The annual “Mean and Median Salaries of Full-Time Employees” report by Pitt’s Management Information and Analysis office once again lays out the differences among the highest and lowest average and median salaries for Pitt staff and faculty. It presents data from Oct. 31, 2012, covering all regular (not temporary) full-time employees in fiscal year 2013, with the exception of research associates and post-doctoral associates. Robert Goga, assistant director of the Office of Institutional Research, presented the report April 18 to the University Senate budget policies committee (see related article this issue).

The salary report lists 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.

In categories with three or fewer employees, salary data has been suppressed, Goga said, to maintain the privacy of these individuals. Salaries for faculty on 12-month contracts were converted to a nine-month equivalent by using a multiplier of 0.818181, he said.

High and low staff pay by category

Among job category listings, the 14 executive, administrative and managerial staff members in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences earned the highest average salary, $178,617, while seven individuals in the same category in Computing Services and Systems Development had the highest median, $148,947.

The executive, administrative and managerial staff members in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences were at the top of last year’s list in both categories.

In a repeat of last year, the lowest average pay for full-time staff members in FY13 was among the 21 technical, skilled and service workers in the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources ($19,909), while the lowest median was among the 21 secretarial and clerical employees in the University Library System, $19,293.

High and low staff pay by area

Once again this year, the highest average pay across the University’s 45 responsibility centers was the Office of General Counsel (12 executive, administrative and managerial employees; three other professionals, and six secretarial and clerical staff), $113,428 in average and $134,767 in median pay, excluding three in the other professionals category.

For FY13, University Library System staff had the lowest average salary of $31,646 and lowest median of $25,651 among 103 staff (which excluded two executive, administrative and managerial employees).

Average vs. median

In a repeat of last year, average staff salaries by area surpassed median salaries everywhere but in the Office of General Counsel, Pitt-Titusville, the School of Social Work and the University Center for Urban and Social Research.

The greatest differences were in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, with an average of $85,368 and a median of $43,770 (for a gap of  $41,598), and in Athletics, with an average of $87,666 and a median of $46,474 (for a gap of $41,192).

Faculty salary comparisons

Marking another multiyear trend, the 24 full professors in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences dean’s office topped the list once again, with an average salary of $180,301 and a median of $182,028. The Office of the Chancellor, Student Affairs, the University Center for International Studies and the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor and Provost each had too few faculty to be included.

Faculty in Education-University Service Programs were at the bottom of the list; the four instructors making up this category averaged $43,778 a year, with a median of $41,295. This also placed them at the bottom among all responsibility centers.

By rank, the lowest average ($27,767) and median ($17,594) pay was among the 15 lecturers/others in the School of Medicine. They also were lowest in both categories in FY12.

—Marty Levine

AT A GLANCE

Highest-paid faculty

Highest average (by rank)

Professors

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $180,301

Highest average (net total by area)

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $180,301

Highest median (by rank)

Professors

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $182,028

Highest median (net total by area)

Dietrich School of A&S dean’s office, $182,028

Lowest-paid faculty

Lowest average (by rank)

Lecturers/other

School of Medicine, $27,767

Lowest average (net total by area)

Education-University Service Programs, $43,778

Lowest median (by rank)

Lecturers/other

School of Medicine, $17,594

Lowest median (net total by area)

Education-University Service Programs, $41,295

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• Bradford campus: 70 net total, $63,347 average, $63,370 median.

10 professors: $80,626 average, $83,931 median; 24 associate professors: $68,846 average, $69,039 median; 28 assistant professors: $56,647 average, $56,035 median; eight instructors: $48,701 average, $48,134 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences (A&S) dean’s office: 24 net total, $180,301 average, $182,028 median.

24 at the rank of professor: $180,301 average, $182,028 median.

• Dietrich School of A&S humanities division: 289 net total, $67,021 average, $64,037 median.

60 professors: $120,390 average, $109,097 median; 58 associate professors: $75,646 average, $73,118 median; 49 assistant professors: $65,329 average, $66,000 median; 28 instructors: $32,609 average, $35,543 median; 94 lecturers/other: $38,767 average, $37,123 median.

• Dietrich School of A&S natural sciences division: 300 net total, $82,857 average, $79,490 median.

94 professors: $119,935 average, $114,061 median; 64 associate professors: $81,540 average, $81,760 median; 85 assistant professors: $67,503 average, $74,302 median; 13 instructors: $37,206 average, $38,283 median; 44 lecturers/other: $48,707 average, $45,889 median.

• Dietrich School of A&S social sciences division: 129 net total, $91,209 average, $82,784 median.

38 professors: $130,047 average, $126,373 median; 35 associate professors: $93,569 average, $86,000 median; 29 assistant professors: $76,791 average, $70,000 median; 27 lecturers/other: $48,975 average, $46,611 median.

• Education-University Service Programs: Four net total, $43,778 average, $41,295 median.

Four instructors: $43,778 average, $41,295 median.

