Median Salaries for Mid-Level Administrators

2007-08 CUPA-HR Mid-Level 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 2007-08 Salary Survey page.

* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Academic Affairs
Conf/Wrkshp Ed Coordinator (Cont Ed)	42,056	42,256	41,279	35,550	44,788
Continuing Education Specialist	47,432	50,668	45,672	44,837	47,487
Museum Curator	49,249	49,891	43,960	53,300	49,523
Reference and Instruction Librarian	47,719	54,249	46,896	45,019	47,725
Reference Specialist	35,446	35,615	36,732	32,235	38,589
Catalog Librarian	48,357	52,750	47,107	48,113	50,413
Cataloging Specialist	34,517	37,338	34,566	32,911	38,789
Admissions Counselor	33,139	35,294	32,500	31,067	36,754
Financial Aid Counselor	35,819	37,110	35,552	33,900	36,776
Academic Evaluator	34,244	33,597	34,351	30,696	38,780
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Business & Administrative Affairs
Administrative Specialist	42,017	45,098	41,561	39,621	41,605
Staff Attorney	102,520	103,179	93,212	*	104,334
Buyer	38,830	41,300	36,926	35,461	38,404
Buyer, Senior	47,893	49,240	45,200	45,969	48,279
Buyer, Supervisory	59,056	62,413	50,282	57,333	60,000
Contract and Grants Specialist	49,598	47,041	48,181	51,689	51,160
Accountant	40,500	42,047	39,454	38,824	41,814
Accountant, Senior	51,050	50,570	49,582	50,200	51,702
Accounting Unit Supervisor	56,790	57,891	53,961	52,660	55,000
Auditor	49,846	49,750	46,250	74,998	53,775
Auditor, Senior	62,095	63,000	59,900	69,579	62,034
Budget Analyst	48,457	48,869	46,967	48,240	49,213
Budget Analyst, Senior	59,956	61,241	56,553	54,710	59,832
Budget Unit Supervisor	72,890	72,896	69,470	70,000	61,828
Dept Business Manager (Small Unit)	50,905	54,471	46,989	46,690	57,862
Dept Business Manager (Large Unit)	67,607	68,428	63,371	61,294	67,112
Head Cashier	33,667	37,678	32,224	28,950	36,069
Collections Supervisor	40,732	44,775	40,000	34,311	44,779
Shipping and Receiving Supervisor	38,328	40,123	37,061	38,438	38,142
Print Shop Supervisor	42,466	46,503	40,200	34,528	45,284
Mail Services Supervisor	35,636	41,734	34,058	30,795	37,857
Child Care Center Teacher	29,696	31,056	29,618	28,919	28,846
Child Care Site Director	49,854	56,541	49,051	44,957	48,979
Textbook Manager	38,733	49,440	37,000	32,960	44,656
Food Service Manager (Unit)	44,535	46,641	41,039	43,063	41,553
Assistant Police Chief	66,075	78,312	60,136	52,332	57,179
Police Lieutenant	53,823	60,555	49,899	47,233	47,738
Police Sergeant	44,917	51,237	40,890	39,749	48,711
Police Officer	36,549	39,509	33,839	32,384	37,069
Security Guard	26,355	26,094	25,884	26,102	27,430
Environ Health and Safety Specialist	50,488	50,061	48,266	48,500	49,366
Safety Officer	50,838	56,460	43,576	36,750	51,447
Skilled Crafts Supervisor	50,273	55,956	48,173	49,681	47,852
Coordinator Construction Projects	60,328	62,524	57,440	61,840	55,996
Architect	70,088	68,842	70,173	73,258	73,901
Facilities Utilization Planner	54,601	57,684	53,749	44,408	49,216
Facilities Engineer	65,348	67,126	60,886	61,724	67,101
