Median Salaries for Senior Administrators

2007-08 CUPA-HR Administrative Compensation Survey

The following table lists overall median salaries for various higher ed administrative positions. This table is for informational purposed only and should not be duplicated without permission. To order the full survey report, visit the survey ordering page.

* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Senior Exec & Chief Functional Officers
CEO of Syst/District	335,806	402,789	194,362	*	243,600
Ex Asst/Chief Staff for CEO Syst/Dist	125,000	129,782	*	*	124,319
CEO of Single Institution	220,000	365,190	226,000	220,000	156,870
Ex Asst/Chief Staff CEO Single Inst	92,844	130,000	89,659	81,900	67,992
Exec VP/Vice Chancellor	165,000	250,000	155,500	146,000	127,721
Secretary of the Institution	82,162	127,665	68,452	74,750	49,816
Chief Acad Affairs Officer & Provost	148,638	255,232	152,710	137,691	110,151
Chief Research Officer	194,428	210,850	136,572	*	110,460
Chief Technology Transfer Officer	146,782	148,923	*	*	*
Chief Business Officer	145,000	215,375	147,980	134,654	103,210
Chief Administration Officer	131,341	194,255	130,042	115,500	107,348
Chief Financial Officer	125,968	185,416	122,965	105,500	93,752
Chief Investment Officer	158,125	190,000	87,550	160,000	*
Chief Planning Officer	115,692	145,000	106,090	101,047	107,436
Chief Budget Officer	98,832	127,445	87,000	92,550	85,134
Chief Planning & Budget Officer	129,243	159,294	118,964	95,215	105,000
Chief Legal Affairs Officer	154,723	179,275	125,864	131,873	128,543
Chief HR Officer	91,980	136,450	89,600	74,616	82,969
Chief Information Officer	110,973	180,000	110,000	94,684	94,222
Chief Phys Plant/Facilities Officer	93,551	140,388	93,000	82,585	81,640
Chief Accounting Officer/Comptroller	90,143	131,200	88,461	80,000	82,489
Chief Health Professions Officer	227,612	516,250	103,692	93,142	93,510
Chief Admin, Hospital/Med Center	275,000	425,990	*	*	*
Chief Student Affairs/Life Officer	113,185	173,855	118,263	101,674	93,302
Chief Admissions Officer	78,978	110,000	76,500	74,080	67,806
Chief, Enrollment Mgt Officer	106,332	142,822	109,444	100,120	75,099
Chief External Affairs Officer	147,000	209,120	133,488	139,919	115,064
Chief Development Officer	131,810	215,694	134,428	125,000	83,888
Chief PR Officer	90,119	149,026	80,602	74,937	72,033
Chief Development & PR Officer	130,000	193,286	130,712	127,998	76,839
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Academic Deans
Dean, Agriculture	179,067	200,000	115,581	*	*
Dean, Architecture	176,931	185,016	122,851	*	*
Dean, Arts & Letters	119,360	169,278	118,700	107,000	91,063
Dean, Arts & Sciences	129,750	192,276	122,784	101,675	86,177
Dean, Biological & Life Sciences	112,146	212,857	102,600	71,009	108,527
Dean, Business	143,370	237,277	137,224	105,963	84,042
Dean, Computer & Info Sciences	118,178	197,857	125,100	100,392	82,663
Dean, Continuing Education	103,300	141,556	103,649	79,591	85,461
Dean, Cooperative Extension	157,624	170,358	*	*	*
Dean, Dentistry	262,222	281,135	*	*	*
Dean, Divinity / Theology	85,347	148,400	92,035	76,364	*
Dean, Education	124,330	171,497	116,023	83,038	86,110
Dean, Engineering	196,892	223,700	150,238	122,023	84,141
Dean, External Degree Programs	85,265	*	110,054	71,303	72,044
Dean, Family & Consumer Sci	165,825	172,948	*	*	*
Dean, Fine Arts	134,031	170,459	120,210	86,712	88,514
Dean, Forestry & Environ Studies	179,984	184,725	*	*	*
Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Policy	185,413	203,200	110,054	*	*
Dean, Graduate Programs	127,776	160,742	110,428	93,450	*
Dean, Health-Related Profs	118,020	169,134	122,698	99,838	85,952
Dean, Honors Program	113,300	127,844	85,916	*	*
Dean, Humanities	96,587	191,071	106,321	80,000	81,101
Dean, Instruction	86,814	*	*	*	87,407
Dean, Journalism & Mass Comm	159,596	184,250	111,535	*	84,087
Dean, Law	252,350	265,632	224,613	258,515	*
Dean, Library & Info Sciences	121,200	148,400	107,507	99,100	78,066
Dean, Mathematics	87,443	148,800	103,773	64,194	84,500
Dean, Medicine	385,461	373,392	238,520	*	*
Dean, Music	135,084	164,451	115,300	69,499	*
Dean, Nursing	121,589	183,600	110,763	82,800	85,514
Dean, Occup Studies/Voc Ed/Techn	91,167	142,824	128,055	98,781	83,864
Dean, Performing Arts	134,481	198,000	130,761	*	*
Dean, Pharmacy	200,000	210,394	170,359	*	*
Dean, Public Administration	143,750	227,698	*	*	*
Dean, Public Health	260,000	266,893	*	*	*
Dean, Sciences	122,000	200,000	121,500	98,520	87,672
Dean, Social Sciences	101,311	191,527	113,042	70,073	88,462
Dean, Social Work	157,808	171,751	100,733	*	*
Dean, Special Programs	91,771	*	81,000	94,790	93,781
Dean, Undergraduate Programs	122,734	152,500	110,048	100,000	91,823
Dean, Veterinary Medicine	215,250	220,500	*	*	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Associate/Assistant Academic Deans
A/A Dean, Agriculture	140,000	141,200	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Architecture	104,001	104,354	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters	94,668	107,051	92,676	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences	96,766	110,007	90,100	93,280	74,702
A/A Dean, Bio & Life Sci	118,584	128,125	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Business	117,247	141,355	109,697	93,747	75,061
A/A Dean, Comp & Info Sci	121,000	156,078	*	*	71,357
A/A Dean, Continuing Ed	81,488	100,550	77,295	61,290	63,989
A/A Dean, Coop Extension	126,584	134,234	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Dentistry	160,020	162,233	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Divinity / Theology	72,353	*	66,880	*	*
A/A Dean, Education	96,483	107,389	88,465	73,500	*
A/A Dean, Engineering	130,171	132,477	123,083	*	*
A/A Dean, Ext Degree Programs	93,150	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Family & Consum Sci	102,751	110,000	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Fine Arts	97,816	102,750	92,272	*	*
A/A Dean, Forest & Envir Studies	115,000	116,274	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Pol	114,150	116,724	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgrms	96,900	107,438	82,620	82,400	*
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs	97,936	113,193	98,268	*	78,138
A/A Dean, Honors Program	82,400	82,658	81,216	*	*
A/A Dean, Humanities	100,667	114,504	94,775	*	85,762
A/A Dean, Instruction	85,112	*	*	*	86,855
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm	100,964	109,260	77,606	*	*
A/A Dean, Law	134,793	135,463	116,000	*	*
A/A Dean, Library & Info Sci	87,930	90,600	83,088	*	78,462
A/A Dean, Mathematics	100,410	*	103,804	*	87,780
A/A Dean, Medicine	162,957	162,944	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Music	86,195	84,892	89,247	*	*
A/A Dean, Nursing	99,885	117,269	92,072	*	77,299
A/A Dean, Occ Stds/Voc Ed/Tech	82,239	98,000	96,223	*	75,591
A/A Dean, Performing Arts	90,600	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Pharmacy	128,172	130,000	121,928	*	*
