New Study: Dramatic Differences in Growth of PSU Administrators and Faculty Positions and Salaries, 2002 – 2012
In a study based commissioned by the PSU-AAUP, using data provided by PSU’s HR Department to the PSU Library, staff from the Center for Labor Research and Studies at FIU found sharply divergent trends for investments in administrative positions and salaries vs. faculty positions and salaries over the past ten years.
PSU Exec Admin Numbers and Salaries Soar
The number of Executive Administrators at the level of Asst. Dean and above grew by 65% over the past decade, from 31 to 51.
Between 2002 and 2012, after adjusting for inflation
- President’s salary on E & G funds rose 90%
- Provost’s salary shot up by 46%
- Vice Provosts’ average salaries leapt by 43%.
- Vice Presidents’ average salaries rose by 29%
- Associate Vice Presidents’ average salaries grew by 19%
- Assistant Vice Presidents’ average salaries increase by 23%
Faculty Salaries Lag over the same period
Over the same period, the already high student/full-time faculty ratio worsened, and faculty salaries lagged, even falling for some categories.
Between 2002 and 2012, after adjusting for inflation, on average
- Tenured Full Professors’ salaries rose 6%
- Tenured Associate Professors’ salaries fell by 1%.
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professors’ salaries grew by 1%
- Fixed Term Assistant Professors’ salaries rose by 8%
- Fixed Term Senior Instructors’ salaries grew by 1%
- Fixed Term Instructors’ salaries fell by 7%
- Academic Professionals’ salaries fell by 3%
For the full results of the survey, click here.
For the executive summary of the survey, click here.