Pay Raises for Midlevel Workers Trail Those for Top-Level Administrators

Pay for midlevel administrative workers increased 3.5 percent this year, according to an annual report to be released this week by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

For the past two years, median raises for midlevel employees had outpaced inflation. In 2008, however, inflation jumped 3.8 percent, eating up the gains.

Top-level administrators fared slightly better, with median salary increases of 4 percent (The Chronicle, February 27).

Raises at private colleges were bigger than those at public institutions — a reversal of the previous year.

Midlevel employees at special-focus institutions — including medical and law schools — garnered a median raise of 3.9 percent, with public institutions paying slightly more than private ones.

Workers at baccalaureate institutions received the second-highest median increase, at 3.8 percent.

Doctoral-granting institutions gave the lowest median raises for midlevel administrators, at 3.3 percent.

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