• Graduate School of Public Health: 162 net total, $92,892 average, $79,154 median.

37 professors: $151,930 average, $137,103 median; 46 associate professors: $92,871 average, $88,743 median; 79 assistant professors: $65,252 average, $66,295 median.

• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs: 31 net total, $103,109 average, $98,000 median.

Nine professors: $135,713 average, $142,533 median; eight associate professors: $108,287 average, $105,324 median; 14 assistant professors: $79,191 average, $83,600 median.

• Greensburg campus: 77 net total, $57,500 average, $55,423 median.

Five professors: $73,489 average, $76,488 median; 30 associate professors: $65,057 average, $63,370 median; 29 assistant professors: $53,084 average, $52,938 median; 13 instructors: $43,763 average, $42,875 median.

• Johnstown campus: 134 net total, $58,255 average, $57,618 median.

12 professors: $77,718 average, $73,802 median; 52 associate professors: $64,636 average, $62,697 median; 39 assistant professors: $51,504 average, $49,002 median; 31 instructors: $48,509 average, $46,234 median.

• Katz Graduate School of Business: 84 net total, $145,926 average, $136,516 median.

34 professors: $174,795 average, $170,144 median; 22 associate professors: $132,689 average, $118,073 median; 23 assistant professors: $134,561 average, $119,457 median; five lecturers/other: $60,142 average, $61,203 median.

• School of Dental Medicine: 86 net total, $91,575 average, $87,601 median.

11 professors: $127,961 average, $126,826 median; 22 associate professors: $98,716 average, $96,129 median; 43 assistant professors: $90,020 average, $83,664 median; 10 instructors: $42,525 average, $36,793 median.

• School of Education: 126 net total, $71,120 average, $72,763 median.

15 professors: $106,474 average, $107,079 median; 33 associate professors: $90,834 average, $87,515 median; 31 assistant professors: $72,373 average, $73,135 median; five instructors: $50,129 average, $46,149 median; 42 lecturers/other: $44,578 average, $39,844 median.

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: 117 net total, $71,654 average, $69,091 median.

14 professors: $118,872 average, $115,927 median; 20 associate professors: $72,588 average, $72,708 median; 53 assistant professors: $68,309 average, $69,091 median; 30 instructors: $54,905 average, $56,740 median.

• School of Information Sciences: 25 net total, $97,011 average, $99,883 median.

Seven professors: $112,316 average, $118,323 median; 13 associate professors: $99,372 average, $99,883 median; five assistant professors: $69,443 average, $70,039 median.

• School of Law: 50 net total, $110,842 average, $105,861 median.

27 professors: $146,972 average, $152,272 median; eight associate professors: $74,686 average, $74,322 median; nine assistant professors: $76,152 average, $82,403 median; six lecturers/other: $48,495 average, $45,942 median.

• School of Medicine: 2,278 net total, $75,634 average, $57,273 median.

506 professors: $118,358 average, $115,609 median; 545 associate professors: $80,315 average, $75,273 median; 1,113 assistant professors: $57,055 average, $40,909 median; 99 instructors: $47,638 average, $43,832 median; 15 lecturers/other: $27,767 average, $17,594 median.

• School of Medicine Division Administration: Four net total, $94,170 average, $95,055 median.

Four assistant professors: $94,170 average, $95,055 median.

• School of Nursing: 83 net total, $69,962 average, $66,273 median.

13 professors: $100,289 average, $98,703 median; 14 associate professors: $80,281 average, $78,597 median; 46 assistant professors: $61,684 average, $62,945 median; 10 instructors: $54,168 average, $45,335 median.

• School of Pharmacy: 76 net total, $89,113 average, $83,516 median.

18 professors: $125,154 average, $119,358 median; 19 associate professors: $85,955 average, $89,172 median; 35 assistant professors: $75,524 average, $79,296 median; four instructors: $60,843 average, $63,034 median.

• School of Social Work: 30 net total, $80,836 average, $78,365 median.

Four professors: $111,508 average, $117,404 median; 10 associate professors: $90,918 average, $87,483 median; 16 assistant professors: $66,867 average, $68,121 median.

• Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences: 24 net total, $54,621 average, $51,113 median.

24 lecturers/other: $54,621 average, $51,113 median.

• Swanson School of Engineering: 143 net total, $101,271 average, $94,398 median.

42 professors: $146,198 average, $140,935 median; 50 associate professors: $99,384 average, $97,534 median; 46 assistant professors: $69,424 average, $75,418 median; five lecturers/other: $35,752 average, $28,000 median.

• Titusville campus: 23 net total, $53,121 average, $51,250 median.

Six associate professors: $58,053 average, $58,395 median; 10 assistant professors: $54,819 average, $49,721 median; seven instructors: $46,468 average, $47,774 med-ian.

• University Library System: 66 net total, $52,418 average, $46,083 median.

40 at librarian III: $61,497 average, $55,682 median; 13 at librarian II: $42,111 average, $37,525 median; 13 at librarian I: $34,791 average, $32,675 median.