,040
Information Technology
Deputy Head, IT Acad Computing	97,269	*	78,369	75,218	77,797
Deputy Head, IT Admin Computing	107,837	97,704	84,114	76,906	71,770
Head, IT Enterprise Data Center	109,266	101,090	88,325	88,976	90,135
Head, IT User Services Director	106,171	85,168	73,313	71,594	77,679
Head, IT Info Management	119,276	111,007	82,500	84,168	77,709
IT Principal Systems Analyst	102,500	92,992	71,619	71,320	66,116
IT Auditor	70,404	73,989	*	*	*
IT Auditor, Sr	81,517	*	*	*	*
IT Programmer Analyst	61,119	63,080	55,123	55,182	60,393
IT Programmer Analyst, Sr	74,664	78,191	65,430	67,611	74,047
IT Programmer Analyst, Superv	84,982	92,000	81,308	69,838	90,306
IT Campus Web Master	75,235	69,484	61,642	59,517	61,059
IT Web Designer /Developer	58,587	61,786	54,103	53,367	60,769
IT Project Mgr	83,172	82,425	74,029	74,163	80,121
IT Database Administrator	78,777	81,150	68,268	66,038	66,663
IT Data Administrator	78,844	72,021	58,582	51,943	59,139
IT Principal Database Admin	92,974	108,492	83,438	77,586	81,214
IT Client Support Specialist	52,697	47,395	47,507	47,468	49,583
IT Help Desk Specialist/Techn	46,662	44,458	42,287	41,200	42,717
IT Help Desk Mgr	70,573	63,376	53,915	52,710	63,440
IT Email Administrator	77,673	75,000	63,000	60,900	63,281
IT Network Engineer	71,985	63,963	61,615	59,315	71,955
IT Network Administrator	73,912	60,735	60,000	61,375	62,449
IT Network Operations Mgr	86,805	91,300	72,029	59,733	78,054
IT Systems Programmer	63,449	63,943	59,356	52,228	57,567
IT Systems Programmer, Sr	78,405	77,455	67,895	70,288	65,097
IT Systems Programmer, Superv	91,012	115,231	75,000	78,450	94,613
IT Systems Administrator	67,541	63,537	59,050	57,327	64,695
IT Research Computer Specialist	73,771	60,443	59,460	55,891	*
IT Security Analyst/Engineer	73,496	78,705	61,828	66,493	70,053
IT TeleComms Mgr	87,090	69,010	60,720	58,927	62,169
Research Professionals
Physical Sci, Research Assist	42,749	*	40,962	44,685	*
Physical Sci, Research Assoc	51,402	52,073	53,430	53,534	*
Physical Sci, Research Scholar	59,969	*	58,136	*	*
Physical Sci, Sr Res Scholar	77,892	*	69,296	*	*
Physical Sci, Princ Res Scholar	114,600	*	*	*	*
Social Sci, Research Asst	44,591	*	48,403	39,389	*
Social Sci, Resrch Assoc	52,000	*	46,417	*	*
Social Sci, Research Scholar	53,966	*	*	*	*
Social Sci, Sr Res Scholar	79,693	*	58,008	*	*
Soc Sci, Principal Res Scholar	93,110	*	*	*	*
Medical Sci, Research Assist	42,488	*	*	*	*
Medical Sci, Research Assoc	46,961	*	*	*	*
Medical Sci, Research Scholar	57,886	*	*	*	*
Medical Sci, Sr Res Scholar	72,082	*	*	*	*
Med Sci, Principal Res Scholar	96,662	*	*	*	*
Life Sci, Research Asst	40,000	*	36,834	38,755	*
Life Sci, Research Assoc	47,667	*	42,931	*	*
Life Sciences, Research Scholar	56,387	*	*	*	*
Life Sci, Sr Research Scholar	59,258	*	*	*	*
Life Sci, Principal Res Scholar	83,422	*	*	*	*
Lab Coord-physical sciences	49,490	44,670	45,166	46,358	45,573
Lab Coord-life sciences	48,775	55,462	44,371	45,146	41,802
Extension Programs, Technology Transfer, Health Science & Environmental Sustainability
Head, Community Services	80,613	75,994	56,821	62,753	63,391
Sr Technology Licensing Officer	103,500	77,928	*	*	*
Staff Physician	147,996	150,709	141,590	193,494	*
Nurse Practitioner	84,218	80,928	78,062	80,906	81,399
Staff Nurse	55,358	53,672	49,754	51,617	55,557
Clinical Research Nurse	66,708	*	*	*	*
Pharmacist, Student Health	106,000	98,395	99,432	*	*
Veterinarian	107,373	*	*	*	*
