The average in the Big 12 has been 10-11 percent per year. Salary does not seem to be the predominant reason for resignations, but it is in the mix. Deming commented that people always say they are not paid enough. Prof. Gross mentioned the negative effect on morale of the endowed chairs program, especially in some of the poorer Arts and Sciences units. Large compensation packages at the top are often out of line with the general salaries in a department and inflate the salary statistics for everyone.
Salaries really are worse than they appear at the associate and non-endowed full professor level.
Prof. Pace said he had asked Institutional Research for a report with the salaries of the endowed positions excluded. Prof. Hart said the Senate should be careful about judging the negativity of the comments about salary because that was a natural response. It is the real comparative data that is demoralizing and the reason for the negativity. Prof. Deming remarked that part of the salary inequity was due to the market demand. That makes the lower-paid person fall farther behind.