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April 2, 2015

What we earn: Faculty salaries

What we earn

While the University’s annual “Mean and Median Salaries of Full-Time Employees” report once again shows the differences among the highest and lowest average and median salaries for Pitt staff and faculty, the fiscal year 2014 report includes some additional information.

The FY14 report, presented March 20 to the University Senate budget policies committee (BPC), for the first time clarifies which job type, job family and job classification are included under each faculty or staff report category. (www.utimes.pitt.edu/documents/Mean&MedianReport2014.pdf)

Robert Goga of the Office of Institutional Research, who presented the Management Information and Analysis office report, said he added the cross-referencing appendix at BPC’s request.

BPC Staff Association Council representative Adriana Maguina-Ugarte, who had asked for the extra details after the FY13 report, said: “It’s very nebulous to just have ‘executive/administrative and managerial’ as one level for staff, or ‘other professionals,’ which covers a lot of people.”

Goga pointed out some caveats: For instance, librarians in the University Library System responsibility center are listed by their specific job classifications for faculty librarians. However, faculty librarians in the School of Law and in Falk Library (which is under the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences responsibility center) are categorized under “lecturer/other” in accord with their faculty rank of “other.”

Also, the “department chair” job classification appears in the “lecturer/other” category, but not all department chairs are included on that line in the report.

Some faculty who are department chairs may remain on the faculty line corresponding to their academic rank if no one took action to update their job classification, Goga explained. He said he could not quantify how many chairs were included in a particular category.

Goga noted, too, that not all of the University’s job classifications are represented in the report, pointing out that some might not be filled by regular or by full-time staff.

The FY14 report presents data from Oct. 31, 2013, covering all regular (not temporary) full-time employees, with the exception of research associates and postdoctoral associates.

The report lists mean and median salaries by responsibility center, categorizes faculty by rank and divides staff into four categories: executive, administrative and managerial; other professionals; secretarial and clerical; and technical, skilled and service.

Salary data are suppressed in categories with three or fewer employees, to maintain the privacy of the individuals, Goga said. Salaries for faculty on 12-month contracts were converted to a nine-month equivalent by using a multiplier of 0.818181.

BPC co-chair Beverly Gaddy inquired whether the salary range in dollars could be included along with the mean and median, but others argued that the information could make it possible to identify the individuals at the top and bottom ends of the distribution.

BPC co-chair John J. Baker commented: “I think with this report most people can look at the mean and the median and evaluate their own situation. That’s the importance of it. … not that we identify what the highest salary is.” Pitt’s report, listed by responsibility center, also is more helpful than faculty salary reports that provide institution-wide averages, due to discipline-based pay differences, he said.

BPC met in closed session for part of the meeting to deliberate on a proposed new report on faculty salary and teaching loads.

—Kimberly K. Barlow

Editor’s note: Staff member Barbara DelRaso provided editorial assistance on the staff and faculty salary listings and on the “At a glance” boxes.

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At a glance

Highest-paid faculty

Highest average (by rank)

Professors

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $192,136

Highest average (net total by area)

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $192,136

Highest median (by rank)

Professors

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $188,780

Highest median (net total by area)

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $188,780

Lowest-paid faculty

Lowest average (by rank)

Lecturers/other

School of Medicine, $26,950

Lowest average (net total by area)

Education-University Service Programs,

$44,647

Lowest median (by rank)

Lecturers/other

School of Medicine, $19,064

Lowest median (net total by area)

Education-University Service Programs,

$42,147

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faculty earn

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences dean’s office: 22 net total, $192,136 average, $188,780 median.

22 professors: $192,136 average, $188,780 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences humanities division: 298 net total, $68,940 average,  $65,273 median.

62 professors: $123,663 average,  $111,654 median; 54 associate professors: $77,579 average,  $75,303 median; 53 assistant professors: $66,797 average, $67,000 median; 26 instructors: $35,453 average, $36,627 median; 103 lecturers/other: $41,025 average, $40,000 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences natural sciences: 291 net total, $86,185 average, $83,028 median.

98 professors: $122,717 average, $116,627 median; 56 associate professors: $84,398 average, $85,000 median; 77 assistant professors: $70,236 average, $78,011 median; 13 instructors: $39,309 average, $40,000 median; 47 lecturers/other: $51,235 average, $49,011 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences social sciences: 126 net total, $93,998 average, $86,203 median.

36 professors: $131,231 average, $125,958 median; 34 associate professors: $97,553 average, $87,360 median; 30 assistant professors: $82,462 average, $75,500 median; 26 lecturers/other: $51,104 average, $48,811 median.

• Education-University Service Programs: four net total, $44,647 average, $42,147 median.

Four instructors: $44,647 average, $42,147 median.

• Graduate School of Public Health: 161 net total, $95,395 average, $81,613 median.

37 professors: $154,115 average, $135,182 median; 44 associate professors: $98,848 average, $92,780 median; 76 assistant professors: $67,471 average, $68,075 median; four instructors $44,817 average, $45,614 median.

• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs: 30 net total, $108,098 average, $101,058 median.

Nine professors: $137,080 average, $148,234 median; nine associate professors: $109,290 average, $100,686 median; 12 assistant professors: $85,467 average, $86,183 median.

• Katz Graduate School of Business: 84 net total, $148,365 average, $138,230 median.

33 professors: $180,149 average, $180,000 median; 20 associate professors: $131,296 average, $119,305 median; 26 assistant professors: $138,651 average, $122,523 median; five lecturers/other: $57,381 average, $49,827 median.

• School of Dental Medicine: 86 net total, $93,667 average, $91,668 median.

11 professors: $130,919 average, $130,201 median; 22 associate professors: $101,025 average, $99,459 median; 44 assistant professors: $90,599 average, $86,821 median; nine instructors: $45,154 average, $40,566 median.

• School of Education: 124 net total, $72,207 average, $74,377 median.

18 professors: $109,305 average, $109,297 median; 28 associate professors: $91,723 average, $89,697 median; 31 assistant professors: $74,241 average, $76,500 median; 47 lecturers/other: $45,030 average, $40,000 median.

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: 120 net total, $73,389 average, $70,168 median.

16 professors: $117,297 average, $111,453 median; 21 associate professors: $74,744 average, $74,370 median; 54 assistant professors: $68,789 average, $69,431 median; 29 instructors: $56,748 average, $57,413 median.

• School of Information Sciences: 28 net total, $100,814 average, $97,499 median.

Eight professors: $122,802 average, $124,484 median; 12 associate professors: $102,100 average, $101,262 median; eight assistant professors: $76,898 average, $77,263 median.

• School of Law: 45 net total, $112,003 average, $105,116 median.

23 professors: $153,490 average, $159,909 median; 10 associate professors: $70,924 average, $68,459 median; six assistant professors: $83,584 average, $87,759 median; six lecturers/other: $49,855 average, $47,203 median.

• School of Medicine: 2,251 net total, $75,132 average, $57,273 median.

505 professors: $118,736 average, $117,728 median; 549 associate professors: $78,500 average, $60,601 median; 1,076 assistant professors: $56,576 average, $40,909 median; 99 instructors: $46,422 average, $43,396 median; 22 lecturers/other: $26,950 average, $19,064 median.

• School of Medicine Division Administration: four net total, $96,606 average, $97,431 median.

Four assistant professors: $96,606 average, $97,431 median.

• School of Nursing: 87 net total, $72,579 average, $67,598 median.

14 professors: $111,204 average, $112,909 median; 16 associate professors: $78,217 average, $76,417 median; 51 assistant professors: $62,506 average, $64,009 median; six instructors: $53,034 average, $43,378 median.

• School of Pharmacy: 69 net total, $96,437 average, $90,897 median.

16 professors: $130,898 average, $121,778 median; 19 associate professors: $96,775 average, $95,878 median; 34 assistant professors: $80,031 average, $83,362 median.

• School of Social Work: 30 net total, $81,938 average, $79,928 median.

Four professors: $115,084 average, $121,180 median; 11 associate professors: $88,421 average, $89,599 median; 15 assistant professors: $68,346 average, $70,103 median.

• Senior Vice Chancellor Health Sciences: 24 net total, $57,039 average, $52,497 median.

24 lecturers/other: $57,039 average, $52,497 median.

• Swanson School of Engineering: 150 net total, $104,483 average, $97,510 median.

46 professors: $150,710 average, $148,239 median; 50 associate professors: $102,082 average, $101,022 median; 49 assistant professors: $70,860 average, $77,520 median; five lecturers/other: $32,718 average, $30,273 median.

• University Library System: 65 net total, $53,181 average, $46,812 median.

43 Librarian III: $60,216 average, $49,936 median; eight Librarian II: $47,476 average, $42,520 median; 14 Librarian I: $34,832 average, $32,549 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Bradford: 75 net total, $63,473 average, $62,993 median.

11 professors: $81,958 average, $83,681 median; 25 associate professors: $69,821 average, $70,335 median; 30 assistant professors: $56,545 average, $55,900 median; nine instructors: $46,339 average, $49,512 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg: 80 net total, $59,052 average, $58,678 median.

Five professors: $75,782 average, $79,938 median; 31 associate professors: $67,384 average, $66,031 median; 29 assistant professors: $55,651 average, $55,000 median; 15 instructors: $42,828 average, $43,705 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown: 133 net total, $60,043 average, $59,003 median.

11 professors: $79,758 average, $76,500 median; 46 associate professors: $67,858 average, $66,461 median; 45 assistant professors: $53,906 average, $52,752 median; 31 instructors: $50,358 average, $48,502 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Titusville: 24 net total, $53,681 average, $51,440 median.

Six associate professors: $59,504 average, $59,855 median; nine assistant professors: $56,664 average, $50,348 median; nine instructors: $46,817 average, $47,455 median.