Senior Administrative Salaries Up 4%

by E Wayne Ross on February 25, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Senior Administrative Salaries Up 4%

Base salaries for senior administrators in higher education are up by a median of 4 percent in 2007-8, the same gain as last year, and up from increases of 3.5 percent and 3.3 percent the previous two years, according to a report being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

Increases were larger at public institutions, at doctoral institutions, and for the most senior of positions, the report found. The study is based on data about salaries for 272 positions, mostly at the director level or higher, at 1,307 institutions. Data are released by position, sector and over all, but the figures are not identifiable by institution.