Mid-Level Administrative Salaries Up 2% - Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

Mid-level administrators in higher education saw a median base salary increase of 2.0 percent in 2011. That's up from 1.3 percent the year before, according to data being released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Most mid-level administrators won't be seeing an increase in purchasing power, however, because the growth in inflation (3.2 percent) outpaced their raises. Consistent with recent CUPA-HR surveys on the salaries of senior administrators and of faculty members, the increases were larger at private institutions (2.2 percent) than at publics (1.4 percent). [click headline to see the table of average salaries for continuing education specialists and many more positions]