Unweighted Median Salary by Carnegie Classification

2008-09 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 2008-09 Salary Survey page.

* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Senior Exec & Chief Functional Officers
CEO of Syst/District	324,938	410,000	209,745	*	246,136
Ex Asst/Chief Staff for CEO Syst/Di	125,302	147,430	*	*	115,000
CEO of Single Institution	233,352	380,293	242,050	225,000	164,947
Ex Asst/Chief Staff CEO Single Inst	95,614	128,258	93,433	84,719	72,776
Exec VP/Vice Chancellor	177,690	271,450	170,045	146,542	149,234
Secretary of the Institution	79,038	121,165	69,850	90,230	56,527
Chief Acad Affairs Officer & Provost	158,000	262,000	163,296	139,569	114,217
Chief Research Officer	197,304	214,583	133,859	105,000	101,012
Chief Technology Transfer Officer	154,384	154,659	*	*	*
Chief Business Officer	155,000	224,000	156,951	136,578	109,139
Chief Administration Officer	141,960	208,030	133,900	126,565	114,383
Chief Financial Officer	135,555	191,981	130,000	110,000	104,824
Chief Investment Officer	167,680	206,450	93,927	187,000	*
Chief Planning Officer	123,662	165,000	110,590	113,512	108,175
Chief Budget Officer	104,817	125,646	90,246	94,967	92,125
Chief Planning & Budget Officer	135,563	168,331	123,674	99,478	114,406
Chief Legal Affairs Officer	161,195	183,000	135,000	129,000	136,200
Chief HR Officer	97,350	144,079	92,700	80,000	88,944
Chief Information Officer	116,210	184,375	111,756	100,313	97,112
Chief Phys Plant/Facilities Officer	99,126	145,494	97,706	85,409	81,858
Chief Accounting Officer/Comptroller	94,587	135,396	93,424	83,521	84,624
Chief Health Professions Officer	293,514	516,250	93,197	*	96,985
Chief Admin, Hospital/Med Center	310,425	461,573	141,098	*	*
Chief Student Affairs/Life Officer	118,450	180,262	121,312	105,023	99,307
Chief Admissions Officer	83,294	109,911	79,971	76,060	67,190
Chief, Enrollment Mgt Officer	112,044	145,215	114,626	106,032	78,642
Chief External Affairs Officer	150,681	218,200	138,446	139,919	132,625
Chief Development Officer	141,712	220,500	142,000	130,000	92,329
Chief PR Officer	95,000	151,335	84,221	79,570	74,841
Chief Development & PR Officer	135,000	204,564	135,707	110,470	84,265
Chief Audit Officer	98,774	112,536	80,720	79,999	82,825
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Academic Deans
Dean, Agriculture	188,866	218,558	115,581	*	*
Dean, Architecture	180,930	193,918	123,303	*	*
Dean, Arts & Letters	121,780	177,730	122,647	104,000	92,003
Dean, Arts & Sciences	134,632	200,000	127,032	107,290	86,338
Dean, Biological & Life Sciences	107,120	224,306	111,744	71,009	93,198
Dean, Business	150,000	249,372	145,256	115,700	87,277
Dean, Computer & Info Sciences	122,676	218,653	145,240	*	84,156
Dean, Continuing Education	109,925	153,276	109,925	81,611	89,696
Dean, Cooperative Extension	160,271	165,767	*	*	*
Dean, Dentistry	270,972	277,799	*	*	*
Dean, Divinity / Theology	89,761	150,000	89,631	73,599	*
Dean, Education	128,550	176,637	120,000	89,010	87,877
Dean, Engineering	204,551	228,859	165,896	116,825	83,156
Dean, External Degree Programs	83,750	*	99,127	65,650	75,000
Dean, Family & Consumer Sci	174,981	179,004	*	*	*
Dean, Fine Arts	135,398	175,553	126,156	93,000	87,979
Dean, Forestry & Environ Studies	185,480	187,740	*	*	*
Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Policy	207,502	230,854	*	*	*
Dean, Graduate Programs	130,000	162,113	112,516	88,400	*
Dean, Health-Related Profs	120,980	173,796	129,696	103,771	88,585
