Advisor Salaries

Including average salaries for full-time advisors, advising administrators and faculty salaries

Full-time academic advisors

• In a 2011 survey, average salaries for full-time academic advisors were reported on national basis on a College University Professional Association for Human Resources survey. Statistics from this survey can be found in the March 21, 2011 edition of The Chronicle.  Note: You may need your institution's Chronicle user name and password to access this article.  The median advisor salary in this survey was $40,522.
• Academic advisor median salary via salary.com

• Advisor classifications and salary levels via University Web sites

• In July 2005 1425 NACADA members responded to a survey asking full-time academic advisors a series of questions regarding their job satisfaction. In one portion of the survey, advisors were asked to indicate their salaries, years of experience and NACADA region.  Over time we have discovered that while everyone wants to know, few are willing to actually respond when asked to fill their exact salary. Therefore the NACADA asks salary questions within a range. 

The national average salary reported in this 2005 survey was $35,000 - 39,999. National median (1/2 way point) reported was also $35,000 - 39,999. A word of caution for those viewing these charts, while this survey may establish trends within the profession, it is representative only for those choosing to answer the survey; it was not gathered from every full-time professional academic advisor.

2005 salaries for full-time, professional advisors reported by:

Region. The chart lists the average salary within each region

Highest Earned degree. The chart lists the average salary by the highest degree earned by the respondents.

Years of Experience in Advising.

In a 2011 survey College University Professional Association for Human Resources survey. Statistics from this survey can be found in the February 21, 201 edition of The Chronicle. Note: You will need your institution's Chronicle user name and password to access this article. The average 2011 salary listed for the Director of Academic Advising was $63,054. 

This average salary fits within the range determined by the results of the September 2008 Career Ladder Survey sponsored by the NACADA Professional Development Committee and the Advising Administration Commission. Salary ranges of 907 administrators was gathered. The median salary range reported by these advising administrators was $60,000 - $64,999.

Median salary for academic advising administrators via salary.com

 

On April 18, 2008 The Chronicle of Higher Education published the results of an American Association of University Professors survey What Professors Earn.  Additionally the AAUP Faculty Salary Survey included data from nine years of average faculty salaries at more than 1,300 institutions. Note: You may need your institution's Chronicle user name and password to access these articles.