Animal Care Mgr	65,436	58,969	48,152	47,073	*
Dietetic/Nutrition Professional	52,705	57,367	51,000	56,903	*
Head, Environ Sustainability	79,000	76,125	57,543	60,200	65,000
Athletic Affairs
Head, Athletics Acad Affairs	85,000	68,134	59,702	56,948	*
Head, Athletics Compliance	81,001	68,776	53,604	51,093	*
Head, Athletics Fin & Business	101,500	88,841	57,037	66,412	*
Head, Athletics Develop	110,210	82,708	68,475	52,740	*
Head, Athletics Operations	88,576	60,683	55,854	50,839	50,214
Head, Athletics Ext Affairs	103,158	62,399	56,717	52,265	*
Head, Sports Info/ Athl Communs	68,666	55,620	49,113	43,911	*
Head, Men’s Athletics Programs	123,000	*	65,607	*	*
Head, Women's Athletics Prgrms	106,494	97,085	64,957	63,511	*
Head, Athletics Training Prgrms	80,004	61,322	55,828	52,878	50,804
Athl Trainer/Phys Therapist	45,082	41,615	40,170	39,457	49,257
Head Coach-Football	303,121	134,007	97,159	80,500	*
Head Coach-Baseball	120,590	77,229	57,855	50,648	50,702
Head Coach- Men's Basketball	265,304	160,000	81,048	63,978	53,045
Head Coach- Women's Basketball	178,500	114,714	70,475	57,050	59,499
Head Coach- Cross Country	50,408	38,536	43,944	43,306	*
Head Coach- Track and Field	70,002	55,752	53,107	51,450	*
Head Coach- X Cntry/ Track&Field	80,732	70,004	54,852	54,199	*
Head Coach-Skiing	*	*	*	69,742	*
Head Coach- Swimming & Diving	72,808	63,000	52,829	51,100	*
Head Coach- Men's Golf	74,000	71,000	42,965	40,880	*
Head Coach-Men's Gymnastics	*	*	*	*	*
Head Coach-Men's Ice Hockey	239,351	*	59,376	97,069	*
Head Coach-Men's Lacrosse	129,160	63,838	50,000	50,412	*
Head Coach-Men's Rowing	88,402	*	55,617	60,000	*
Head Coach-Men's Soccer	79,009	66,130	51,000	47,909	48,865
Head Coach-Men's Tennis	70,650	53,717	43,380	45,322	*
Head Coach-Men's Volleyball	75,890	*	48,965	39,590	*
Head Coach-Men's Wrestling	89,400	79,591	49,657	52,565	*
Head Coach-Women's Field Hockey	77,234	*	48,000	52,228	*
Head Coach-Women's Golf	70,000	46,400	40,284	42,867	*
Head Coach-Women's Gymnastics	96,379	*	61,134	*	*
Head Coach-Women's Ice Hockey	99,399	*	53,035	70,019	*
Head Coach- Women's Lacrosse	69,964	61,425	45,854	45,000	*
Head Coach- Women's Rowing	77,475	*	49,783	58,234	*
Head Coach- Women's Soccer	72,700	60,700	51,006	46,097	52,449
Head Coach- Women's Softball	77,976	60,915	49,857	45,000	50,000
Head Coach- Women's Tennis	69,203	50,000	42,000	50,333	*
Head Coach- Women's Volleyball	85,885	67,451	51,984	46,600	46,859
Head Coach, Cheerleading	36,720	37,500	34,852	31,620	*
Head Coach, Strength/ Condition	66,915	58,710	45,728	41,584	*
Offensive Coord-Football	175,438	71,000	56,449	44,060	*
Defensive Coord-Football	178,605	81,600	55,000	46,350	*
Asst Coach-Football	124,750	53,417	43,502	37,411	*
Asst Coach-Baseball	58,334	45,427	35,147	30,000	39,306
Asst Coach- Men's Basketball	96,951	79,049	45,000	31,600	35,889
Asst Coach- Women's Basketball	68,300	54,558	39,557	31,829	35,824
Exempt Office/Clerical, Skilled Craft, Services and Maintenance Personnel
Office/Admin Support/Clerical Mgr	51,176	47,321	43,834	39,782	45,748
Skilled Craft/ Trades Supervisor	64,352	67,378	52,452	60,320	52,953
Service / Maintenance Supervisor	47,026	60,737	48,205	45,355	50,376
Police / Public Safety Supervisor	68,329	63,935	55,709	55,225	65,000
Police / Public Safety Professional	63,764	39,585	50,644	42,442	51,753
Fire Safety / Prevention Supervisor	66,220	*	*	*	*
Fire Safety / Prevention Professional	48,384	*	55,692	*	*
Client Care Supervisor	*	*	35,173	*	*