A/A Dean, Public Admin	79,559	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Public Health	142,334	140,092	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Sciences	111,624	127,141	111,624	*	79,683
A/A Dean, Social Sciences	102,294	119,885	99,512	*	*
A/A Dean, Social Work	109,388	110,070	98,728	*	*
A/A Dean, Special Programs	72,000	90,200	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Undergrad Programs	81,400	95,700	77,250	90,382	*
A/A Dean, Veterinary Med	156,175	157,350	*	*	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Academic Affairs
Vice Provost	140,495	166,750	124,200	110,000	103,502
Assoc Provost	109,279	143,300	107,536	94,366	86,364
Asst Provost	92,700	100,001	87,384	75,000	84,000
Dir, Institutional Research	78,923	102,855	75,940	69,485	71,793
Assoc Dir, Institutional Research	62,700	72,450	54,673	49,738	57,610
Dir, Institutional Diversity	89,752	127,500	82,752	72,868	62,093
Dir, International Education	81,032	108,519	73,227	70,000	73,111
Dir, International Studies Ed	69,092	78,591	65,043	57,545	79,131
Dir, Sponsored Research & Programs	89,170	114,968	79,641	67,547	66,942
Dir, Continuing Education	71,151	98,399	70,141	62,398	65,522
Senior Technology Licensing Officer	103,500	100,659	*	*	*
Dir, Distance Learning	70,195	84,929	64,665	65,205	67,465
Dir, Teaching Center	84,460	100,352	80,070	73,768	66,887
Chief Op Officer (non-faculty), Med Sch	214,702	234,153	*	*	*
Chief Financial Officer, Med Sch	169,900	183,524	*	*	*
Chief Admissions Officer, Med Sch	96,599	105,112	*	*	*
Chief Financial Aid Officer, Med Sch	63,000	65,758	*	*	*
Chief Student Affairs Officer, Med Sch	137,002	139,422	*	*	*
Chief Development Officer, Med Sch	138,137	150,280	*	*	*
Chief IT Officer, Med Sch	123,171	124,089	*	*	*
Chief Research Officer, Med Sch	192,747	200,950	*	*	*
Chief Librarian, Med Sch	118,195	120,000	*	*	*
Chief HR Officer, Med Sch	97,850	93,114	*	*	*
Dir, Library Services	81,657	147,872	85,871	69,716	68,220
Head Librarian, Acquisitions	55,636	66,769	50,842	52,150	53,228
Head Librarian, Technical Services	57,970	80,302	55,560	51,186	51,104
Head Librarian, Pub/Access Services	59,200	82,957	56,243	52,520	55,668
Head Librarian, Cataloging	56,047	66,128	54,120	47,850	60,290
Head Librarian, Collection Devel	63,005	74,305	57,190	57,305	*
Head Librarian, Archives & Rec Mgt	57,450	65,500	54,950	53,691	*
Dir, Educational Media Services	63,082	86,202	64,211	54,290	63,917
Dir, Learning Resources Center	58,737	75,788	55,351	51,000	62,860
Assoc Dir, Admissions	53,150	62,646	51,479	48,888	52,822
Dir, Admissions & Registrar	69,431	100,287	75,363	59,258	64,207
Registrar	69,146	95,065	70,938	62,402	57,125
Assoc Registrar	52,495	67,629	50,000	45,234	45,397
Asst Registrar	40,937	49,032	40,148	37,138	42,102
Dir, Admissions & Financial Aid	91,776	103,943	98,015	104,141	58,280
Dir, Student Financial Aid	70,745	95,169	70,937	63,947	63,596
Assoc Dir, Student Financial Aid	52,176	64,823	50,308	45,452	49,216
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Business and Administrative Affairs
Dir, Risk Mgt & Insurance	85,000	96,477	66,629	71,289	75,208
Dir, Med Center PR/Ext Affairs	119,354	129,135	*	*	*
Dir, Med Center HR	130,000	149,356	*	*	*
Dir, University Research Park	137,500	137,500	*	*	*
Dir, Contracts & Grants	76,799	90,335	69,800	60,994	69,306
Dir, College/University Press	100,328	110,693	73,133	*	*
Assoc Budget Dir	78,144	86,200	69,144	70,750	70,777
Asst Comptroller	69,214	90,500	65,190	55,000	60,000
Restricted Funds Accountant	56,015	62,506	52,580	55,115	58,523