Manager of Inventory	42,650	45,953	42,095	38,870	38,866
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Human Resources
Coordinator, Disability Services	50,656	58,171	46,804	47,000	48,212
Training Specialist	49,174	50,056	47,552	48,657	49,878
EEO/Affirmative Action Specialist	55,000	53,880	47,412	61,903	61,285
Employee Relations Specialist	46,939	46,830	42,915	*	48,388
Employee Relations Specialist, Senior	58,967	58,506	55,000	*	*
Employee Relations Unit Supervisor	70,000	71,739	67,225	*	68,452
HR Generalist	41,217	45,525	39,500	38,945	40,000
HR Generalist, Senior	51,783	53,167	51,413	47,815	50,000
Credential Specialist	43,104	54,080	40,929	42,441	41,455
Compensation Specialist	45,000	45,100	42,412	*	45,816
Compensation Specialist, Senior	54,717	54,001	54,264	*	54,574
Compens/Classif Unit Supervisor	68,800	72,940	58,738	*	62,224
Benefits Specialist	39,374	39,969	38,268	38,006	41,650
Benefits Specialist, Senior	49,170	50,000	45,193	48,895	47,948
Benefits Unit Supervisor	60,034	61,298	54,500	*	59,015
Labor Relations Specialist	42,791	40,116	*	*	*
Labor Relations Specialist, Senior	68,292	73,368	*	*	*
Labor Relations Unit Supervisor	79,695	75,793	*	*	*
Employment Specialist	39,378	40,607	36,653	35,360	41,041
Employment Specialist, Senior	48,240	48,785	44,768	45,565	52,233
Employment Unit Supervisor	61,200	66,650	57,246	*	57,453
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Information Technology
Programmer Analyst	49,257	50,377	47,897	47,547	48,213
Programmer Analyst, Senior	60,855	63,135	58,148	59,397	63,000
Programmer Analyst, Supervisor	72,227	74,807	68,500	66,835	69,309
Systems Programmer	52,415	55,028	50,274	51,000	49,249
Systems Programmer, Senior	64,571	67,282	59,534	61,976	66,661
Systems Programmer, Supervisor	76,320	78,687	69,699	76,772	78,305
IT Security Analyst/Engineer	61,928	63,918	58,527	53,855	65,297
Telecommunications Manager	56,136	72,100	53,100	45,308	61,380
Network Engineer	57,787	60,612	52,609	52,631	61,792
Email Administrator	60,000	64,804	57,621	53,000	53,255
Network Administrator	56,981	62,374	57,375	52,685	57,833
System Administrator	53,676	56,973	53,315	50,557	55,976
Database Administrator	61,369	71,879	59,340	56,231	62,555
Data Administrator	56,533	58,476	54,667	50,183	50,460
Manager, Web Services/Web Master	52,860	60,000	51,948	47,972	50,522
Web Graphics Designer	45,333	47,147	44,579	44,100	42,800
Web Content Developer	47,024	50,536	45,251	46,261	46,248
Computer Operator, Entry	32,390	32,188	31,411	33,472	33,147
Computer Operator, Senior	39,712	37,428	40,000	38,185	45,312
Computer Operations Supervisor	54,000	54,197	47,653	57,521	56,644
IT Support Specialist	41,061	44,638	41,000	39,702	38,199
Help Desk Specialist/Technician	36,229	39,746	35,200	35,233	34,560
Help Desk Manager	49,651	60,000	47,088	44,000	49,684
IT Technical Writer	48,307	52,960	42,147	*	*
IT Project Manager	68,442	76,220	69,318	55,485	60,575
Electronic Resource Specialist (Librarian)	50,800	55,107	53,578	45,993	46,876
Digital Resources Manager (Media Librarian)	54,493	61,000	50,935	50,368	57,987
