Management

It should come as no surprise that managers are compensated more highly than nonmanagers. According to figure 11, managers earn close to 50 percent more than nonmanagers, on average.

Figures 12 and 13 reinforce what most would suspect: The more responsibility you have, the higher your compensation.

Since the 2005 survey, the various levels of management responsibility (fig. 12) have seen average salary increases of about 9 percent across the board. The growth in salary by nature of management responsibility (fig. 13) hasn't been quite as even. Those in the first two categories listed in figure 13 saw average salaries grow by 5 percent; in the next category, average salary grew by 9 percent. Those in the highest-paid category reported average salaries less than 1 percent higher than in 2005.

The distribution of respondents according to level of management responsibility varies according to discipline. For example, 71 percent of those who identify themselves as working in two or more disciplines place themselves in the category with the highest level of responsibility. For alumni relations, that figure is 63 percent; for advancement services, 53 percent; for communications and marketing, 47 percent; and for development, 35 percent.

Data from the survey, not shown in a chart, indicate that 13 percent of all respondents are eligible for bonuses; 87 percent are not eligible. This breakdown holds true even when one examines the disciplines individually; but for those working in two or more disciplines, 16 percent are eligible for bonuses, while 84 percent are not.