Research Help: Average Salaries in Academia

[poppe]

Hey Guys,

I need to do a research project on salaries for administrators (from Dean to the assistants and everyone in between) at universities and colleges. While the average salary for a Dean of a school is not hard to find, I am having trouble finding information for lower end positions.

The true cherry on top would be finding some salary data on small schools and non-profit institutions.

Any one a wiz at the google research and think they'd be able to help direct me to some good data?

 

[ender land]

I know in my state (Iowa) you can look up the salaries of all government officials.

 

[benthewraith]

Hey Guys,

I need to do a research project on salaries for administrators (from Dean to the assistants and everyone in between) at universities and colleges. While the average salary for a Dean of a school is not hard to find, I am having trouble finding information for lower end positions.

The true cherry on top would be finding some salary data on small schools and non-profit institutions.

Any one a wiz at the google research and think they'd be able to help direct me to some good data?

It's a little dated, but I did find something from 2002. It compares all of Florida's schools and Big East schools and some others. Certainly not every university in the country however.

http://web.usf.edu/FacultySenate/ay0304/documents/currents/USF Faculty Salary Peer Comp 2002.pdf

 

[steadysignal]

contact the department of labor for the fed or the states you are interested in....

 

[barkomatic]

You should check out the Chronicle of Higher Education website. Click on "facts and figures" on the top menu bar.

http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5/

 

[poppe]

It's a little dated, but I did find something from 2002. It compares all of Florida's schools and Big East schools and some others. Certainly not every university in the country however.

http://web.usf.edu/FacultySenate/ay0304/documents/currents/USF Faculty Salary Peer Comp 2002.pdf

Great. That is a start! Thank you!

contact the department of labor for the fed or the states you are interested in....

That's a good idea!

You should check out the Chronicle of Higher Education website. Click on "facts and figures" on the top menu bar.

http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5/

I was looking at this website, but it was mostly about faculty. Everything else, I needed to be a subscriber to access the information. The school I work for, subscribes, but until I hear if I can have access to their account, I can't get to the proper information.


Thank you all! If anyone else has some information, please don't hesitate to pass it along.

 

[CalBoy]

If you're in California, you can search the salaries of public employees via a database maintained by the Sacramento Bee (just Google it). You will have a few filter options that you can use to help, but it will give you a mountain of data.

I've searched some professor salaries out of curiosity, and found that their salaries range from $150-250k.

You should be able to find most of this data because the Freedom of Information Act makes these figures public (or capable of being made public) for public schools, but private schools are going to be almost impossible to figure out because they don't have to report this stuff.

 

[poppe]

If you're in California, you can search the salaries of public employees via a database maintained by the Sacramento Bee (just Google it). You will have a few filter options that you can use to help, but it will give you a mountain of data.

I've searched some professor salaries out of curiosity, and found that their salaries range from $150-250k.

You should be able to find most of this data because the Freedom of Information Act makes these figures public (or capable of being made public) for public schools, but private schools are going to be almost impossible to figure out because they don't have to report this stuff.

Okay cool I'll look it up. Is it only for faculty/professor salaries?

 

[CalBoy]

Okay cool I'll look it up. Is it only for faculty/professor salaries?

No, it will list all public employees of the state (including DMV workers, justices, etc). You can filter by university and institution though and then have it give the values in ascending or descending salary order. It will include job descriptions as well.

 

[poppe]

No, it will list all public employees of the state (including DMV workers, justices, etc). You can filter by university and institution though and then have it give the values in ascending or descending salary order. It will include job descriptions as well.

This site has been wonderful.

 

[yg17]

I know in my state (Iowa) you can look up the salaries of all government officials.

Ditto in Missouri, we always had fun looking that stuff up. Most professors weren't worth what they were paid. Some deserved way more than they got. One of my professors, who basically got me interested in the career path that I've chosen, and whom I would consider the best teacher I've ever had, makes what I got for a starting salary when I graduated college. Kinda sad, really.

 

[63dot]

contact the department of labor for the fed or the states you are interested in....

Great advice. When it comes to academia, the salaries have a huge range. It's not as narrow as some fields I have looked at.

Without any surprise, a person with a masters (and sometimes BA/BS) in the same field in private industry in a large city trumps another with a PhD who is solely in academia.