Salary Guide 2017

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Why we make Salary Guide

BY LILLIAN BARKLEY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Salary Guide is the most consistently visited section of The Daily Illini website.

We receive emails throughout the year asking when the updated guide will be available. It’s clear to us that the community is interested in the financial impact of the University for good reason.

After the statewide budget impasse and the launch of one of the most ambitious fundraising campaigns in University history, it’s vital that an aspect of the University’s spending is widely available to the public.

In the interest of transparency, we request and publish the salaries of Gray Book and non-Gray Book employees of the University every year.

The Gray Book is also known as the Academic and Administrative Appointments supplement and is approved annually by the Board of Trustees.

It typically contains the highest-paid employees. The non-Gray Book includes employees who are civil service staff, academic professional staff and additional faculty who do not appear in the Gray Book.

Employees who are classified as extra help, graduate assistant, pre-doctoral fellow, academic or grad hourly, summer appointment, medical resident, student retiree or unpaid will not be included in the salary data.

Any jobs classified as cellphone stipend, deferred pay, lump sum, one-time pay, sabbatical supplement, temporary assignment or various payouts are also not included.

Salary Guide does not include changes to salaries such as mid-year promotions, unpaid leaves or overtime and other benefits. There are many different factors that go into salaries — experience, train-

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ing and tenure — that are not outlined in the information from the University.

Only the raw numbers are included.

The ability to obtain this information is not available to every university — the University of Illinois system is public, which allows anyone to submit a Freedom of Information Act request for the salaries.

Though some may think that publishing every employee’s salary is an invasive process, we hope it keeps the University and its employees accountable.

This is why we publish comparisons of different salaries, list the top-earning employees and give insight into why people earn what they do.

The University is still balancing its improvements — such as the new College of Medicine faculty — with interim faculty and an athletics program that seems to constantly change.

With that in mind, it may be unsurprising to see who at the University has the highest salary. It’s most eye-opening to compare the highest salaries with those of a professor, a secretary or even a vice chancellor.

We hope the community will use this as a resource by checking salaries of those they work with. Students can see how much their favorite (or least favorite) professors are paid. Employees can compare with their co-workers, and taxpayers can see where their money is going.

From its start, Salary Guide was meant to hold those at the University accountable, and this year’s guide continues to help the community be aware of the University’s impact.

Visit salaryguide.dailyillini.com to search for University faculty and employee salaries.

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Differences in vice chancellor salaries at Illinois

BY KAREN LIU STAFF WRITER

The data below shows the salaries of the vice chancellors, assistants to Chancellor Jones, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their salaries are rounded to the nearest dollar. There are no significant differences between genders or races. Â

$340,000 $320,000 $279,500 $251,780 $249,900 $209,936 $183,500 $182,400 $164,943 $148,000 $119,700

Barry Benson VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ADVANCEMENT

John P. Wilkin

INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST

Danita Brown Young VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS

Robin Kaler

ASSOCIATE CHANCELLOR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Paul Ellinger ASSOCIATE CHANCELLOR AND VICE PROVOST FOR BUDGET AND RESOURCE PLANNING

Michael DeLorenzo

SENIOR ASSOCIATE CHANCELLOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS

Kenneth Ballom

ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AND DEAN OF STUDENTS

Lowa Mwilambwe ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS AND DIRECTOR OF AUXILIARY SERVICES

Assata Zerai

ASSOCIATE CHANCELLOR FOR DIVERSITY

Susan Martinis INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH DESIGNATE

Mary Jane Secuban ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS

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Big Ten football coaching staff salaries ranging

BY THE DAILY ILLINI SPORTS DESK

1.

Jim Harbaugh

$7,004,000

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James Franklin $4,600,000 7.

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Jeff Brohm $3,333,333

First year as head coach

Kirk Ferentz $4,550,000 9.

Pat Fitzgerald $3,305,818

10.

Paul Chryst $3,200,000

Lovie Smith $3,000,000

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Urban Meyer

$6,431,240

5.

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Mark Dantonio

P.J. Fleck

$4,390,492

$3,500,000 First year as head coach

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Mike Riley $2,900,000

13.

D.J. Durkin

$2,460,000

14.

