Median Salaries of Midlevel College Administrators, 2011-12
Salaries for midlevel administrators rose by a median of 2 percent this year over last year, matching the median pay increase for senior administrators and coming in slightly higher than the 1.9-percent median increase for faculty members, says an annual report released this week by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Midlevel administrators—who include auditors, curators, police officers, coaches, and other staff—received a bigger pay increase from the 2011 to the 2012 fiscal years than they did in the previous year, when the median salary increase was 1.3 percent.
Still, pay increases for midlevel administrators lagged behind inflation, which rose 3.2 percent from 2010 to 2011.
Even though this year's increases trailed inflation, "we are pleased that many institutions have been able to provide some adjustment to employee salaries," Andy Brantley, president of the association, known as CUPA-HR, said in written remarks.
"Our hope," he said, "is that the economy will continue to improve, and that institutions will be able to allocate larger salary increase pools next year."
As with other types of positions, private colleges gave midlevel administrators better raises on average than public ones did, according to the report, which reflects data for 489 public and 595 private institutions. For those employees, private institutions provided salary increases of 2.2 percent, compared with 1.4 percent at public colleges.
The highest-paid midlevel administrators across all institution types were staff physicians, who earned median pay of $134,808. Security guards were the lowest-paid midlevel administrators, earning median pay of $28,293.
At doctoral institutions, football coaches were paid more than any midlevel administrator at any institution type, earning median pay of $267,800.
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Median Salaries of Midlevel Administrative Workers by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2011-12 |
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| All | Doctoral | Master's | Baccalaureate | 2-year | |
| Academic affairs | |||||
| Conference/workshop education coordinator, continuing education | $43,838 | $44,061 | $42,626 | $39,923 | $49,425 |
| Continuing-education specialist | $51,104 | $55,150 | $50,372 | $47,982 | $49,546 |
| Museum curator | $50,524 | $51,057 | $46,316 | $55,829 | $45,760 |
| Head reference and instruction librarian, level II | $54,314 | $61,152 | $52,538 | $51,899 | $53,219 |
| Reference and instruction librarian, level I | $44,776 | $47,128 | $45,069 | $43,260 | $43,537 |
| Catalog/metadata librarian, level II | $50,980 | $54,145 | $49,581 | $49,000 | $50,953 |
| Catalog librarian, level I | $37,970 | $42,415 | $37,981 | $35,400 | $41,178 |
| Coordinator, library services for distance education | $52,391 | $63,726 | $46,476 | $50,130 | $48,495 |
| Government documents/publications librarian | $52,019 | $57,171 | $50,450 | $45,729 | |
| Serials librarian | $50,225 | $55,684 | $47,824 | $48,300 | $42,504 |
| Systems librarian, digital library | $58,008 | $64,567 | $57,315 | $51,159 | $53,534 |
| Admissions counselor | $35,032 | $36,308 | $34,603 | $33,108 | $38,827 |
| Financial-aid counselor | $37,600 | $39,262 | $37,193 | $35,464 | $39,618 |
| Academic evaluator | $36,240 | $36,045 | $35,706 | $33,203 | $39,208 |
| Business and administrative affairs | |||||
| Administrative specialist | $45,000 | $46,534 | $43,798 | $42,283 | $45,672 |
| Staff attorney | $109,782 | $114,644 | $99,934 | $113,465 | $74,592 |
| Buyer | $41,544 | $43,186 | $40,053 | $37,690 | $40,000 |
| Buyer, senior level | $51,098 | $52,397 | $48,930 | $46,338 | $50,532 |
| Buyer, supervisor | $65,327 | $70,990 | $57,080 | $51,317 | $61,135 |