Instructional Technology Specialist	48,000	48,759	46,000	49,033	46,128
Multi-media Specialist/Technician	39,060	42,577	39,072	37,364	38,812
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Athletics
Assistant Athl Trainer/Phys Therapist	36,600	39,138	34,967	35,785	41,389
Head Athletic Trainer	50,000	65,000	47,853	46,000	43,923
Ticket Manager (Athletic Event)	42,685	48,391	36,021	41,492	*
Head Coach-Football	80,000	194,155	78,298	67,596	57,528
Offensive Coordinator-Football	57,000	129,000	45,485	43,185	*
Defensive Coordinator-Football	56,170	116,805	50,000	41,450	*
Assistant Coach-Football	40,197	80,583	38,493	34,866	*
Head Coach-Baseball	52,200	79,570	51,758	45,240	50,112
Assistant Coach-Baseball	33,567	43,650	31,128	25,320	35,457
Head Coach-Men’s Basketball	70,224	189,644	69,898	55,167	51,089
Assistant Coach-Men’s Basketball	42,557	68,220	39,369	30,950	32,451
Head Coach-Women’s Basketball	63,000	126,697	62,007	50,962	46,844
Assistant Coach-Women’s Basketball	38,596	51,500	36,329	30,589	31,275
Head Coach-Cross Country	41,212	51,500	36,242	37,000	*
Head Coach-Track and Field	52,083	70,075	48,790	44,248	*
Head Coach-X Country / Track & Field	52,108	60,200	49,786	49,450	*
Head Coach-Skiing (Alpine & Nordic)	49,750	49,255	49,750	49,864	*
Head Coach-Swimming & Diving	52,550	59,964	46,370	48,725	*
Head Coach-Men’s Golf	46,305	55,814	40,359	36,947	*
Head Coach-Men’s Gymnastics	80,000	81,218	*	*	*
Head Coach-Men’s Ice Hockey	81,480	136,010	68,095	75,387	*
Head Coach-Men’s Lacrosse	50,617	75,258	49,200	47,007	*
Head Coach-Men’s Rowing	52,297	60,040	51,058	51,801	*
Head Coach-Men’s Soccer	47,603	63,829	44,177	44,610	*
Head Coach-Men’s Tennis	43,445	52,693	39,483	40,096	*
Head Coach-Men’s Volleyball	51,599	64,852	47,825	42,097	*
Head Coach-Men’s Wrestling	50,991	64,528	46,803	44,785	*
Head Coach-Women’s Field Hockey	47,698	62,525	42,005	45,000	*
Head Coach-Women’s Golf	45,181	60,088	37,170	34,525	*
Head Coach-Women’s Gymnastics	63,516	69,000	53,957	*	*
Head Coach-Women’s Ice Hockey	56,526	89,065	49,171	53,400	*
Head Coach-Women’s Lacrosse	46,275	56,820	42,138	43,900	*
Head Coach-Women’s Rowing	55,139	60,000	43,469	49,200	*
Head Coach-Women’s Soccer	46,468	59,093	43,692	43,385	*
Head Coach-Women’s Softball	45,328	60,087	42,785	41,350	44,355
Head Coach-Women’s Tennis	45,933	54,562	38,526	39,105	*
Head Coach-Women’s Volleyball	47,917	67,946	45,420	43,518	40,000
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Student Affairs
Intramural/Recreation Coordinator	38,078	40,919	36,008	34,112	38,018
Student Activities Officer	39,336	42,302	37,954	35,223	44,652
Campus Minister	43,215	46,144	42,500	46,087	*
Sign Language Interpreter	43,164	45,540	43,781	*	42,750
Events Coordinator	39,887	42,255	37,353	38,163	41,669
Events Technical Services Coordinator	41,486	43,040	40,123	40,297	43,028
Academic Advisor/Counselor	38,693	39,369	38,207	38,443	39,083
Student Career Counselor	40,892	43,478	40,170	40,395	41,382
Cooperative Program Coordinator	44,114	44,179	42,299	45,337	43,822
