Inside Higher Ed: Mid-Level Administrator Pay Up 3.5%
The median salary increase for mid-level administrative positions in higher education for 2008-9 is 3.5 percent, according to data being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Increases are larger at private than at public institutions, and smaller at doctoral universities than in other sectors of higher education.
Because the Consumer Price Index increased by about 3.8 percent during this period, median salaries for these positions did not keep pace with inflation. And that may be understating things. The CUPA-HR data were based on salaries in place on October 15, 2008 — which is before many colleges and universities announced some combination of furloughs, pay cuts, pay freezes and layoffs that have cut significantly into the take-home pay of many college and university employees. CUPA-HR releases a series of salary reports each year around this time — and has already reported that the median increase for faculty members at four-year colleges and universities this year is 3.7 percent and that the median increase for senior administrators is 4.0 percent.
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