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Data received March 2023 • Department and position not provided for a few employees.

Full-time employees

11,857

Number of departments

37

Median pay

$65,545

Average pay

$84,113

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 1,470 $74,706 $91,975 10.0 $623,869
Grainger Engineering 1,348 $80,279 $108,709 7.0 $722,547
Agr, Consumer & Env Sciences 1,231 $54,843 $68,182 8.0 $347,751
OVCRI Institutes 1,151 $62,250 $70,369 7.0 $296,927
Auxiliary Units 992 $48,394 $56,491 9.0 $275,091
Facilities 959 $74,202 $75,450 11.0 $225,700
Gies College of Business 453 $93,691 $145,233 6.0 $772,491
Veterinary Medicine 433 $54,770 $76,203 6.0 $337,673
Fine & Applied Arts 393 $70,745 $76,221 9.0 $313,433
Div Intercollegiate Athletics 316 $64,020 $138,982 5.0 $4,865,885
Technology Services 298 $72,798 $77,285 10.0 $255,650
University Library 284 $60,049 $67,012 10.0 $305,501
School of Social Work 270 $66,566 $69,226 5.0 $286,023
Provost & VC Acad Affairs 254 $58,198 $70,303 10.0 $361,445
VC for Research and Innovation 228 $70,705 $82,181 11.0 $419,590
Education 225 $76,661 $82,804 8.0 $268,454
Applied Health Sciences 210 $68,712 $82,851 6.0 $335,508
VC Admin and Operations 177 $72,323 $83,298 8.0 $329,305
VC Student Affairs 159 $55,618 $63,164 5.0 $308,479
Chancellor 152 $61,384 $80,727 9.0 $815,869
School of Information Sciences 131 $88,222 $96,085 8.0 $459,533
Law 111 $91,045 $125,853 14.0 $409,373
College of Media 108 $77,466 $85,839 8.5 $280,580
Center Innov in Teach Learn 77 $63,724 $68,894 8.0 $152,730
Carle Illinois Medicine 75 $74,542 $99,859 6.0 $455,917
Office VC Inst Advancement 75 $94,593 $102,925 7.0 $226,987
Public Safety 58 $58,531 $67,897 10.0 $182,700
Illinois International 57 $58,845 $65,089 6.0 $280,049
School of Labor & Empl. Rel. 46 $113,533 $126,960 7.5 $282,310
Graduate College 38 $52,720 $69,121 9.0 $332,919
Vice Chancellor for Diversity 34 $82,677 $95,719 7.5 $342,759
Division of General Studies 23 $52,020 $57,675 5.0 $111,833
Not provided 8 $64,278 $121,978 Not provided $452,049
Energy Services 6 $117,986 $120,421 11.0 $146,569
Armed Forces 4 $39,478 $39,902 9.0 $45,701
Medicine at UIUC 2 $117,763 $117,763 26.0 $122,182
Exec VP & VP Academic Affairs 1 $42,292 $42,292 1.0 $42,292

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