How do salaries in different departments / units compare?
Table 2. Mean YUFA salaries by department in July 2009 We identified the highest- and lowest-paid units relative to the age-salary line for all units with at least four members. Schulich is decidedly the highest-paid unit, followed by FSE Computer Science, LA&PS Human Resource Management, and then – at some distance – Glendon’s Psychology and Sociology departments. In each of these, the average salary exceeds the age-salary line for units by at least $10,000. What do these highest-paid units have in common? With the exception of the two Glendon departments, management has negotiated for faculty in them to receive higher salaries due to ‘marketability’ concerns. Members of such units received a relatively high proportion of raises from salary adjustment and marketability funds. The 2009-2010 CAUT Almanac indicates that faculty members at Canadian universities who are in similar disciplines – especially Commerce / Management / Business Administration and, to a lesser extent, Computer Sci
