Standard V. Administration and Finance

V.6 Compensation for a program's executive officer, faculty, and other staff is equitably established according to their education, experience, responsibilities, and accomplishments and is sufficient to attract, support, and retain personnel needed to attain program goals and objectives.

The salary for the Dean is determined by the Provost. Faculty salaries are set by the Dean with the review and approval of the Provost. Each position’s salary is based on comparable positions throughout the university and considering peer positions at other institutions.

The average and median salaries for faculty in the School of Information Sciences is on a par with faculty at other similar units at the University:

School of Information Sciences – $85,227 average
School of Nursing – $65,936 average
School of Social Work – $74,499 average
School of Education – $81,049 average
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs – $99,878 average
University Times, February 23, 2012

In October 2012, the University’s Management Information and Analysis office used AAUP and ARL annual salary reports to compare with Pitt faculty salaries. Compared to 34 public AAU institutions, Pitt’s professors ranked 16th with an average salary of $134,800. Pitt was ranked 14th in terms of associate professor salaries and 26th for the salaries of assistant professors. (University Times, October 11, 2012)

The salary for staff is determined by the category of the position. The University has specific salary ranges for each category and individual units are mandated to remain within those ranges when hiring new staff. The average salary for staff at the iSchool is $45,032 which is comparable to staff at other units: Graduate School of Public Health ($44,372), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences ($39,751), and School of Nursing ($42,368) (University Times, October 11, 2012). The LIS Program faculty is well above the average for LIS faculty at 4-year colleges and universities, as noted in the Chronicle of Higher Education.