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March 2, 2017

What We Earn: Faculty salaries

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Robert Goga of the Office of Institutional Research presented the Management Information and Analysis office’s fiscal year 2016 “Mean and Median Salaries of Full-Time Employees” report at the University Senate budget policies committee’s Feb. 17 meeting.

The report, based on data from Oct. 31, 2015, covers all regular (not temporary) full-time employees except research associates and postdoctoral associates.

It 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. An appendix shows which job classifications are in each category.

Salary data are suppressed in categories with three or fewer employees, to protect individuals’ privacy.

Salaries for faculty on 12-month contracts are converted to a nine-month equivalent by using a multiplier of 0.818181.

Average vs. median staff salaries
Average staff salaries by area surpassed median salaries everywhere but the School of Social Work, where the average was $51,691 and the median was $53,046.

The greatest differences were in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, with an average of $87,655 and a median of $48,824 (for a gap of $38,831), and in Athletics, with an average of $101,045 and a median of $52,500 (for a gap of $48,545).

Faculty salary comparisons
By rank, the 28 full professors in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences dean’s office topped the list with an average salary of $195,047 and a median of $199,098.

The 23 lecturers/other faculty in the School of Medicine were at the bottom of the list with an average salary of $23,655 and a median of $25,159.

By area, the highest faculty pay was found in the Dietrich school dean’s office, where the net total consisted of the 28 full professors’ salaries. Pay for the two instructors and two lecturers/other faculty was not included in the responsibility center average.

Faculty in Education-University Service Programs were at the bottom of the list. There, the four faculty members — all instructors — averaged $46,194 a year, with a median of $43,497.

To view the full report, go to. utimes.pitt.edu/documents/Mean&MedianReport2016.pdf.

—Kimberly K. Barlow

Editor’s note: Staff member Marsha Lee provided editorial assistance on the staff and faculty salary listings.

 

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences dean’s office: 28 net total, $195,047 average, $199,098 median.

28 professors: $195,047 average, $199,098 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences humanities division: 307 net total, $70,847 average, $66,625 median.

54 professors: $134,624 average,  $113,710 median; 52 associate professors: $78,887 average,  $76,951 median; 64 assistant professors: $69,286 average, $69,902 median; 29 instructors: $39,348 average, $41,000 median; 108 lecturers/other: $44,470 average, $43,823 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences natural sciences: 298 net total, $89,429 average, $86,194 median.

102 professors: $127,156 average, $121,144 median; 57 associate professors: $88,747 average, $89,224 median; 68 assistant professors: $73,213 average, $81,154 median; 16 instructors: $40,259 average, $42,114 median; 55 lecturers/other: $54,521 average, $53,724 median.

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences social sciences: 120 net total, $92,277 average, $79,894 median.

25 professors: $137,315 average, $122,344 median; 32 associate professors: $102,586 average, $91,083 median; 34 assistant professors: $83,423 average, $77,140 median; 29 lecturers/other: $52,455 average, $52,000 median.

• Education-University Service Programs: four net total, $46,194 average, $43,497 median.

Four instructors: $46,194 average, $43,497 median.

• Graduate School of Public Health: 152 net total, $102,266 average, $87,382 median.

37 professors: $159,831 average, $141,333 median; 44 associate professors: $101,792 average, $96,619 median; 71 assistant professors: $72,561 average, $72,710 median.

• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs: 34 net total, $104,919 average, $97,251 median.

10 professors: $136,763 average, $143,652 median; nine associate professors: $109,080 average, $108,374 median; 11 assistant professors: $90,282 average, $90,030 median; four lecturers/other: $56,194 average, $57,388 median.

• Katz Graduate School of Business: 86 net total, $162,986 average, $157,048 median.

33 professors: $193,987 average, $191,734 median; 24 associate professors: $145,746 average, $125,989 median; 29 assistant professors: $141,977 average, $122,807 median.

• School of Dental Medicine: 90 net total, $97,064 average, $94,656 median.

