Salaries stayed the same this year for midlevel college administrators, according to a report released this week by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
This is the first time workers at this level have seen their pay stall since CUPA-HR began conducting its annual salary survey in 1998. In the last three years, median salaries for midlevel administrators increased by at least 3.5 percent annually.
The pain is being felt across higher education. A recent report on senior administrators showed a median salary increase of 0 percent this year.
Faculty members had a tough year, too. Median faculty salaries did not increase this year, while a third of faculty members took salary cuts during 2009-10.
Andy Brantley, president of CUPA-HR, said he did not expect that the results would differ next year.
Among midlevel administrators, head football coaches at doctoral institutions continue to earn the most, with a median salary of $236,630. Men's basketball head coaches at the doctoral-institution level earned $215,000.
The highest- and lowest-paid positions, averaged among all types of institutions, remained unchanged from last year. Staff physicians came out on top, with median salaries of $130,287. Security guards earned the least, at $27,563.
According to the association's analysis, categories of workers who received any median salary increases saw only paltry ones.
Midlevel workers at private doctoral institutions received a median salary increase of 1.1 percent, while those at private master's institutions got an increase of 0.2 percent.
The association surveyed 1,115 institutions for 204 positions in eight categories.
About 92 percent of the institutions surveyed participated last year. CUPA-HR used the information of 188,221 employees to calculate the median pay raises.
Forty-seven percent of the responding institutions were public, while 29 percent were private and independent institutions. Twenty-four percent were private and religious.
The results of the survey can be ordered on CUPA-HR's Web site.
Comments
1. academicentrepreneur - March 22, 2010 at 10:38 am
When did "head football coaches at doctoral institutions" become mid-level administrators? Does that mean that a dean of students is essentially an upper-level coach?
2. crazyj - March 22, 2010 at 01:44 pm
I was intrigued to note that directors are apparently above mid-level. Would have thought head coaches and directors were at roughly the same level.
3. honore - March 24, 2010 at 09:34 am
hmmmmmm, but no mention of the spousal hire dynamic, where the wife of department chair gets hired at a "top-of-the-salary-range" appointment, despite having no relevant experience, degrees or references...Oh, and did I fail to mention she applied using her maiden name as as not too stir up any "controversy"?.
P.S. Yes, she is still there, barely doing anything but occasionally sending out an invitation to the department's annual "dish-to-pass" end-of-the-semester picnic at her/their home...ah yes, another triumph for non-nepotism...sifting and wallowing in Madison, WI