Survey News

Median Base Salaries for Professional-Level Positions in Higher Ed Increased by 2 Percent in 2012

CUPA-HR’s 2012-13 Professionals in Higher Education Salary Survey found that the overall median base salary for individuals in professional-level positions in higher ed (those with primary assignments and responsibilities requiring professional-level expertise and work in specific functional areas) increased by 2% last year. Read more ▸

Public Institutions Lagged Behind Private Institutions in Awarding Salary Increases Last Year to Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Members

Findings from CUPA-HR’s 2012-13 Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey for Four-Year Institutions show that the overall median base salary increase in 2012 for tenured/tenure-track faculty members was 2.1% (up slightly from 1.9% last year). Read more ▸

Median Base Salaries for Senior Leaders in Higher Ed Increased 2.3 Percent in 2012

Findings from the 2012-13 Administrators in Higher Education Salary Survey (formerly the Administrative Compensation Survey) show that the overall median base salary increase last year for those in senior-level positions in colleges and universities was 2.3%. In 2011, it was 2.0%. Read more ▸

About CUPA-HR Surveys

CUPA-HR is the national authority on compensation surveys for higher education. Our salary surveys can help your college or university evaluate its budget and ensure that your compensation packages are competitive with those of other institutions.

Salary Surveys Redesigned for 2012-13

Have you heard? We’ve made big changes to our salary surveys! For starters, all of the surveys now have new names. And to facilitate federal IPEDS reporting, all positions in both the Administrative and the Professionals in Higher Education Salary Survey are now mapped to SOC codes. Read more ▸

Our Salary Surveys Have New Titles

• Administrators in Higher Education Salary Survey
  (formerly the Administrative Compensation Survey)
• Professionals in Higher Education Salary Survey
  (formerly the Mid-Level Administrative & Professional Salary Survey)
• Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey for Four-Year Institutions
  (formerly the National Faculty Salary Survey)
• Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey for Two-Year Institutions
  (formerly the Two-Year Faculty Salary Survey)
• Adjunct Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey
  (formerly the Contingent Faculty Salary Survey)
• Employee Health Benefits Survey of Higher Education
  (formerly the Comprehensive Survey of College and University Benefits Programs)