12 professors: $135,153 average, $134,635 median; 22 associate professors: $105,156 average, $106,973 median; 45 assistant professors: $94,084 average, $90,831 median; 11 instructors: $51,521 average, $49,091 median.

• School of Education: 123 net total, $79,322 average, $79,375 median.

16 professors: $123,269 average, $114,239 median; 32 associate professors: $102,335 average, $94,233 median; 36 assistant professors: $73,560 average, $79,248 median; 39 lecturers/other: $47,727 average, $42,025 median.

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: 131 net total, $75,788 average, $71,992 median.

17 professors: $117,930 average, $108,530 median; 23 associate professors: $81,488 average, $81,707 median; 61 assistant professors: $70,346 average, $70,296 median; 30 instructors: $58,604 average, $57,273 median.

• School of Information Sciences: 35 net total, $98,976 average, $96,010 median.

11 professors: $124,731 average, $130,605 median; 13 associate professors: $99,739 average, $102,313 median; 11 assistant professors: $72,320 average, $75,125 median.

• School of Law: 46 net total, $125,863 average, $114,560 median.

26 professors: $164,722 average, $169,264 median; six associate professors: $88,535 average, $81,099 median; eight assistant professors: $82,666 average, $77,114 median; six lecturers/other: $52,399 average, $49,495 median.

• School of Medicine: 2,211 net total, $75,768 average, $52,660 median.

508 professors: $118,147 average, $118,277 median; 555 associate professors: $78,736 average, $50,073 median; 1,028 assistant professors: $56,986 average, $40,909 median; 97 instructors: $48,238 average, $46,346 median; 23 lecturers/other: $23,655 average, $25,159 median.

• School of Nursing: 89 net total, $80,982 average, $76,985 median.
19 professors: $114,407 average, $124,119 median; 18 associate professors: $86,795 average, $88,068 median; 52 assistant professors: $66,756 average, $66,487 median.

• School of Pharmacy: 72 net total, $101,767 average, $94,548 median.

15 professors: $143,102 average, $126,452 median; 22 associate professors: $101,984 average, $99,976 median; 35 assistant professors: $83,915 average, $85,909 median.

• School of Social Work: 29 net total, $80,562 average, $79,687 median.

13 associate professors: $91,364 average, $92,305 median; 16 assistant professors: $71,785 average, $72,882 median.

• Senior Vice Chancellor Health Sciences: 24 net total, $60,412 average, $57,220 median.

24 lecturers/other: $60,412 average, $57,220 median.

• Swanson School of Engineering: 163 net total, $108,353 average, $100,345 median.

47 professors: $156,637 average, $146,336 median; 56 associate professors: $105,051 average, $103,977 median; 53 assistant professors: $77,706 average, $82,887 median; seven lecturers/other: $42,618 average, $38,172 median.

• University Library System: 64 net total, $54,956 average, $44,992 median.

38 Librarian III: $65,297 average, $54,436 median; six Librarian II: $46,755 average, $42,912 median; 20 Librarian I: $37,767 average, $35,030 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Bradford: 69 net total, $66,357 average, $66,903 median.

11 professors: $84,536 average, $78,775 median; 29 associate professors: $70,003 average, $71,664 median; 21 assistant professors: $58,145 average, $57,000 median; eight instructors: $49,702 average, $51,989 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg: 76 net total, $61,613 average, $61,048 median.

Six professors: $83,530 average, $82,042 median; 26 associate professors: $70,562 average, $69,184 median; 28 assistant professors: $58,817 average, $58,289 median; 16 instructors: $43,742 average, $45,982 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown: 136 net total, $62,515 average, $60,459 median.

11 professors: $85,895 average, $81,732 median; 48 associate professors: $69,586 average, $69,806 median; 53 assistant professors: $56,405 average, $56,088 median; 24 instructors: $51,147 average, $48,914 median.

• University of Pittsburgh at Titusville: 23 net total, $54,228 average, $51,769 median.

Four associate professors: $65,229 average, $65,415 median; 11 assistant professors: $55,108 average, $51,769 median; eight instructors: $47,519 average, $47,120 medi-an.


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