Massachusetts · 2025 pay
How much do Salem State University (Massachusetts) employees make?
$51,102typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$11,493 – $98,318what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: ProfessorVisiting InstructorStaff Associate
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU)Matches the agency's latest releasemacomptroller.org ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$11,719
$50,462
$97,869
$312,533
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $35,984 in 2016 to $51,102 in 2025 (+42%).
What changed since 2024
- +5.4%Typical pay went up from $48,474 to $51,102.
- +4.4%Typical raise for the 1,410 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 30% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 211 new211 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 162 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +42%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $35,984 to $51,102, while the number of people paid went down from 1,925 to 1,621.
The agency updates it every pay period.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Salem State University (Massachusetts)
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $48,670 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $1,024 |
| Extra pay | $768 |
| Total for the year | $50,462 |
Average of the 82 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor | 173 | $127,945 | $115k – $144k | ▼ 0.5% |
| Visiting Instructor | 171 | $5,553 | $3k – $11k | ▼ 25.9% |
| Staff Associate | 102 | $72,606 | $62k – $92k | ▼ 4.2% |
| Staff Assistant | 70 | $58,061 | $38k – $73k | ▲ 1.8% |
| Assistant Professor | 66 | $90,056 | $62k – $101k | ▲ 4.9% |
| Associate Professor | 62 | $103,111 | $94k – $116k | ▼ 3.1% |
| Assistant Director | 58 | $84,812 | $73k – $92k | ▲ 1.4% |
| Maintainer II | 55 | $62,404 | $59k – $70k | ▲ 7.7% |
| Director | 46 | $108,561 | $98k – $124k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Visiting Lecturer Nu | 44 | $24,023 | $18k – $27k | ▲ 13.6% |
| Visiting Assistant Prof | 42 | $5,815 | $0k – $14k | ▼ 14.0% |
| Administrative Assistant II | 38 | $62,960 | $59k – $79k | ▲ 6.2% |
| Associate Director | 30 | $95,357 | $84k – $108k | ▼ 1.2% |
| Visiting Lecturer Eng | 22 | $21,951 | $7k – $28k | ▲ 8.2% |
| