Administrators in Higher Education Salary Report: Key Findings, Trends, and Comprehensive Tables for the 2016-17 Academic Year

Data for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources "CUPA-HR's" "Administrators in Higher Education Salary Survey" were collected November 1, 2016-February 5, 2017. The survey was conducted entirely online through Surveys Online, CUPA-HR's data collection and reporting system. For this year's survey, data for 49,619 incumbents were collected on 191 administrative positions. In addition to the salaries collected for each position, data were collected on gender, race/ethnicity, year the incumbent entered the position, and the incumbent's birth year. Except for salary information, provision of the other demographic information was voluntary. Participants could either enter this data manually or upload a file containing salary and demographic data. In addition, data about institutional characteristics (operating expenses; student, faculty, and staff size; collective bargaining availability for certain groups; and number of separations in the past year) were collected. This report presents key findings, trends, and comprehensive tables for the 2016-17 academic year "Administrators in Higher Education Salary Report."