Chris Ash

$2,100,000

Tom Allen $1,830,000

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Lovie Smith $3 million

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Bradley Underwood $2.75 million

The top 10 earners

BY JESSICA BURSZTYNSKY NEWS EDITOR

Garrick McGee $665,000 King C. Li $650,000

Robert J. Jones $649,000

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at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Joshua Whitman $612,000

Timothy Killeen $600,000

Hardy Nickerson $565,000

Nancy Fahey $508,000

Jeffrey Brown $468,500

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Don't let Smith's salary take your eye off the ball Illinois football needs a few years to reach its full potential with recruiting, on field results

BY MIKE GASICK STAFF WRITER

It’s easy to assume that some professors and students took issue with Lovie Smith signing his six-year, $21 million deal with Illinois in 2016.

They probably have more issues with it now that Smith has led the team to five total wins since the 2016 season.

I understand that the team is struggling right now.

I understand that not as many fans are filling the stadium right now.

And I understand that Illinois is last in the Big Ten right now.

But that’s going to change.

Director of Athletics Josh Whitman helped bring Smith to the University as a part of his “#WeWillWin” campaign, which is not limited to just football.

Whitman has laid out all pieces of his plan for programs to have future success. He hired wellrespected coaches in women’s and men’s basketball, volleyball and women’s gymnastics.

Hiring Smith to take over for the dumpster fire that was Illinois football should get fans excited, despite the current failures the team is experiencing.

People should understand that this losing should be expected.

Smith did not coach any of his recruiting class in his first year. Rather, he was coaching many players who would have fit better playing in the MAC for former Illinois head coach Tim Beckman.

This is essentially Smith’s first year, but people still should not shallowly judge why he is making so much money.

Illinois has started 16 true freshmen this season, which leads college football. He is giving his players valuable Big Ten experience, which should help them become more comfortable facing similar teams next year,

and the year after that.

Having Cam Thomas and Mike Epstein in the backfield for the next few years should give fans hope that the program is on the right track.

But, patience is key with a rebuild.

Fans want to see immediate success just because Lovie Smith is Illinois’ coach. But it just doesn’t work like that.

Smith and the rest of the coaching staff will have an important offseason coming their way to further develop the young players. It’s a process.

When Illinois becomes good — which should be in two or three years — people should understand why Smith is getting paid so much.

Fans will fill the seats, producing revenue from ticket sales, parking, merchandise, campus traffic, etc. Because the football program brings in so much money for the school, Smith deserves the salary he receives.

Now, if the Illini are not winning eight or nine games by 2020, then those professors and students have a valid point.

But all signs are pointing to that not happening. The team will have many different weapons on both sides of the ball who have already shown glimpses of their potential.

So, yes, Smith is getting paid based on the in-depth and optimistic future plan for the program.

If Illinois football is not in the top half of the Big Ten in two or three years, the University lost $21 million.

I think Whitman’s leadership, along with Smith’s recruiting, will help keep that from happening.

Hiring Smith to take over for the dumpster fire that was Illinois football should get fans excited, despite the current failures the team is experiencing. People should understand that this losing should be expected.

@mike_mgasick gasick2@dailyillini.com

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Illinois head coach Lovie Smith looks out to the field during a timeout in the game against Western Michigan at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 17, 2016. Smith is getting paid $21 million over the next six years.

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Highest paid officials within each college department

BY YASMEEN RAGAB STAFF WRITER

The following is a list of the highest paid faculty member within each college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. These individuals' salaries represent their present salary at the Urbana-Champaign campus as of September 2017.

Agriculture, Consumer & Environmental Sciences CHANCELLOR

Applied Health Sciences PROFESSOR IN KINESIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Business PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTANCY, DEPARTMENT HEAD

Education DEAN, EDWARD WILLIAM AND JANE MARR GUTGSELL PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AND AFFILIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY

Engineering PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY

Fine and Applied Arts DIRECTOR OF KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Labor and Employment DEAN AND PROFESSOR

ROBERT J. JONES $649,000 BO FERNHALL $292,892 JON S. DAVIS $370,436 JAMES D. ANDERSON $245,854

Law PROFESSOR OF LAW

Liberal Arts and Sciences PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY

Informational Sciences INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST

Media DEAN OF GRADUATE COLLEGE, INTERIM DEAN

TIMOTHY L. KILLEEN $600,000

Medicine

MICHAEL D. ROSS $275,341

Social Work

FRITZ DRASGOW $267,505

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MICHAEL MOORE $330,322 TIMOTHY L. KILLEEN $600,000 JOHN P. WILKIN $320,000 WOJTEK CHODZKO-ZAJKO $287,450 KING C. LI $650,000 WYNNE SANDRA KORR $285,000 PETER D. CONSTABLE $263,415

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