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Data received May 2024

Full-time employees

1,258

Number of departments

51

Median pay

$71,419

Average pay

$83,421

University of Illinois Administration

Employees by pay range

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Departments

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Department

 FT employeesempl. Median pay Average pay Median experience Top earner
Admin Info Technology Services 223 $89,704 $92,592 16.0 $241,395
SHIELD IL Deployment Unit 182 $52,440 $57,493 2.0 $164,178
University Payroll & Benefits 54 $55,374 $61,549 11.0 $157,320
University Payables 53 $50,122 $56,471 6.0 $150,055
Univ Acct & Fin Report 51 $63,318 $71,375 10.0 $148,342
Office Medicaid Innovation 50 $74,685 $81,985 3.0 $226,383
Discovery Partners Institute 47 $63,308 $85,207 3.0 $450,879
University Bursar 46 $55,303 $62,637 10.0 $218,887
University Counsel 43 $117,784 $126,336 6.0 $420,301
University Press 39 $54,237 $58,894 10.0 $148,621
System Human Resource Services 34 $74,499 $90,908 10.5 $290,950
CARLI 26 $73,803 $80,887 11.0 $190,899
System Office Shared Services 26 $60,859 $64,635 6.0 $149,667
Vice Pres External Rel & Comm 24 $91,931 $103,111 5.0 $342,542
DPI Applied Rsrch and Dev 23 $88,159 $100,602 2.0 $382,139
Office of University Audits 22 $93,095 $99,515 7.5 $219,795
Cap Prgm/Real Est Services 21 $109,949 $108,307 9.0 $190,048
OTM Chicago 21 $74,771 $83,297 8.0 $256,900
OTM Urbana-Champaign 21 $69,557 $86,947 9.0 $226,551
Merchant Card Services 19 $69,116 $72,379 5.0 $151,552
Risk Management 16 $66,547 $74,998 17.0 $156,685
Univ Office Planning & Budgeting 16 $102,502 $105,299 20.0 $223,443
President's Office 14 $82,923 $154,282 11.5 $893,263
Instit of Govt & Pub Affs 13 $59,990 $94,450 12.0 $418,187
Vice Pres Econ Dev and Innov 13 $79,261 $138,191 4.0 $495,368
Exec VP & VP Academic Affairs 12 $109,405 $158,066 10.0 $537,829
U of I Foundation 12 $47,071 $47,095 21.5 $60,434
DPI Pritzker Tech Talent Labs 11 $101,510 $123,176 2.0 $234,872
Academic Programs and Services 10 $64,048 $60,415 12.5 $102,150
Secr Ofc/Board of Trustees 10 $79,302 $93,846 17.5 $185,800
Treasury Operations 9 $75,909 $89,789 10.0 $164,662
IL Wrkfr and Educ Rsrch Collab 8 $75,086 $77,921 3.0 $156,283
System Government Costing 8 $70,694 $86,756 11.5 $168,176
DPI PTTL Community Education 7 $83,255 $81,289 2.0 $131,100
Illinois Ventures 7 $73,098 $118,579 3.0 $230,609
Sys Purchasing & Sup Srvc 7 $76,429 $86,790 10.0 $138,905
DPI New Business Ventures 6 $62,176 $86,820 1.0 $257,270
Strategic Initiatives 6 $107,569 $114,821 3.0 $168,060
AVP Budget and Business Ops 5 $57,542 $61,568 7.0 $98,282
AVP Controller 5 $117,101 $106,763 16.0 $210,924
AVP Procurement Services 5 $83,843 $89,675 7.0 $183,900
Business Services 5 $86,002 $100,465 9.0 $186,202
Univ Ethics & Compliance Office 5 $119,279 $119,196 18.0 $215,366
Banking & Investment Services 4 $91,561 $104,246 9.0 $178,665
State University Procurement 4 $89,389 $95,499 4.0 $141,083
VP Chief Financial Officer 4 $126,327 $186,458 22.0 $448,067
University Tax 3 $112,327 $121,676 15.0 $171,308
Agricultural Property Services 2 $82,532 $82,532 13.0 $96,892
Digital Risk Office 2 $126,252 $126,252 6.5 $215,004
DPI Innovation Hub 2 $163,491 $163,491 1.5 $306,958
Procurement Diversity 2 $135,030 $135,030 10.0 $150,657

Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or pay salary, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.