Salary Equity Task Force Update to the Faculty Senate

K. Sahami, M. Mocanasu and M. Ketterer

April 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

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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

• ± s 2 Good approximation to 15% clustering around • 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 ± s 2 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

Chemistry Dep.

100% 50% 0%

100% 67%

Assistant Associate Below Above

0%

Full 100%

Accounting Dep.

100% 100% 100%

50% 0% Assistant Associate Below Above Full

Biology Dep.

100% 50% 0%

57% 14% 0% 0

Assistant Associate Below Above

83%

Full

17%

Percentage of Professors Outside 1 Standard Deviation More Examples:

English Dep.

63% History Dep.

57%

80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

0% 0

Assistant

0

Associate

40% 20%

Full 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

0% 0 0 22% 44%

Below Above Assistant Associate Below Above Full

Psychology Dep.

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

83% 0%

Assistant

17%

Associate Below Above

77%

Full 11%

Associate Median Comparison, • For the 6 departments sampled above, here is a comparison between median salaries at MSU Denver and the CUPA Median

Associate Professor, Median Salaries

105000 95000 85000 75000 65000 55000 History English Accounting CUPA Chemistry MSU Denver Biology Psychology

Associate, Median Difference

$30 000 $25 000 $20 000 $15 000 $10 000 $5 000 $-

$5 008 $4 894 $27 108

History English Accounting

$7 624

Chemistry

$6 934 $6 965

Biology Psychology

Full Median Comparison, • For the 6 departments sampled above, here is a comparison between median salaries at MSU Denver and the CUPA Median

Full Professor, Median Salary

110000 100000 90000 80000 70000 History English Accounting CUPA Chemistry MSU Denver

Full Professor, Median Difference

$25 000 $20 000 $15 000 $10 000 $5 000 $-

$3 883 $2 950 $20 366 $3 869 $7 649 $11 104

History English Accounting Chemistry Biology Psychology Biology Psychology

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 Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions 140 150 160

Academic administrators

70 80 90 100 110 120 130 Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions 140 150 160

Other administrators

50 70 90 110 130 Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions 150 170

Grants + Contracts Student Affairs Diversity EO/AA Comptroller Provost President 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of CUPA Peer Salary for Comparable Positions 120 140

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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