| Contract and grants specialist | $50,394 | $50,023 | $49,500 | $51,511 | $52,459 |
| Accountant | $42,870 | $44,805 | $41,714 | $40,643 | $43,313 |
| Accountant, senior level | $55,140 | $55,194 | $53,272 | $53,315 | $55,840 |
| Accounting unit, supervisor | $63,729 | $66,914 | $60,000 | $57,855 | $60,976 |
| Auditor | $50,171 | $50,171 | $49,377 | $46,292 | |
| Auditor, senior level | $65,217 | $67,720 | $59,327 | $65,100 | $64,952 |
| Budget analyst | $50,635 | $52,674 | $48,392 | $47,852 | $56,076 |
| Budget analyst, senior level | $65,400 | $65,814 | $62,919 | $63,970 | $60,582 |
| Budget unit, supervisor | $79,097 | $81,771 | $76,197 | $68,924 | |
| Department business manager, small unit | $56,087 | $57,742 | $51,023 | $55,900 | $58,440 |
| Department business manager, large unit | $69,949 | $72,238 | $63,090 | $62,922 | $86,350 |
| Head cashier | $35,548 | $41,948 | $34,494 | $30,973 | $42,502 |
| Collections supervisor | $44,818 | $49,808 | $44,182 | $37,196 | $48,811 |
| Auditor, IT | $58,571 | $58,000 | |||
| Auditor, IT senior level | $78,925 | $74,751 | |||
| Manager, audit | $86,928 | $87,425 | $83,640 | ||
| Manager, IT audit | $93,959 | $92,921 | |||
| Shipping-and-receiving supervisor | $41,972 | $44,371 | $41,914 | $39,737 | $40,152 |
| Print-shop supervisor | $43,554 | $49,570 | $42,293 | $38,064 | $47,596 |
| Mail-services supervisor | $38,086 | $42,227 | $36,606 | $33,336 | $42,992 |
| Child-care-center teacher | $31,941 | $31,849 | $31,676 | $31,658 | $33,400 |
| Child-care site director | $55,000 | $62,335 | $52,174 | $52,030 | $57,357 |
| Textbook manager | $41,083 | $47,466 | $38,687 | $37,816 | $45,032 |
| Food-service manager | $48,885 | $50,775 | $44,577 | $48,593 | $53,419 |
| Assistant police chief | $70,850 | $84,540 | $62,811 | $55,004 | $69,378 |
| Police lieutenant | $58,854 | $66,941 | $53,282 | $50,440 | $53,328 |
| Police sergeant | $47,666 | $56,720 | $43,835 | $42,370 | $48,552 |
| Police officer | $38,862 | $43,681 | $36,539 | $33,841 | $40,236 |
| Security guard | $28,293 | $28,164 | $28,213 | $27,850 | $29,034 |
| Environmental-health-and-safety specialist | $53,947 | $54,566 | $52,554 | $50,656 | $56,538 |
| Safety officer | $52,489 | $56,868 | $47,705 | $45,797 | $49,569 |
| Skilled-crafts supervisor | $54,668 | $58,165 | $52,442 | $52,486 | $51,984 |
| Coordinator, construction projects | $65,724 | $68,439 | $63,047 | $64,158 | $65,271 |
| Architect | $75,332 | $75,375 | $71,431 | $74,550 | $70,621 |
| Facilities-utilization planner | $57,222 | $58,695 | $55,800 | $48,000 | $57,931 |
| Facilities engineer | $67,125 | $70,449 | $62,804 | $68,521 | |
| Inventory manager | $44,285 | $49,320 | $41,764 | $42,848 | $42,296 |
| Human resources | |||||
| Coordinator, disability services | $52,642 | $59,952 | $46,890 | $50,442 | $49,661 |
| Training specialist | $52,659 | $52,944 | $46,200 | $55,135 | $56,217 |
| Equal-employment-opportunity/affirmative-action specialist | $56,577 | $56,446 | $51,125 | $56,790 | |
| Employee-relations specialist | $48,607 | $48,304 | $41,317 | $53,113 | |
| Employee-relations specialist, senior level | $61,778 | $61,988 | $55,805 | ||
| Employee-relations unit, supervisor | $68,964 | $69,127 | $61,026 | $71,268 | |
| Human-resources generalist | $43,685 | $47,856 | $43,000 | $40,677 | $44,736 |
| Human-resources generalist, senior level | $55,468 | $60,088 | $52,038 | $51,987 | $59,972 |
| Credential specialist | $43,152 | $50,033 | $44,364 | $39,072 | $47,332 |
| Compensation specialist | $46,514 | $49,711 | $41,858 | $39,693 | $46,528 |
| Compensation specialist, senior level | $60,020 | $60,239 | $50,601 | $61,478 | |
| Compensation/classification unit, supervisor | $68,054 | $69,061 | $65,613 | ||
| Benefits specialist | $41,820 | $41,900 | $41,988 | $40,099 | $44,502 |
