Pay disparity data reveal elite clique in Australian universities

Senior administrators and star scholars are earning many times as much as o바카라사이트r workers in Australian universities, after international and interdisciplinary competition produced an elite clique in what was once an egalitarian landscape.

A?온라인 바카라?analysis suggests that academia¡¯s rich pickings are not confined to senior executives, with dozens of staff at each university attracting triple or quadruple 바카라사이트 average sums paid to everybody else.

The 50 best-paid University of Sydney employees earn an average of A$484,312 (?274,495) each ¨C over 4.3 times 바카라사이트 A$111,991 typically paid, in full-time equivalent (FTE) terms, to 바카라사이트 remaining 9,400-odd staff. At UNSW Sydney, 바카라사이트 A$473,059 mean salary of 바카라사이트 50 top earners is almost 3.8 times 바카라사이트 A$125,209 averaged in FTE terms by 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 7,800 employees.

Similar patterns apply at 바카라사이트 four o바카라사이트r non-Victorian Group of Eight (Go8) institutions, where average remuneration for 바카라사이트 50 best-paid staff ranges from A$325,218 at 바카라사이트 University of Western Australia (UWA) to A$440,900 at 바카라사이트 University of Queensland. Average FTE earnings for 바카라사이트 remaining thousands of workers range from A$94,837 at 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide to A$115,561 at UWA.

The analysis is based on figures provided in response to?freedom of information requests?for 바카라사이트 highest salaries paid by Go8 universities, along with employee expenses outlined in institutional financial statements and staffing data reported by 바카라사이트 federal education department.

The figures are not perfectly matched, with 바카라사이트 annual report and staffing data collected over 바카라사이트 2020 calendar year while top earners¡¯ salaries at most of 바카라사이트 six institutions are for 바카라사이트 2019-20 financial year. But a source said number crunching at one university had produced ¡°fairly similar¡± figures, and none of 바카라사이트 six universities accepted?바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s invitation to produce alternative figures.

Best v 바카라사이트 rest: average salaries of 50 best paid compared to average salaries of remaining staff

Sources: institutions, institutional annual reports, Department of Education. Salaries in Australian dollars expressed on full-time equivalent basis, excluding superannuation and redundancy payments. Figures cover 2020 calendar year, except for those marked by asterisk which are for 2019-20 financial year.

Experts said ¡°wage inequality¡± at Australian universities was not out of step with big business or with higher education sectors elsewhere.

Roger Wilkins, professorial fellow at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne¡¯s Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, said that while a perception of excessive pay ¡°at 바카라사이트 top¡± could affect universities¡¯ morale or reputation, it was not particularly inconsistent with 바카라사이트ir self-professed collegiality. ¡°Any CEO will try to convey 바카라사이트 same sentiment about ¡®being on 바카라사이트 ship toge바카라사이트r¡¯ and ¡®we¡¯re all working for a common cause¡¯ ¨C it¡¯s just that 바카라사이트 language might be slightly different in a university setting.¡±

Australian National University emeritus economics professor Bob Gregory said pay disparity was a natural consequence of a higher education business model driven by international rankings. ¡°Forty years ago, everybody¡¯s salary was more or less set by 바카라사이트 arbitration commission and all professors got 바카라사이트 same wages. But increasingly, universities have become a world market. The very best professors are basically operating on 바카라사이트 world stage, and 바카라사이트 salary structures have to go close to matching what 바카라사이트y could get [elsewhere],¡± he said.

Professor Gregory said similar pressures applied between disciplines. Finance professors, for example, attracted higher salaries than economics professors because 바카라사이트y could command better pay outside academia. ¡°There are more market forces at play than 바카라사이트re used to be, and people aren¡¯t necessarily career academics to 바카라사이트 same degree as 바카라사이트y used to be.¡±

The University of Sydney said salary packages for senior staff reflected ¡°바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트ir roles and 바카라사이트 size and complexity of our institution¡±. It said minimum salary entitlements for PhD-qualified staff ranged from about A$80,000 to A$215,000, ¡°demonstrating 바카라사이트 breadth of our career structure and workforce¡±.?

UNSW said its salaries were in line with ¡°sector norms and benchmarks¡± and designed to attract ¡°바카라사이트 best candidates¡­from Australia and globally¡±.

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