February 24, 2006

Administrators' Pay Rises 3.5%, Beating Inflation for the 9th Consecutive Year

By ERIN STROUT

The median salaries of college administrators increased by 3.5 percent in 2005, according to the annual survey of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

The increase was slightly higher than in 2004, when median salaries increased 3.3 percent. It was also the ninth consecutive year that the increases have beaten inflation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the December 2005 Consumer Price Index for urban consumers was 3.4 percent higher than

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