"Staff received a median 3 percent pay increase during the 2025-26 academic year, marking the largest increase of any employee category for the third consecutive year."
"Administrators received a 2.9 percent median pay increase, which, although lower than previous years, still outpaced the annual inflation rate of 2.7 percent."
"Tenure-track faculty received a median 1.8 percent pay increase, the lowest of all employee categories, and their salaries are now 11.7 percent lower than pre-pandemic levels."
"Tenure-track faculty have not received a pay increase that outpaces inflation in any of the 10 years included in the CUPA-HR analysis."
In the 2025-26 academic year, higher education staff received a median pay increase of 3 percent, the largest among employee categories. Administrators received a 2.9 percent increase, while professionals saw a 2.8 percent raise, all outpacing inflation. In contrast, tenure-track faculty received only a 1.8 percent increase, the lowest among all groups, and their salaries are significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels. Faculty have not experienced a pay increase that exceeds inflation in the past decade.
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