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May 13, 2010

What We Earn:

Faculty salaries

The University’s 11 executives, administrators and managers in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences averaged salaries of $190,596 in fiscal year 2009. At the same time, 20 technical, skilled and service employees in the office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources earned an average of $19,219, representing the high and the low on the spectrum of staff pay at Pitt.

Among faculty, the 23 full professors in the Arts and Sciences dean’s office were at the top of the salary range (by rank), averaging $153,534, while 29 lecturers/others in the School of Medicine were lowest paid, with average salaries of $20,404.

The FY09 report on mean and median faculty and staff salaries across the University’s 45 responsibility centers was presented at the April 30 University Senate budget policies committee meeting. The University’s Management Information and Analysis office compiles the report for BPC, which is charged with monitoring salaries and salary policies. This year’s figures are based on full-time Pitt employees on Oct. 31, 2008, and are categorized by faculty rank or staff occupational category for each responsibility center.

—Kimberly K. Barlow

Staff member Barbara DelRaso provided editorial support for this story.

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AT A GLANCE

Highest-paid faculty

Highest average (by rank)

Full professors

School of Arts & Sciences dean’s office, $153,534

Highest average (net total by area)

School of Arts & Sciences dean’s office, $149,686

Highest median (by rank)

Full professors

School of Arts & Sciences dean’s office, $153,981

Highest median (net total by area)

School of Arts & Sciences dean’s office, $146,753

Lowest-paid faculty

Lowest average (by rank)

Lecturers/others

School of Medicine, $20,404

Lowest average (net total by area)

Education-University Service Programs, $45,403

Lowest median (by rank)

Lecturers/others

School of Medicine, $20,450

Lowest median (net total by area)

Education-University Service Programs, $37,497

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The annual mean and median salary analysis compiled by Pitt’s Management Information and Analysis office categorizes faculty by academic rank: professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor and lecturer/other.

Salaries for faculty with 12-month contracts have been converted to a nine-month equivalent using a multiplier of 0.818.

The report includes salary figures only for regular (not temporary) full-time faculty as of Oct. 31, 2008. Research associates are excluded.

Mean and median salary amounts were suppressed when the number of faculty in a category was three or fewer. The net total reflects the exclusions.

• Arts and Sciences (A&S) dean’s office: 27 net total, $149,686 average, $146,753 median.

23 at the rank of professor: $153,534 average, $153,981 median; four associate professors: $127,562 average, $97,496 median.

• A&S humanities division: 280 net total, $62,993 average, $59,852 median.

64 professors: $108,354 average, $95,970 median; 61 associate professors: $68,389 average, $68,208 median; 48 assistant professors: $56,927 average, $58,986 median; 27 instructors: $30,264 average, $31,439 median; 80 lecturers/others: $37,275 average, $36,950 median.

• A&S natural sciences division: 261 net total, $79,807 average, $74,539 median.

85 professors: $113,555 average, $110,389 median; 59 associate professors: $76,761 average, $76,714 median; 73 assistant professors: $64,393 average, $68,000 median; 10 instructors: $35,587 average, $35,701 median; 34 lecturers/others: $46,826 average, $45,431 median.

• A&S social sciences division: 123 net total, $83,576 average, $76,000 median.

43 professors: $117,316 average, $109,518 median; 29 associate professors: $76,298 average, $70,000 median; 29 assistant professors: $68,906 average, $65,000 median; 22 lecturers/others: $46,559 average, $43,794 median.

• Bradford campus: 72 net total, $58,183 average, $58,984 median.

Nine professors: $74,483 average, $74,798 median; 26 associate professors: $63,211 average, $62,615 median; 28 assistant professors: $52,987 average, $50,507 median; nine instructors: $43,522 average, $44,000 median.

• Education-University Service Programs: Seven net total, $45,403 average, $37,497 median.

Seven instructors: $45,403 average, $37,497 median.

• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs: 32 net total, $99,878 average, $102,717 median.

13 professors: $120,637 average, $114,454 median; 10 associate professors: $96,874 average, $95,226 median; nine assistant professors: $73,229 average, $74,516 median.

• Graduate School of Public Health: 154 net total, $86,880 average, $73,449 median.

37 professors: $134,244 average, $138,719 median; 38 associate professors: $86,248 average, $80,855 median; 79 assistant professors: $65,002 average, $64,346 median.

• Greensburg campus: 74 net total, $55,987 average, $54,067 median.