Dean, Honors Program	120,000	128,566	89,050	*	*
Dean, Humanities	105,540	198,500	117,025	86,236	89,237
Dean, Instruction	88,065	*	95,669	*	90,902
Dean, Journalism & Mass Comm	166,361	196,090	117,951	*	86,783
Dean, Law	266,895	276,897	245,000	*	*
Library Dean	126,000	153,901	112,406	81,213	84,129
Dean, Mathematics	92,423	147,550	117,996	92,423	86,029
Dean, Medicine	386,561	384,600	*	*	*
Dean, Music	135,084	181,150	105,575	60,737	*
Dean, Nursing	125,400	190,412	114,100	85,000	82,967
Dean, Occup Studies/Voc Ed/Techn	92,622	137,010	133,282	105,028	85,991
Dean, Performing Arts	135,446	186,613	128,750	*	*
Dean, Pharmacy	207,196	217,758	180,000	170,000	*
Dean, Public Administration	136,240	218,000	*	*	*
Dean, Public Health	264,180	279,264	*	*	*
Dean, Sciences	131,749	203,525	131,000	95,750	80,680
Dean, Social Sciences	103,440	195,900	119,247	70,958	88,203
Dean, Social Work	165,000	177,000	103,486	*	*
Dean, Special Programs	88,786	143,434	85,122	100,638	82,430
Dean, Undergraduate Programs	124,888	153,578	110,400	100,000	89,033
Dean, Veterinary Medicine	227,826	227,826	*	*	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Associate/Assistant Academic Deans
A/A Dean, Agriculture	143,454	145,365	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Architecture	108,575	109,000	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Letters	98,063	115,292	91,910	*	*
A/A Dean, Arts & Sciences	99,746	116,100	92,991	85,458	76,532
A/A Dean, Bio & Life Sci	122,381	132,162	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Business	123,239	147,950	114,666	90,463	76,413
A/A Dean, Comp & Info Sci	127,004	156,078	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Continuing Ed	80,904	108,004	78,987	62,544	70,545
A/A Dean, Coop Extension	134,680	141,925	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Dentistry	166,695	163,459	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Divinity / Theology	81,882	77,629	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Education	100,107	113,363	92,363	81,305	*
A/A Dean, Engineering	133,739	136,919	116,618	*	*
A/A Dean, Ext Degree Programs	95,760	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Family & Consum Sci	116,622	121,944	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Fine Arts	98,010	105,474	92,089	*	104,648
A/A Dean, Forest & Envir Studies	117,762	120,769	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Gov/Pub Affairs/Pub Pol	120,804	124,493	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Graduate Prgrms	97,218	105,500	83,060	84,000	*
A/A Dean, Health-Rel Profs	107,872	116,701	104,974	*	81,514
A/A Dean, Honors Program	82,400	96,186	75,139	*	*
A/A Dean, Humanities	98,855	124,345	92,704	*	76,097
A/A Dean, Instruction	85,252	*	*	*	85,252
A/A Dean, Journ & Mass Comm	101,325	103,476	98,595	*	*
A/A Dean, Law	133,232	135,000	126,373	*	*
Deputy Coll Librarian	91,616	96,274	77,401	*	79,462
A/A Dean, Mathematics	100,500	*	100,500	*	*
A/A Dean, Medicine	179,067	176,363	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Music	93,292	89,185	93,398	*	*
A/A Dean, Nursing	101,966	114,702	100,000	81,143	82,334
A/A Dean, Occ Stds/Voc Ed/Tech	88,053	103,848	97,492	*	76,070
A/A Dean, Performing Arts	97,699	*	97,699	*	*
A/A Dean, Pharmacy	130,809	132,582	125,070	*	*
A/A Dean, Public Admin	78,458	*	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Public Health	138,108	138,383	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Sciences	114,325	129,716	111,954	*	85,183