| Benefits specialist, senior level | $52,050 | $52,000 | $49,600 | $50,964 | $50,411 |
| Benefits unit, supervisor | $67,000 | $67,000 | $60,528 | $60,457 | |
| Labor-relations specialist | $49,622 | $45,012 | |||
| Labor-relations specialist, senior level | $72,838 | $73,202 | |||
| Labor-relations unit, supervisor | $98,811 | $98,811 | |||
| Employment specialist | $41,707 | $42,924 | $38,760 | $38,667 | $41,254 |
| Employment specialist, senior level | $53,599 | $54,210 | $50,000 | $49,834 | $53,595 |
| Employment unit, supervisor | $68,964 | $71,221 | $63,860 | $64,375 | |
| Adviser, disability services | $45,274 | $46,336 | $44,887 | $42,062 | $46,830 |
| Work-life coordinator | $55,595 | $57,584 | $51,542 | ||
| Information technology | |||||
| Programmer analyst | $53,798 | $56,422 | $52,275 | $51,687 | $55,974 |
| Programmer analyst, senior level | $66,245 | $69,745 | $60,629 | $64,938 | $71,852 |
| Programmer analyst, supervisor | $78,503 | $82,359 | $74,668 | $69,601 | $72,579 |
| Systems programmer | $55,976 | $58,822 | $53,679 | $49,817 | $59,896 |
| Systems programmer, senior level | $70,707 | $72,874 | $65,551 | $66,830 | $77,308 |
| Systems programmer, supervisor | $80,469 | $83,649 | $76,632 | $78,050 | $82,721 |
| IT security analyst/engineer | $66,767 | $71,165 | $61,626 | $60,775 | $67,610 |
| Telecommunications manager | $60,490 | $80,150 | $57,686 | $53,096 | $61,394 |
| Network engineer | $62,566 | $67,114 | $57,783 | $56,107 | $63,004 |
| E-mail administrator | $63,930 | $71,011 | $58,487 | $61,150 | $56,212 |
| Network administrator | $59,747 | $66,654 | $58,850 | $57,473 | $56,976 |
| System administrator | $59,226 | $62,138 | $56,452 | $55,876 | $62,334 |
| Database administrator | $66,685 | $71,825 | $64,140 | $62,400 | $69,542 |
| Data administrator | $63,779 | $77,336 | $58,328 | $60,211 | $62,975 |
| Manager, Web services/Web master | $58,310 | $68,532 | $56,862 | $55,406 | $56,664 |
| Web/graphics designer | $47,917 | $49,000 | $45,604 | $47,000 | $51,312 |
| Web/content developer | $49,671 | $52,446 | $46,499 | $46,309 | $51,702 |
| Computer operator, entry level | $34,590 | $33,738 | $37,600 | $32,487 | $37,566 |
| Computer operator, senior level | $44,475 | $42,548 | $45,872 | $46,078 | $47,737 |
| Computer operations, supervisor | $59,384 | $58,828 | $53,910 | $65,292 | $65,067 |
| IT support specialist | $44,689 | $46,538 | $44,463 | $42,466 | $40,912 |
| Help-desk specialist/technician | $39,208 | $42,500 | $38,460 | $37,800 | $37,675 |
| Help-desk manager | $55,019 | $64,838 | $52,054 | $47,035 | $56,135 |
| IT technical writer | $50,114 | $53,066 | $45,015 | ||
| IT project manager | $73,489 | $78,477 | $69,662 | $67,914 | $75,475 |
| Electronic-resources librarian | $51,504 | $60,415 | $48,425 | $44,937 | $47,986 |
| Media librarian | $54,501 | $63,438 | $54,501 | $48,472 | |
| Instructional-technology specialist | $50,663 | $53,232 | $49,756 | $52,170 | $44,510 |
| Multimedia specialist/technician | $43,188 | $45,437 | $42,338 | $41,850 | $42,551 |
| Distance-education-network operations manager | $58,018 | $62,243 | $51,408 | $48,196 | $55,417 |
| Distance-education faculty-support manager | $55,476 | $63,795 | $53,712 | $50,666 | $55,000 |
| Online instructional designer, entry level | $46,604 | $49,504 | $44,044 | $43,943 | $48,020 |
| Online instructional designer, senior level | $55,129 | $60,168 | $53,000 | $53,106 | $52,881 |
| Athletics | |||||
| Assistant athletics trainer/physical therapist | $39,604 | $41,887 | $37,899 | $37,258 | $50,570 |
| Head athletics trainer | $55,294 | $69,593 | $53,238 | $50,000 | $50,003 |
| Ticket manager, athletics event | $45,067 | $50,000 | $39,923 | $40,000 | |
| Strength and conditioning coach | $45,687 | $54,472 | $41,286 | $40,165 | |
| Head coach, football | $93,596 | $267,800 | $90,750 | $72,837 | |