Dir, Accounting	74,484	93,200	71,150	61,797	61,691
Bursar	63,340	84,777	61,227	51,200	56,925
Assoc/Asst Bursar	50,078	58,812	47,835	40,000	46,729
Dir/Mgr, Payroll	57,128	76,000	51,694	44,922	57,812
Dir, Purchasing/Materials Mgt	70,874	90,778	65,500	61,925	64,472
Assoc Dir, Purch/Materials Mgt	60,980	69,661	52,157	42,929	54,899
Dir, Internal Audit	92,582	107,274	74,481	84,000	76,149
Dir, Auxiliary Services	87,579	116,549	81,252	73,578	72,646
Dir/Mgr, Printing Services	53,100	67,345	49,525	43,000	55,254
Dir/Mgr, Mail Services	43,897	54,327	41,428	36,961	49,103
Dir, Bookstore	53,352	83,683	53,225	46,226	51,489
Assoc Dir, Bookstore	45,038	61,537	40,327	41,650	43,682
Dir, Food/Dining Services	78,736	95,685	74,593	73,500	59,382
Assoc Dir, Food /Dining Services	66,300	73,868	57,266	56,838	*
Dir, Environmental Health & Safety	79,447	99,650	65,967	61,129	66,441
Dir, Campus Security/Safety	70,609	100,158	67,733	55,100	61,950
Dir, Parking & Transportation	71,059	79,549	58,674	47,315	*
Dir, Real Estate & Space Mgt	105,830	109,895	75,646	68,153	*
Architect for the Institution	96,028	105,884	81,843	84,731	86,448
Assoc Dir, Phy Plant/Facil Mgt	74,000	100,163	68,042	63,000	68,733
Dir, Energy & Utilities	85,845	88,904	76,742	81,506	*
Mgr, Landscape & Grounds	54,275	66,897	51,068	50,432	46,300
Mgr, Building Maintenance Trades	62,324	73,147	58,698	55,307	58,147
Mgr, Technical Trades	61,252	69,107	56,697	57,021	54,911
Mgr, Custodial Services	50,438	64,964	46,461	45,210	48,535
Mgr, Power Plant	67,130	73,240	60,195	62,000	67,876
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Human Resources and Information Technology
Assoc Dir, HR	70,050	90,160	62,764	60,750	60,791
Dir/Mgr, Employee Benefits	62,000	76,538	52,800	52,500	56,624
Dir/Mgr, Training & Development	69,588	77,148	59,578	53,640	70,019
Dir/Mgr, Employee Relations	74,653	76,050	73,130	69,425	71,440
Dir/Mgr, Labor Relations	94,997	97,338	73,254	*	77,929
Dir/Mgr, Employment	63,638	70,000	57,580	53,396	60,609
Dir/Mgr, Compens & Classification	72,500	77,664	62,515	62,126	57,123
Dir/Mgr, HR Info Systems (HRIS)	74,598	83,538	63,033	57,650	66,349
Dir, AA/Equal Employment	91,091	103,000	81,800	77,868	79,905
Assoc Dir, AA/Equal Employment	69,431	71,527	64,589	*	*
Dir, HR & AA	77,584	89,401	75,095	78,000	77,584
Deputy Chief Info Officer	94,534	128,119	86,772	70,365	83,875
Dir, Academic Computing	83,255	116,345	81,190	74,117	70,812
Assoc Dir, Academic Computing	69,101	86,812	66,296	51,016	*
Dir, Admin Computing	87,268	110,110	83,614	77,550	70,840
Assoc Dir, Admin Computing	73,871	92,560	69,000	55,636	67,644
Dir, Telecom/ Networking	83,516	105,295	78,707	66,950	73,008
Dir, Enterprise Info Systems	99,916	117,910	92,259	82,800	89,324
Dir, Research Computing	104,489	114,000	*	*	*
Dir, Enterprise Data Center	89,384	94,500	85,000	67,000	*
Dir, IT Security	88,000	97,655	81,047	74,911	77,285
Dir, Instructional Technology	75,000	92,847	74,722	60,955	68,738
Dir, User Services	74,454	89,627	67,882	60,660	73,366
Dir, Info Mgt	82,968	98,750	78,000	61,986	81,471
Principal Database Administrator	76,398	85,934	71,945	64,094	73,092
Principal Systems Analyst	68,786	78,543	68,479	59,578	67,080
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Athletes
Dir, Athletics	91,719	185,000	92,428	78,313	66,298
Assoc Athletics Dir	66,283	96,628	61,282	55,199	59,873
A/A Athl Dir, Sports Info/Comm	44,280	56,617	43,284	38,598	42,928
A/A Athl Dir, Men’s Athl Programs	72,598	112,241	63,400	65,568	*
A/A Athl Dir, Women’s Athl Prgms	63,560	92,504	57,727	54,367	*