A/A Dean, Social Sciences	100,038	114,870	96,005	*	*
A/A Dean, Social Work	107,067	108,443	*	*	*
A/A Dean, Special Programs	66,000	98,249	*	*	61,485
A/A Dean, Undergrad Programs	78,253	84,966	78,037	77,850	69,666
A/A Dean, Veterinary Med	169,253	169,051	*	*	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Academic Affairs
Vice Provost	148,833	172,850	127,500	118,750	116,654
Assoc Provost	114,740	151,867	110,334	100,000	92,788
Asst Provost	93,678	104,260	88,024	82,512	93,678
Dir, Institutional Research	81,406	108,073	77,567	70,185	75,750
Assoc Dir, Institutional Research	64,844	74,551	55,610	50,737	62,046
Dir, Institutional Diversity	93,600	130,050	81,251	81,122	63,963
Dir, International Education	81,190	107,862	75,201	71,255	74,875
Dir, International Studies Ed	70,048	79,792	66,072	62,448	81,656
Dir, Sponsored Research & Progra	92,700	111,738	83,412	76,641	79,088
Dir, Continuing Education	74,907	97,251	74,352	64,586	66,993
Senior Technology Licensing Officer	100,000	99,316	*	*	*
Dir, Distance Learning	72,720	84,761	69,995	60,000	69,794
Dir, Teaching Center	86,843	102,642	83,953	75,000	61,970
Assoc/Asst VP for Research	150,570	152,873	117,823	*	*
Chief Op Officer (non-faculty), Med	226,420	217,686	*	*	*
Chief Financial Officer, Med Sch	164,750	173,040	*	*	*
Chief Admissions Officer, Med Sch	103,640	107,768	*	*	*
Chief Financial Aid Officer, Med Sch	70,728	75,000	*	*	*
Chief Student Affairs Officer, Med S	144,900	144,200	*	*	*
Chief Development Officer, Med Sc	150,000	153,245	*	*	*
Chief IT Officer, Med Sch	119,540	116,415	*	*	*
Chief Research Officer, Med Sch	197,404	195,659	*	*	*
Chief Librarian, Med Sch	120,293	133,645	*	*	*
Chief HR Officer, Med Sch	114,892	103,058	*	*	*
Dir, Library Services	82,959	153,726	86,256	71,814	68,780
Acquisitions Librarian	58,969	69,955	55,000	52,825	59,167
Head, Technical Services	61,532	79,990	58,691	53,258	53,642
Head, Public (Access) Services	61,511	83,032	58,409	54,468	59,301
Head, Catalog & Metadata - Lev III	58,214	67,935	55,492	49,800	72,369
Head, Collection Development	66,440	79,956	65,520	60,531	*
Spec Collections Libr'n/Archivist	59,814	69,206	55,832	55,051	*
Dir, Educational Media Services	65,023	88,500	66,333	57,100	66,079
Dir, Learning Resources Center	59,094	78,986	56,440	50,430	62,860
Assoc Dir, Admissions	54,785	65,008	53,309	48,904	50,589
Dir, Admissions & Registrar	70,065	95,484	72,000	56,544	66,758
Registrar	71,764	96,700	72,582	63,902	60,172
Assoc Registrar	54,752	68,180	51,194	48,180	48,280
Asst Registrar	42,637	50,980	41,742	38,874	43,997
Dir, Admissions & Financial Aid	93,953	108,001	96,290	115,292	60,005
Dir, Student Financial Aid	74,261	98,900	74,247	65,882	65,836
Assoc Dir, Student Financial Aid	53,884	65,194	52,136	47,350	49,622
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Business and Administrative Affairs
Dir, Risk Mgt & Insurance	87,019	95,000	70,500	69,774	79,092
Dir, Med Center PR/Ext Affairs	109,947	135,000	*	*	*
Dir, Med Center HR	141,014	159,481	*	*	*
Dir, University Research Park	154,876	172,519	145,606	*	*
Dir, Contracts & Grants	80,445	94,636	75,160	66,248	71,003
Dir, College/University Press	99,202	108,505	81,570	*	*
Assoc Budget Dir	81,615	90,000	76,068	71,719	74,717
Asst Comptroller	72,409	94,500	70,606	60,000	66,248
Restricted Funds Accountant	57,716	64,968	53,704	59,525	52,783
Dir, Accounting	77,073	93,130	74,098	68,353	66,107
Bursar	65,000	88,367	62,728	52,000	58,528