| Offensive coordinator, football | $59,400 | $150,000 | $51,500 | $41,345 | |
| Defensive coordinator, football | $60,500 | $150,000 | $52,750 | $43,489 | |
| Assistant coach, football | $43,956 | $100,000 | $42,408 | $36,909 | |
| Head coach, baseball | $57,500 | $83,813 | $56,650 | $46,512 | $52,563 |
| Assistant coach, baseball | $37,662 | $47,684 | $36,663 | $28,050 | $33,006 |
| Head coach, men’s basketball | $76,640 | $236,300 | $77,170 | $60,971 | $52,232 |
| Assistant coach, men’s basketball | $44,267 | $85,534 | $41,856 | $32,640 | $31,387 |
| Head coach, women’s basketball | $67,402 | $150,000 | $67,600 | $52,086 | $55,309 |
| Assistant coach, women’s basketball | $41,960 | $58,131 | $39,000 | $31,000 | $31,500 |
| Head coach, cross-country | $42,745 | $47,629 | $43,068 | $40,000 | |
| Head coach, track and field | $52,728 | $61,500 | $50,314 | $44,064 | |
| Head coach, cross-country and track and field | $57,575 | $67,372 | $52,210 | $50,188 | |
| Head coach, skiing alpine/Nordic | $56,795 | $59,501 | $56,274 | ||
| Head coach, swimming and diving | $55,358 | $66,000 | $48,656 | $48,570 | |
| Head coach, men’s golf | $48,999 | $70,000 | $42,153 | $40,469 | |
| Head coach, men’s gymnastics | $68,163 | $74,331 | |||
| Head coach, men’s ice hockey | $93,461 | $210,000 | $60,000 | $89,300 | |
| Head coach, men’s lacrosse | $50,429 | $113,350 | $48,730 | $47,783 | |
| Head coach, men’s rowing | $58,290 | $78,382 | $51,138 | $53,000 | |
| Head coach, men’s soccer | $50,124 | $70,797 | $49,348 | $44,821 | |
| Head coach, men’s tennis | $47,537 | $62,063 | $41,899 | $43,762 | |
| Head coach, men’s volleyball | $53,008 | $72,500 | $52,559 | $40,991 | |
| Head coach, men’s wrestling | $57,019 | $76,109 | $54,399 | $48,944 | |
| Head coach, women’s field hockey | $50,400 | $64,672 | $46,114 | $46,551 | |
| Head coach, women’s golf | $49,314 | $63,072 | $40,000 | $43,655 | |
| Head coach, women’s gymnastics | $73,679 | $84,016 | $57,757 | ||
| Head coach, women’s ice hockey | $59,860 | $96,141 | $51,245 | $63,000 | |
| Head coach, women’s lacrosse | $45,703 | $63,309 | $44,109 | $43,954 | |
| Head coach, women’s rowing | $57,728 | $69,848 | $45,089 | $53,375 | |
| Head coach, women’s soccer | $50,412 | $66,694 | $47,649 | $43,920 | |
| Head coach, women’s softball | $48,569 | $70,000 | $47,532 | $43,923 | $43,050 |
| Head coach, women’s tennis | $48,353 | $61,013 | $40,760 | $47,482 | |
| Head coach, women’s volleyball | $53,248 | $75,740 | $51,500 | $44,490 | $42,724 |
| Student affairs | |||||
| Intramural/recreation coordinator | $39,911 | $43,214 | $38,197 | $36,025 | $40,504 |
| Student-activities officer | $41,000 | $44,227 | $39,872 | $37,000 | $44,923 |
| Campus minister | $47,004 | $50,978 | $45,197 | $48,930 | |
| Sign-language interpreter | $46,048 | $48,507 | $40,136 | $46,900 | $45,705 |
| Events coordinator | $41,143 | $42,272 | $40,350 | $39,627 | $42,538 |
| Events technical-services coordinator | $42,976 | $43,482 | $41,204 | $42,794 | $50,378 |
| Academic adviser/counselor | $40,963 | $41,757 | $40,449 | $41,329 | $41,666 |
| Student career counselor | $42,704 | $44,972 | $42,328 | $41,500 | $43,236 |
| Cooperative-education-program coordinator | $45,486 | $45,441 | $46,350 | $44,153 | $48,452 |
| Study-abroad adviser | $40,986 | $41,434 | $40,005 | $41,095 | $42,253 |
| Academic-support-center coordinator | $45,992 | $47,900 | $44,855 | $45,130 | $46,037 |
| Residence-hall manager (room and board included) | $30,200 | $32,079 | $29,711 | $28,511 | $32,182 |
| Residence-hall manager (room and board not included) | $37,191 | $40,455 | $38,000 | $31,713 | |
| Counseling psychologist | $59,021 | $59,923 | $55,779 | $61,467 | $59,894 |
| Counselor | $47,698 | $49,169 | $46,007 | $46,988 | $52,955 |
| Nurse practitioner | $73,696 | $76,645 | $71,388 | $70,426 | $73,882 |