Seven professors: $77,817 average, $74,851 median; 28 associate professors: $62,044 average, $59,098 median; 26 assistant professors: $50,455 average, $50,114 median; 13 instructors: $42,249 average, $47,000 median.

• Johnstown campus: 150 net total, $55,307 average, $53,122 median.

16 professors: $70,848 average, $67,969 median; 56 associate professors: $62,440 average, $61,577 median; 49 assistant professors: $49,427 average, $49,786 median; 29 instructors: $42,897 average, $41,000 median.

• Katz Graduate School of Business: 77 net total, $124,814 average, $119,995 median.

31 professors: $148,231 average, $138,500 median; 23 associate professors: $114,100 average, $102,000 median; 19 assistant professors: $116,781 average, $102,986 median; four lecturers/others: $43,097 average, $39,264 median.

• School of Dental Medicine: 87 net total, $81,049 average, $79,469 median.

Nine professors: $120,567 average, $117,468 median; 20 associate professors: $79,966 average, $73,521 median; 50 assistant professors: $82,044 average, $79,729 median; eight instructors: $33,082 average, $32,928 median.

• School of Education: 114 net total, $70,160 average, $69,245 median.

17 professors: $101,938 average, $97,441 median; 31 associate professors: $83,283 average, $80,000 median; 28 assistant professors: $65,303 average, $67,300 median; 10 instructors: $49,210 average, $44,939 median; 28 bbbvs: $48,676 average, $46,416 median.

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: 92 net total, $67,272 average, $64,801 median.

11 professors: $109,611 average, $114,231 median; 19 associate professors: $74,336 average, $69,323 median; 41 assistant professors: $61,126 average, $63,253 median; 21 instructors: $50,703 average, $50,736 median.

• School of Information Sciences: 30 net total, $85,227 average, $85,859 median.

Five professors: $115,221 average, $109,406 median; 15 associate professors: $90,730 average, $92,666 median; 10 assistant professors: $61,977 average, $66,142 median.

• School of Law: 49 net total, $100,600 average, $102,485 median.

30 professors: $129,470 average, $136,367 median; five associate professors: $62,604 average, $63,692 median; seven assistant professors: $59,681 average, $53,988 median; seven lecturers/others: $44,926 average, $43,704 median.

• School of Medicine: 2,129 net total, $73,194 average, $57,260 median.

432 professors: $118,002 average, $115,583 median; 468 associate professors: $79,211 average, $76,591 median; 1,095 assistant professors: $57,250 average, $40,900 median; 105 instructors: $42,872 average, $40,626 median; 29 lecturers/others: $20,404 average, $20,450 median.

• School of Medicine Division Administration: five net total, $80,136 average, $82,413 median.

Five assistant professors: $80,136 average, $82,413 median.

• School of Nursing: 78 net total, $65,936 average, $61,904 median.

Six professors: $104,947 average, $102,738 median; 17 associate professors: $78,505 average, $77,941 median; 34 assistant professors: $60,189 average, $60,957 median; 21 instructors: $53,919 average, $46,223 median.

• School of Pharmacy: 81 net total, $84,198 average, $79,210 median.

16 professors: $113,373 average, $108,506 median; 17 associate professors: $92,403 average, $86,944 median; 40 assistant professors: $74,401 average, $73,342 median; four instructors: $75,779 average, $73,779 median; four lecturers/others: $39,007 average, $26,757 median.

• School of Social Work: 30 net total, $74,499 average, $68,289 median.

Four professors: $107,215 average, $107,976 median; nine associate professors: $85,753 average, $80,641 median; 17 assistant professors: $60,843 average, $62,651 median.

• Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences: 25 net total, $46,675 average, $43,047 median.

25 lecturers/others: $46,675 average, $43,047 median.

• Swanson School of Engineering: 131 net total, $97,120 average, $92,145 median.

40 professors: $137,942 average, $129,594 median; 39 associate professors: $91,322 average, $95,000 median; 46 assistant professors: $73,407 average, $76,251 median; six lecturers/others: $44,467 average, $46,909 median.

• Titusville campus: 28 net total, $52,042 average, $51,065 median.

Four professors: $60,578 average, $59,451 median; eight associate professors: $55,723 average, $56,387 median; 10 assistant professors: $48,570 average, $46,440 median; six instructors: $47,231 average, $45,856 median.

• University Library System: 66 net total, $47,467 average, $42,697 median.

37 at librarian III: $55,197 average, $49,139 median; 14 at librarian II: $44,057 average, $39,791 median; 15 at librarian I: $31,584 average, $29,448 median.


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