University Times

Among the 350 full professors in Pitt's School of Medicine, the average nine-month contract salary last year was $128,381.

That's not counting consulting fees, clinical income from the UPMC Health System and other non-University compensation that those professors may have received.

Meanwhile, the 13 secretarial and clerical staff at the Titusville campus earned average salaries of $16,819 for 12 months' work.

Those highs and lows appear in a report by Pitt's Office of Institutional Research, issued in accordance with Pennsylvania's financial disclosure laws for state-funded universities.

The report reveals mean (average) and median (the point at which an equal number of employees earn more or less) salaries for major ranks of full-time, non-unionized faculty, staff and administrators in each Pitt responsibility unit as of Oct. 31, 2001.

Excluded from the report are salaries of:

* Academic administrators at the level of dean or above who are classified as "executive staff" or "senior administrative staff."

* Faculty on leave of absence without pay.

* Part-time employees.

"Salary" as defined by the report includes all contract salaries paid by the University, whether the source was Pitt salary funds, a research grant awarded to Pitt, an endowment or other source.

Salaries of faculty on 12-month contracts were converted to nine-month (standard academic year) contracts. Staff salaries covered 12 months.

The report attributes employees' salaries to the responsibility centers through which their employee records were processed.

To avoid revealing individuals' pay, the report does not list salaries for groups with three or fewer employees.

Staff/administration highs & lows The report divides staff into four categories:

* Executive, administrative and managerial employees.

* Other professionals.

* Secretarial and clerical.

* Technical, skilled and service.

It lists 18 units where executives, administrators and managers earned both mean and median salaries exceeding $60,000. Those units included: Athletics (nine executives, administrators and managers) — $96,818 average, $74,922 median.

The Bradford campus (eight) — $71,112 average, $64,050 median.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Budget and Controller (39) — $79,134 average, $69,198 median.

The Katz Graduate School of Business (13) — $68,509 average, $65,000 median.

Computing Services and Systems Development (nine) — $84,564 average, $76,506 median.

The Office of the Chancellor (24) — $103,570 average, $85,625 median.

The School of Dental Medicine (four) — $66,427 average, $66,402 median.

The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor (15) — $90,457 average, $85,008 median.

Facilities Management (eight) — $76,381 average, $74,901 median.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) natural sciences division (five) — $62,795 average, $66,906 median.

The Office of the General Counsel (nine) — $106,183 average, $97,632 median.

The Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences (six) — $218,767 average, $206,672 median.

The Office of Human Resources (14) — $69,379 average, $68,679 median.

The Office of the Provost (53) — $113,650 average, $107,646 median.

The Graduate School of Public Health (11) — $67,051 average, $61,068 median.

The School of Medicine Division (19) — $110,726 average, $63,642 median.

The Office of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees (four) — $117,494 average, $127,250 median.

Student Affairs (15) — $73,166 average, $70,314 median.

Fourteen schools and offices employed three or fewer people in the category of executives, administrators and managers, so the report does not reveal their salary averages and medians.

The following staff earned average and median salaries of less than $22,000:

* Secretarial/clerical staff in Athletics (22 employees), the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Budget and Controller (52), the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Business (99), the College of Arts and Sciences (12), the College of General Studies (12), Computing Services and Systems Development (six), the School of Dental Medicine (35), the education school's University Service Programs (four), the FAS dean's office (five), the FAS humanities division (20), the FAS social sciences division (13), the Greensburg campus (18), the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences (17), the Office of Human Resources (12) the Johnstown campus (51), the Office of the Provost (72), the Graduate School of Public Health (76), Student Affairs (40), the Titusville campus (13), the University Center for International Studies (10), the University Center for Social and Urban Research (nine) and the University Library System.

* Technical, skilled and service workers in the School of Dental Medicine (46), the Office of Human Resources (18), the Office of the Provost (11), the Graduate School of Public Health (six), the School of Medicine Division (98) and Student Affairs (four).

Faculty highs & lows Health Sciences and professional schools, especially those with large proportions of senior professors, had the highest-paid faculties.

University Library System faculty librarians and faculty at the four regional campuses had the lowest salaries, on average.

Faculties in the following units earned both average and median salaries exceeding $60,000: The Katz Graduate School of Business employed 77 faculty members who earned $96,404 average and $93,370 median salaries.

That included 32 professors ($116,927 average, $105,440 median), 21 associate professors ($80,679 average, $77,410 median), 19 assistant professors ($92,502 average, $84,660 median) and five others ($45,920 average, $38,000 median).

In the School of Engineering, 98 faculty members earned $79,854 average and $76,430 median salaries.