A/A Athl Dir for Fin & Bus	75,400	87,720	61,023	62,863	*
A/A Athl Dir for Operations	58,908	71,070	46,000	57,800	*
A/A Athl Dir for Ext Affairs	70,000	83,770	60,322	48,627	*
A/A Athl Dir for Devel	74,460	84,814	69,939	56,775	*
A/A Athl Dir for Acad Affairs	61,521	68,148	53,743	*	*
A/A Athl Dir for Compliance	56,065	68,000	51,000	47,446	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Student Affairs
Assoc VP for Student Affairs	88,406	117,631	84,495	66,191	86,517
Asst VP for Student Affairs	86,120	105,537	82,937	60,500	79,053
Dean of Students	84,440	108,172	80,283	71,001	79,078
Dir, Greek Life	43,659	51,706	39,740	37,286	*
Dir, Foreign Students	54,810	66,947	52,086	47,994	50,765
Dir, Campus Ministries	56,620	80,621	53,614	56,662	*
Dir, Minority Affairs	58,147	69,756	55,636	50,112	48,175
Dir, Conferences	56,125	75,652	53,260	47,807	58,900
Dir, Woman’s Center	62,444	64,858	55,945	54,060	64,847
Dir, Student Activities	52,250	64,425	50,850	42,840	55,820
Asst Dir, Student Activities	40,218	45,004	38,600	35,838	52,261
Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	59,976	75,512	55,000	41,400	43,287
Asst Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	44,750	52,746	41,439	37,300	*
Dir, Union & Student Activities	65,513	74,575	64,239	53,520	*
Dir, Student Union	67,833	81,600	61,183	53,065	*
Assoc/Asst Dir, Student Union	52,103	57,440	47,576	39,000	*
Dir, Academic Advising	62,113	74,759	63,895	54,804	59,529
Dir, Career Dev & Placement	61,830	84,000	58,945	52,890	57,935
Dir, Student Counseling	65,910	85,710	62,135	56,522	65,357
Assoc Dir, Student Counseling	59,282	67,356	55,032	49,535	70,308
Dir, Student Housing	61,568	93,201	58,860	49,038	48,563
Assoc Dir, Student Housing	50,412	63,865	46,984	38,110	*
Housing Officer/Admin Operations	54,638	64,835	49,125	36,683	*
Housing Officer/Residence Life	45,100	61,215	45,500	38,000	33,000
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Physician)	146,555	160,460	128,315	123,202	*
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Nurse)	62,300	79,453	62,540	53,766	59,068
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Non Med)	83,820	100,048	74,649	72,969	*
Dir, Counseling & Psych Srvcs	79,268	91,680	72,840	72,846	71,032
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
External Affairs
Assoc/Asst VP/Chancellor for Devel	109,830	138,720	103,000	100,880	116,288
Dir, Annual Giving	62,400	81,460	59,582	55,915	62,034
Dir, Corporate/Foundation Relations	77,169	93,332	70,665	70,540	74,081
Dir, Planned Giving	87,696	108,150	81,213	80,000	52,785
Dir, Alumni Affairs	64,868	99,878	60,371	55,996	57,580
Dir, Development & Alumni Affairs	70,750	154,536	74,053	60,261	56,536
Dir, Major Gifts	81,125	106,750	75,000	78,589	65,000
Dir, Devel for Instit School/College	75,989	81,704	66,113	72,380	*
Dir, Donor Relations	60,000	68,000	52,500	56,215	*
Dir, Adv Research/Prospect Mgt	59,961	73,091	53,000	54,340	*
Dir, Governmental/Legislative Rel	118,202	134,550	95,754	72,436	104,781
Dir, Federal Relations	117,939	118,339	*	*	*
Dir, State Government Relations	100,245	101,831	90,125	*	*
Dir, Church Relations	58,964	93,193	60,474	54,285	*
Dir, Community Services	59,507	79,700	56,416	50,580	57,500
Dir, Publications	64,447	78,622	59,329	56,485	68,819
Assoc Dir, Publications	53,550	60,872	50,298	47,728	56,885
Dir, Information Office	68,000	90,773	64,890	55,350	57,147
Dir, News Bureau/Service	60,001	75,000	50,264	54,863	*
Dir, Marketing	74,940	91,859	74,880	65,000	64,639