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Data received July 2022

Full-time employees

12,052

Number of departments

36

Median pay

$63,224

Average pay

$81,044

University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Employees by pay range

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Departments

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Department

FT employeesempl. Median pay Average pay Median experience Top earner
Liberal Arts & Sciences 1,544 $72,661 $88,944 11.0 $579,979
Grainger Engineering 1,369 $79,940 $106,481 9.0 $710,589
Agr, Consumer, & Env Sciences 1,322 $52,850 $65,053 9.0 $323,249
OVCRI Institutes 1,115 $61,306 $70,067 9.0 $297,249
Facilities 1,059 $70,468 $71,115 10.0 $250,110
Auxiliary Units 1,033 $43,804 $51,782 9.0 $264,067
Gies College of Business 422 $107,023 $151,355 8.0 $600,160
Veterinary Medicine 415 $53,805 $76,484 7.0 $325,500
Fine & Applied Arts 409 $69,281 $76,658 12.0 $308,347
Div Intercollegiate Athletics 299 $59,627 $113,591 6.0 $3,374,705
University Library 293 $56,000 $63,369 10.0 $308,310
Provost & VC Acad Affairs 283 $52,696 $69,287 10.0 $491,858
Technology Services 280 $69,713 $76,006 11.5 $231,789
Chancellor 255 $64,500 $79,469 9.0 $722,414
VC for Research and Innovation 235 $65,539 $78,048 12.0 $387,500
School of Social Work 228 $62,685 $66,475 5.0 $276,000
Education 217 $73,220 $84,583 10.0 $319,633
Applied Health Sciences 197 $71,500 $84,260 9.0 $282,000
VC Student Affairs 166 $57,515 $64,928 7.0 $278,961
School of Information Sciences 124 $85,752 $93,094 11.0 $478,636
College of Media 117 $75,245 $84,902 9.0 $272,072
Law 110 $89,756 $126,535 14.0 $388,051
Center Innov in Teach Learn 83 $63,850 $67,537 9.0 $145,238
Office VC Inst Advancement 83 $90,631 $102,940 7.0 $219,300
Illinois International 69 $50,495 $59,316 7.0 $267,333
Public Safety 58 $53,588 $64,223 12.5 $181,938
Carle Illinois Medicine 53 $71,192 $99,470 10.0 $686,500
School of Labor & Empl. Rel. 44 $107,307 $118,593 7.0 $290,600
Graduate College 43 $50,000 $64,889 10.0 $316,034
Vice Chancellor for Diversity 31 $73,225 $90,012 9.0 $313,499
Medicine at UIUC 29 $76,621 $94,862 20.0 $382,522
Public Affairs 29 $69,777 $78,103 14.0 $250,694
Division of General Studies 28 $53,345 $57,158 8.0 $105,155
Energy Services 5 $107,762 $108,756 22.0 $142,038
Armed Forces 4 $42,625 $47,175 15.0 $65,666
Campus General Use 1 $47,596 $47,596 2.0 $47,596

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