The total included 44 professors ($99,011 average, $98,500 median), 32 associate professors ($67,989 average, $68,320 median) and 22 assistant professors ($58,799 average, $60,344 median). The salary of one faculty member in the "other" category was not listed or included in the school-wide average and median numbers.

In the School of Information Sciences, 30 faculty members earned an average salary of $72,340 and a median of $68,795.

That included eight professors ($89,577 average, $81,918 median), 11 associate professors ($70,262 average, $68,765 median), 11 assistant professors ($61,884 average, $60,011 median). Salaries of two "other" faculty members did not figure into the school average or median.

The 47 School of Law faculty members earned an average salary of $84,798 and a median of $88,671.

That included 22 professors ($116,340 average, $117,240 median), 11 associate professors ($58,907 average, $49,685 median), eight assistant professors ($63,269 average, $66,340 median) and six "other" faculty members ($45,318 average, $39,464 median).

The Learning Research and Development Center employed three professors, one associate professor and two assistant professors — not enough in any category for salary numbers by rank. Combined, the six earned $84,573 average and $85,928 median salaries.

The School of Medicine, Pitt's largest academic unit, employed 1,679 faculty members (123 more than the year before) who earned mean and median salaries of $88,498 and $85,890, respectively.

The total included 350 professors ($128,381 average, $115,583 median), 388 associate professors ($91,679 average, $94,070 median), 802 assistant professors ($77,313 average, $73,620 median) and 139 instructors ($43,722 average, $35,639 median). The salaries of two "other" faculty members were excluded.

In the School of Medicine Division, five faculty members (one professor, one associate professor and three assistant professors) earned an average salary of $116,099, with a $61,863 median.

In the School of Pharmacy, 70 faculty members earned $65,678 average and $62,669 median salaries.

That included 14 professors ($84,038 average, $78,407 median), 12 associate professors ($66,901 average, $68,184 median), 38 assistant professors ($57,799 average, $55,464 median) and six "other" faculty members ($70,287 average, $71,173 median). The salaries of three instructors were excluded.

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs employed 30 faculty members earning an $81,842 average and $85,072 median salary.

That included 15 professors ($96,656 average, $95,585 median), eight associate professors ($79,285 average, $79,584 median) and seven assistant professors ($53,020 average, $57,567 median). The salary of one "other" faculty member was excluded.

In the Graduate School of Public Health, 112 faculty members earned average and median salaries of $74,193 and $62,682, respectively.

The total included 29 professors ($111,322 average, $107,822 median), 29 associate professors ($73,920 average, $69,553 median), 54 assistant professors ($54,401 average, $52,521 median). Salaries of one instructor and one "other" faculty member were excluded.

The 125 faculty in the FAS social sciences division also earned average and median salaries exceeding $60,000. So did seven faculty members who report to the FAS dean's office.

As in previous years, the University Library System (ULS) and regional campuses paid the lowest average faculty salaries.

In ULS, 58 faculty librarians earned an average salary of $35,910 and a median of $34,148.

That included 25 librarians in the Librarian III category ($43,274 average, $38,947 median), 13 Librarian IIs ($35,849 average, $34,110 median) and 20 Librarian Is ($26,745 average, $26,161 median). Salaries of two Librarian Is and one Librarian V were not figured into the total.

At the Bradford campus, 69 faculty members (the total does not include three in the "other" category) earned a $45,694 average and $44,881 median salary.

The total included seven professors ($61,098 average, $60,666 median), 23 associate professors ($51,310 average, $50,041 median), 30 assistant professors ($41,320 average, $41,359 median) and nine instructors ($33,940 average, $32,045 median).

Greensburg's 74 faculty members earned a $45,042 average and $42,287 median salary.

That included eight professors ($64,279 average, $64,475 median), 24 associate professors ($50,051 average, $50,473 median), 27 assistant professors ($39,434 average, $39,323 median), nine instructors ($34,305 average, $36,106 median) and six other faculty members ($40,700 average, $39,272 median).

The Johnstown campus employed 139 faculty members earning $47,694 average and $46,725 median salaries.

The total included 16 professors ($61,590 average, $61,175 median), 59 associate professors ($51,824 average, $51,101 median), 36 assistant professors ($40,743 average, $39,293 median), 21 instructors ($36,471 average, $36,777 median) and seven "others" ($50,526 average, $42,536 median).

At the Titusville campus, 23 faculty members earned a $40,714 average and $40,316 median salary.

Eight associate professors at Titusville earned $42,918 average and $42,405 median salaries. For nine assistant professors, the average was $37,734 and the median $39,452. Salaries for one full professor, two instructors and three "other" faculty were not specified but were figured into the total.

— Bruce Steele