Assoc/Asst Bursar	51,551	58,856	49,190	38,269	52,265
Dir/Mgr, Payroll	59,950	78,000	54,900	45,518	60,789
Dir, Purchasing/Materials Mgt	75,000	93,822	69,035	65,850	67,586
Assoc Dir, Purch/Materials Mgt	65,250	71,063	56,493	45,058	59,193
Dir, Auxiliary Services	89,394	119,368	85,120	75,625	74,725
Dir/Mgr, Printing Services	54,998	69,789	51,252	42,405	54,229
Dir/Mgr, Mail Services	46,630	56,407	42,628	38,827	54,579
Dir, Bookstore	55,430	86,097	55,550	48,000	51,625
Assoc Dir, Bookstore	47,280	65,887	42,513	43,056	45,893
Dir, Food/Dining Services	82,658	99,583	75,493	77,987	59,175
Assoc Dir, Food /Dining Services	67,617	77,134	60,038	58,944	40,332
Dir, Environmental Health & Safety	82,848	102,123	69,540	62,835	67,963
Dir, Campus Security/Safety	75,004	104,737	71,480	60,000	66,643
Dir, Parking & Transportation	72,171	80,000	57,321	45,135	*
Dir, Real Estate & Space Mgt	109,800	115,101	85,900	95,732	*
Architect for the Institution	98,157	106,000	85,509	85,351	84,554
Assoc Dir, Phy Plant/Facil Mgt	78,348	101,028	72,590	65,799	70,720
Dir, Energy & Utilities	89,292	90,000	84,536	84,562	*
Mgr, Landscape & Grounds	56,425	68,973	53,263	53,683	48,988
Mgr, Building Maintenance Trades	63,274	75,418	59,472	58,990	59,288
Mgr, Technical Trades	63,150	70,530	57,385	59,741	57,592
Mgr, Custodial Services	53,334	65,079	49,922	47,147	52,157
Mgr, Power Plant	69,706	76,822	65,029	65,563	71,592
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Human Resources and Information Technol
Assoc Dir, HR	73,000	92,298	65,546	66,426	63,246
Dir/Mgr, Employee Benefits	65,000	75,843	59,447	54,100	61,059
Dir/Mgr, Training & Development	73,001	77,937	64,413	64,413	76,083
Dir/Mgr, Employee Relations	78,079	80,000	77,700	73,418	75,841
Dir/Mgr, Labor Relations	96,654	99,966	71,412	*	*
Dir/Mgr, Employment	65,209	71,590	60,913	53,320	60,892
Dir/Mgr, Compens & Classification	76,000	83,311	65,353	60,650	71,482
Dir/Mgr, HR Info Systems (HRIS)	76,220	86,225	70,000	58,148	69,628
Dir, AA/Equal Employment	91,314	99,908	84,603	76,284	81,629
Assoc Dir, AA/Equal Employment	71,350	72,012	71,700	*	*
Dir, HR & AA	78,182	106,234	75,981	75,000	77,520
Deputy Chief Info Officer	100,130	134,070	93,347	69,688	86,782
Dir, Academic Computing	88,004	119,557	82,037	84,947	68,686
Assoc Dir, Academic Computing	75,500	88,844	68,986	67,870	69,981
Dir, Admin Computing	90,114	111,220	85,938	81,550	79,299
Assoc Dir, Admin Computing	78,372	96,267	72,591	57,862	79,304
Dir, Telecom/ Networking	87,475	109,046	81,940	73,507	81,802
Dir, Enterprise Info Systems	98,219	113,443	92,706	85,698	85,834
Dir, Research Computing	105,000	105,598	92,208	*	*
Dir, Enterprise Data Center	92,000	99,694	86,169	76,599	85,523
Dir, IT Security	91,949	100,940	80,480	77,097	78,413
Dir, Instructional Technology	76,039	95,386	71,042	68,041	68,600
Dir, User Services	76,130	90,988	65,779	66,903	74,585
Dir, Info Mgt	87,786	98,041	83,276	67,824	80,071
Principal Database Administrator	79,450	88,502	74,834	64,903	78,353
Principal Systems Analyst	71,219	83,962	71,219	60,281	66,307
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Athletics
Dir, Athletics	95,031	193,762	95,212	79,848	67,325
Assoc Athletics Dir	67,487	97,580	64,109	58,148	56,897
A/A Athl Dir, Sports Info/Comm	46,020	57,164	45,000	40,692	43,531
A/A Athl Dir, Men’s Athl Programs	75,346	108,892	60,100	65,830	*
A/A Athl Dir, Women’s Athl Prgms	65,525	94,425	59,373	56,803	*
A/A Athl Dir for Fin & Bus	77,231	92,700	63,978	68,000	*