Study Abroad Advisor	39,087	38,999	39,142	38,750	*
Academic Support Center Coordinator	44,366	46,507	42,400	42,892	48,601
Residence Hall Mgr-Room/Board Incl	28,440	31,086	27,843	26,811	26,897
Residence Hall Mgr-Room/Board Not Incl	35,590	39,415	36,500	31,110	*
Counseling Psychologist	56,582	56,152	53,618	60,472	60,404
Counselor	44,819	44,381	43,050	46,262	49,181
Nurse Practitioner	67,040	69,908	62,060	64,300	58,413
Staff Nurse	44,416	48,696	42,917	41,996	47,835
Staff Physician	122,648	122,720	114,107	138,300	*
Clinical Research Nurse	57,474	58,065	*	*	*
Pharmacist	85,607	86,693	76,829	*	*
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
External Affairs
Annual Giving Officer-Entry Level	38,500	41,012	36,889	36,420	50,627
Annual Giving Officer-Senior Level	47,500	52,108	43,988	45,750	47,984
Alumni Relations Officer-Entry Level	38,000	40,208	37,000	35,490	*
Alumni Relations Officer-Senior Level	47,208	52,044	44,796	44,000	48,578
Major Gift Officer-Entry Level	50,670	52,226	47,000	50,670	*
Major Gift Officer-Senior Level	69,256	78,399	62,500	69,185	65,908
Planned Giving Officer-Entry Level	48,492	48,880	48,780	46,921	*
Planned Giving Officer-Senior Level	74,797	81,935	69,160	63,653	64,085
Coordinator, Resource Development	43,341	45,104	42,230	41,036	45,021
Public Information Specialist	42,174	43,992	40,623	38,794	43,047
Assistant Editor	39,104	38,072	36,600	40,883	*
Editor	46,497	46,298	44,166	53,871	43,672
Graphic Designer	40,770	41,603	40,048	40,365	40,608
Writer	43,000	44,292	41,766	40,000	43,932
Assistant Writer	33,272	33,889	32,575	33,696	*
Photographer	40,403	39,611	40,403	43,284	42,454
Producer/Director (Television)	48,471	47,910	45,917	51,721	52,119
Program Manager (Television)	51,314	51,683	51,439	*	51,853
Television Engineer, Senior	50,639	52,346	50,660	43,652	58,113
Manager FM Radio Station	58,406	70,575	54,954	48,168	58,009
Manager TV Station	62,770	73,900	47,879	*	69,000
* indicates 4 cases or fewer	All Institutions	Doctoral	Master's	Bachelor's	Two-Year
Engineering/Research & Agricultural
Electrical/Electronic Engineer	55,812	56,433	51,680	46,894	*
Electrical/Electronic Engineer, Senior	69,964	70,000	*	*	*
Mechanical Engineer	58,142	60,348	53,572	*	*
Mechanical Engineer, Senior	72,697	72,854	*	*	*
Rsrch Asst-Natural/Physical Sci	37,549	39,745	34,722	33,957	*
Rsrch Asst, Senior-Natural/Physical Sci	47,668	48,374	48,982	41,251	*
Rsrch Asst-Social/Behavioral Sci	40,621	42,158	40,678	35,321	*
Rsrch Asst, Senior-Social/Behav Sci	51,440	51,856	51,603	*	*
Lab Coordinator	41,916	43,360	41,600	41,508	36,447
Laboratory Technician II	33,471	31,662	35,462	35,637	40,202
Laboratory Technician IV	39,996	40,112	38,663	45,134	32,004
Research Field Technician	35,450	35,303	38,919	45,946	*
Research Computer Specialist	52,680	57,355	49,051	41,500	*
Electronic Technician Supervisor	55,158	56,432	53,048	55,149	*
Research Project Engineer	58,494	58,494	*	*	*
Veterinarian	91,438	91,438	79,017	*	*
Animal Care Manager	48,410	52,057	44,484	32,703	*
Farm Manager	46,375	50,441	42,265	41,112	47,340