| Staff nurse | $48,859 | $51,897 | $47,126 | $46,564 | $58,662 |
| Staff physician | $134,808 | $136,009 | $124,586 | $169,493 | |
| Clinical-research nurse | $61,836 | $61,787 | |||
| Pharmacist | $95,079 | $96,000 | $86,300 | ||
| External affairs | |||||
| Annual-giving officer, entry level | $40,063 | $45,000 | $38,000 | $37,000 | $47,428 |
| Annual-giving officer, senior level | $51,705 | $54,950 | $51,241 | $48,337 | $54,589 |
| Alumni-relations officer, entry level | $40,500 | $43,087 | $40,000 | $37,828 | $42,640 |
| Alumni-relations officer, senior level | $50,625 | $56,078 | $49,522 | $48,036 | $50,000 |
| Major-gift officer, entry level | $55,171 | $59,031 | $54,673 | $48,802 | |
| Major-gift officer, senior level | $75,755 | $80,218 | $71,111 | $74,499 | $67,833 |
| Planned-giving officer, entry level | $52,388 | $54,500 | $51,424 | $50,000 | |
| Planned-giving officer, senior level | $81,598 | $93,348 | $80,699 | $75,670 | $52,962 |
| Coordinator, resource development | $44,652 | $48,250 | $42,450 | $42,134 | $43,892 |
| Government-relations specialist | $60,939 | $60,939 | $61,119 | ||
| Public-information specialist | $45,689 | $46,423 | $44,494 | $40,806 | $49,649 |
| Assistant editor | $42,101 | $40,435 | $41,241 | $43,300 | |
| Editor | $51,621 | $50,602 | $50,500 | $55,500 | $46,624 |
| Graphic designer | $43,557 | $44,980 | $42,521 | $42,157 | $43,510 |
| Writer | $46,324 | $47,958 | $45,986 | $40,991 | $46,957 |
| Assistant writer | $39,050 | $38,750 | $38,372 | $37,160 | |
| Photographer | $43,743 | $44,180 | $42,500 | $47,503 | $48,158 |
| Producer/director, television | $49,224 | $49,224 | $45,755 | $58,333 | $53,201 |
| Program manager, television | $54,984 | $54,987 | $54,732 | $56,076 | |
| Television engineer, senior level | $52,860 | $50,619 | $54,290 | $46,468 | $61,790 |
| Manager, FM-radio station | $62,750 | $69,845 | $58,949 | $61,000 | $61,307 |
| Manager, television station | $68,000 | $86,350 | $53,643 | $68,698 | |
| Engineering/research, agricultural | |||||
| Electrical/electronic engineer | $60,714 | $59,957 | $63,724 | $56,402 | |
| Electrical/electronic engineer, senior level | $76,623 | $78,053 | |||
| Mechanical engineer | $64,480 | $64,471 | |||
| Mechanical engineer, senior level | $81,191 | $82,996 | |||
| Research assistant, natural/physical sciences, entry level | $33,899 | $34,372 | $30,936 | $33,660 | |
| Research assistant, natural/physical sciences, intermediate level | $41,467 | $42,884 | $41,601 | $38,950 | |
| Research assistant, natural/physical sciences, senior level | $50,903 | $51,374 | $51,000 | $53,561 | |
| Research assistant, social/behavioral sciences, entry level | $33,131 | $32,855 | $36,432 | ||
| Research assistant, social/behavioral sciences, intermediate level | $43,139 | $43,460 | $32,142 | ||
| Research assistant, social/behavioral sciences, senior level | $55,052 | $55,588 | $42,777 | ||
| Laboratory coordinator | $45,221 | $48,798 | $42,183 | $42,025 | $42,002 |
| Laboratory technician II | $36,000 | $33,900 | $37,609 | $37,634 | $40,539 |
| Laboratory technician IV | $43,824 | $43,782 | $42,162 | $48,439 | $42,543 |
| Research field technician | $37,698 | $37,271 | $39,234 | $41,200 | |
| Research computer specialist | $57,214 | $58,278 | $45,500 | $50,799 | |
| Electronic technician supervisor | $57,263 | $60,469 | $52,405 | ||
| Research project engineer | $60,169 | $60,677 | |||
| Assistant research scientist (nonfaculty) | $49,611 | $53,772 | |||
| Associate research scientist (nonfaculty) | $63,016 | $71,292 | $45,440 | ||
| Research scientist (nonfaculty) | $74,454 | $75,566 | $82,005 | ||
| Veterinarian | $100,978 | $102,453 | |||
| Animal-care manager | $53,082 | $60,000 | $45,320 | $36,769 | |
| Farm manager | $46,041 | $50,416 | $45,301 | $43,077 | |
