Data received June 2026 • FT/PT status not provided. Hire dates are most recent hire date.

Full-time employees

1,206

Number of departments

50

Median pay

$80,272

Average pay

$91,700

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 231 $94,223 $99,510 15.0 $280,133
Office Medicaid Innovation 74 $79,805 $86,562 4.0 $237,777
University Payables 56 $52,383 $57,391 8.0 $132,234
University Payroll & Benefits 55 $60,466 $66,866 12.0 $175,590
Univ Acct & Fin Report 54 $68,211 $73,791 7.5 $162,248
DPI Applied Rsrch and Dev 51 $86,815 $93,127 3.0 $435,329
University Bursar 49 $56,493 $64,092 9.0 $150,500
University Counsel 47 $118,393 $129,946 7.0 $436,671
University Press 44 $56,661 $59,949 7.5 $108,827
Strategic Initiatives 39 $66,667 $82,545 2.0 $367,304
System Human Resource Services 37 $75,260 $93,016 7.0 $324,267
System Office Shared Services 33 $69,239 $74,223 7.0 $164,024
Vice Pres External Rel & Comm 28 $89,575 $105,685 5.5 $368,586
CARLI 27 $80,740 $88,130 13.0 $207,304
OTM Chicago 24 $80,662 $94,917 3.0 $291,167
Cap Prgm, Real Est, & Util Services 22 $99,552 $105,915 6.0 $217,222
ICard & Merchant Card Services 22 $70,305 $74,627 7.0 $161,536
Office of University Audits 22 $100,881 $106,006 9.0 $236,868
Vice Pres Econ Dev and Innov 22 $87,949 $118,232 4.5 $532,937
OTM Urbana-Champaign 21 $82,956 $92,306 8.0 $239,454
Univ Office Planning & Budgeting 20 $92,209 $92,891 18.5 $236,905
DPI Pritzker Tech Talent Labs 19 $87,017 $115,909 4.0 $305,550
Risk Management 18 $60,388 $70,131 8.5 $134,792
Discovery Partners Institute 17 $86,228 $84,832 4.0 $255,124
President's Office 16 $70,087 $175,215 7.0 $938,222
Instit of Govt & Pub Affs 13 $78,397 $91,229 12.0 $278,279
Exec VP & VP Academic Affairs 11 $80,900 $149,327 12.0 $537,418
Academic Programs and Services 10 $62,731 $62,748 6.5 $116,140
IL Wrkfr and Educ Rsrch Collab 10 $97,816 $97,656 5.5 $176,539
System Government Costing 10 $78,351 $84,973 5.5 $178,373
Treasury Operations 10 $78,030 $96,808 9.5 $196,654
U of I Foundation 10 $49,115 $45,760 20.0 $63,791
Illinois Ventures 8 $111,276 $141,518 4.0 $359,216
Secr Ofc/Board of Trustees 7 $79,825 $104,759 18.0 $204,236
Sys Purchasing & Sup Srvc 7 $85,977 $97,079 13.0 $153,591
AVP Budget and Business Ops 6 $67,274 $73,768 8.0 $107,315
AVP Controller 6 $98,522 $116,875 13.0 $243,135
Procurement Diversity 6 $69,945 $77,923 2.5 $150,950
AVP Procurement Services 5 $90,152 $111,324 9.0 $207,019
Business Services 5 $95,311 $109,393 11.0 $194,615
Digital Risk Office 5 $100,333 $133,045 8.0 $238,017
Univ Ethics & Compliance Office 5 $113,650 $116,589 17.0 $200,667
Banking & Investment Services 4 $114,670 $121,592 11.0 $200,733
DPI Innovation Hub 4 $97,710 $145,298 3.0 $324,029
DPI New Business Ventures 4 $94,850 $130,322 3.0 $272,982
State University Procurement 3 $89,908 $105,089 3.0 $159,256
University Tax 3 $128,013 $136,154 17.0 $191,669
VP Chief Financial Officer 3 $206,377 $265,377 25.0 $485,756
Agricultural Property Services 2 $96,897 $96,897 15.0 $113,150
DPI PTTL Community Education 1 $29,658 $29,658 5.0 $29,658

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