A/A Athl Dir for Operations	61,695	74,325	51,988	58,051	*
A/A Athl Dir for Ext Affairs	74,971	89,500	62,919	*	*
A/A Athl Dir for Devel	75,216	84,000	65,968	51,984	*
A/A Athl Dir for Acad Affairs	64,817	70,860	53,038	*	*
A/A Athl Dir for Compliance	56,416	68,000	50,000	49,920	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
Student Affairs
Assoc VP for Student Affairs	92,630	120,000	87,125	72,487	96,505
Asst VP for Student Affairs	88,097	107,494	83,930	62,334	75,817
Dean of Students	88,280	108,307	83,358	75,750	85,000
Dir, Greek Life	45,000	52,957	39,370	38,428	*
Dir, Foreign Students	57,500	66,796	52,149	50,750	55,579
Dir, Campus Ministries	58,489	77,275	56,145	58,345	*
Dir, Minority Affairs	59,589	73,016	58,012	50,940	50,415
Dir, Conferences	60,811	77,675	57,000	49,893	73,931
Dir, Woman’s Center	63,981	65,416	60,171	54,859	67,765
Assoc/Asst Dir, Women's Center	48,470	48,470	44,785	*	*
Dir, Student Activities	54,931	66,689	52,000	44,479	58,568
Asst Dir, Student Activities	41,796	47,000	40,318	36,720	47,980
Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	61,670	77,181	55,648	45,350	*
Asst Dir, Campus Rec/Intramurals	46,444	53,650	42,109	41,998	*
Dir, Union & Student Activities	71,040	78,660	70,044	60,532	59,285
Dir, Student Union	69,327	83,232	62,090	55,580	*
Assoc/Asst Dir, Student Union	51,088	56,308	47,334	41,656	*
Dir, Academic Advising	63,775	76,287	64,088	54,891	60,484
Dir, Career Dev & Placement	65,057	85,948	63,058	55,055	60,773
Dir, Student Academic Counseling	68,017	84,739	66,481	55,574	66,319
Assoc Dir, Student Counseling	58,977	69,625	53,801	48,343	56,976
Dir, Student Housing	64,688	91,585	61,862	52,500	53,265
Assoc Dir, Student Housing	51,272	66,988	48,635	39,359	*
Housing Officer/Admin Operations	56,712	67,202	50,667	36,904	*
Housing Officer/Residence Life	45,576	62,928	44,785	39,000	36,004
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Physician	153,060	167,558	131,645	152,616	*
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Nurse)	65,251	82,962	64,740	55,830	62,460
Dir, Student Health Srvcs (Non Med	86,767	106,509	77,402	73,412	*
Dir, Counseling & Psych Srvcs	77,811	96,822	72,164	70,000	53,015
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate	Two-Year
External Affairs
Assoc/Asst VP/Chancellor for Devel	113,275	149,100	98,959	105,000	116,288
Dir, Annual Giving	62,695	81,460	60,899	57,000	66,089
Dir, Corporate/Foundation Relations	79,636	98,029	72,980	74,818	76,260
Dir, Planned Giving	89,040	113,547	82,400	85,000	55,792
Dir, Alumni Affairs	67,603	100,980	63,647	56,650	53,511
Dir, Development & Alumni Affairs	77,265	119,790	75,070	68,000	65,000
Dir, Major Gifts	86,320	111,280	80,000	80,756	82,013
Dir, Devel for Instit School/College	78,825	86,104	69,419	73,375	78,600
Dir, Donor Relations	62,760	68,399	58,171	56,650	*
Dir, Adv Research/Prospect Mgt	62,750	75,898	58,270	59,207	*
Dir, Governmental/Legislative Rel	127,528	144,840	97,752	80,330	108,038
Dir, Federal Relations	122,037	122,597	*	*	*
Dir, State Government Relations	102,733	102,720	92,829	*	*
Dir, Church Relations	63,452	88,644	70,732	52,833	*
Dir, Community Services	62,664	85,485	60,099	56,102	57,000
Dir, Publications	66,441	80,225	61,448	60,500	72,792
Assoc Dir, Publications	55,085	61,160	52,849	48,850	56,873
Dir, Information Office	69,148	86,677	68,283	57,575	61,073
Dir, News Bureau/Service	63,348	79,961	54,297	55,000	74,117
Dir, Marketing	77,126	94,760	76,967	65,882	67,635