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Where we are:

• The market analysis for executive positions is complete

What we know:

• Overall, executive salaries are 13% below market median, resulting in compression, and potential recruiting challenges and risk of loss

Next steps:

• Strengthen market benchmarking methodology to clarify which positions are classified as executive for institutional consistency
• Adopt new salary range structure to include administrative guidelines for placement based on market, education, experience, and performance

Methodology and Survey Sources

Â鶹´«Ã½ worked with Quatt Associates to review Â鶹´«Ã½ peer groups for both university-specific and system-wide executive positions

Salary data was collected from the following surveys:

• CUPA-HR Administrators in Higher Education Surveys
• CUPA-HR Professionals in Higher Education Surveys
• Western Management EduComp Survey
• Economic Research Institute (ERI) Executive Compensation Assessor
• Association of College and University Auditors Salary Survey
• Quatt Not-for-Profit Survey

The 3% annual adjustment (aging) was applied to each survey source.