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Salary Equity Task Force Update to the Faculty Senate
-K. Sahami, M. Mocanasu and M. KettererApril 23rd 2014
Salary Equity Task Force• Created Fall of 2013• Charged with looking at where MSU Denver salaries– stand with respect to peer institutions– stand with respect to stated goals– Stand relative to cost of living norms
FS Salary Equity Task Force members:
– Dr. Cynthia Church (Biology)– Sen. Juan Dempere (Finance)– Sen. Adam Graves (Philosophy)– Sen. Clare Hay (AES)– Dr. Michael Ketterer (Chemistry, Chair)– Sen. Jeff London (CJC, CFAC)– Dr. Jean Lundy (CAS)– Sen. Mona Mocansu (Mathematics)– Dr. Nhu Nguyen (HPS)– Sen. Lisa Ortiz (Technical Communication)– Sen. Julie Reyes (SOAN)– Sen. Sheila Rucki (Political Science)– Sen. Kamran Sahami (Physics)– Prof. Cynthia Vannucci (HTL)– Sen. Jacob Welch (Theater)
Background• Stated Goal for our faculty salaries to be within 15%
of mean colleagues salaries at peer institutions• Salaries floor systematically set 85% of CUPA mean
salary
• ISSUE: WITHIN vs. OF
Gaussian (normal) Distribution
Gaussian (normal) Distribution
• Good approximation to 15% clustering around mean
• Being within 15% of mean value
• What we do is reduce by 15% of the mean (Salary floor at 85% of X)
Example: Heights of US Middle Aged Males (2010)
• Average American male 5’9.8’’ –(5’10”)• Standard Deviation 2.8” –( 3”)
Example: Heights of US Middle Aged Males (2010)
• To be within of 5’10” would be within range 5’11.5” to 5’8.5” tall• To be 85% of 5’10” is to be 4’11”
Percentage of Professors Outside 1 Standard Deviation
Assistant Associate Full0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
67%100%
0%
Chemistry Dep.
Below Above
Assistant Associate Full0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0%
57%83%
0%14%
17%
Biology Dep.
Below Above
Assistant Associate Full0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
100% 100% 100%Accounting Dep.
Below Above
Percentage of Professors Outside 1 Standard Deviation
More Examples:
AssistantAssociate
Full
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%
0%
63%
40%
0 00.2
English Dep.
Below Above Assistant Associate Full0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
0%
57%
22%
0 0
0.44
History Dep.
Below Above
Assistant Associate Full0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
0%
83% 77%
17% 11%
Psychology Dep.
Below Above
Associate Median Comparison,
• For the 6 departments sampled above, here is a comparison between median salaries at MSU Denver and the CUPA Median
History English Accounting Chemistry Biology Psychology55000
65000
75000
85000
95000
105000
Associate Professor, Median Salaries
CUPA MSU Denver
History English Accounting Chemistry Biology Psychology $-
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$5,008 $4,894
$27,108
$7,624 $6,934 $6,965
Associate, Median Difference
Full Median Comparison,
• For the 6 departments sampled above, here is a comparison between median salaries at MSU Denver and the CUPA Median
History English Accounting Chemistry Biology Psychology700007500080000850009000095000
100000105000110000
Full Professor, Median Salary
CUPA MSU Denver
History English Accounting Chemistry Biology Psychology $-
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$3,883 $2,950
$20,366
$3,869 $7,649
$11,104
Full Professor, Median Difference
Administrator Salaries vs. CUPA
• Academic administrators: senior institutional officers, academic Deans, directors and managers of Centers, Associate and Assistant Deans
• Other administrative personnel: academic affairs, student affairs, institutional affairs, fiscal affairs, external affairs, IT, athletics, AA/EO, and facilities
Academic administrators
70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions
Academic administrators
70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions
Other administrators
Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions
50 70 90 110 130 150 170
President
Provost
Comptroller
EO/AA
Diversity
Student Affairs
Grants + Contracts
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions
Administrator Salaries vs. CUPA
• Majority of salaries are less than the CUPA averages, but most are at the 90% level or better• Numerous examples of positions
paid at well above the CUPA peer average salaries
An anecdotal comparison - Deans
• SLAS Dean: $134,885 vs. CUPA average of $152,751, maximum of $203,004 for Arts and Letters; similar numbers for Arts and Sciences or Sciences Deans• Associate Deans – improvement
needed
An anecdotal comparison - Deans
• School of Business Dean: $171,666 vs. CUPA average of $189,661, maximum of $335,000
Relative Cost Of Living: Denver CO vs. CUPA peers
Relative Cost Of Living: Denver CO vs. CUPA peers• Cost of Living data from US Bureau of Labor Statistics and
C2ER (Council for Community and Economic Research)• Normed for $50,000 in Denver CO.
Relative Cost Of Living: Denver CO vs. CUPA peers
Average : 7.86% Median : 9.11%
Conclusions (so far)• MSU Denver Faculty appear to be systematically
underpaid relative to CUPA peers (10-15%)• MSU Denver Faculty appear to be systematically
underpaid relative to MSU Denver Administrators• Cost of Living adjustment for Denver relative CUPA
mean (7.9%)
• Task Force will complete a report to the MSU Denver Community
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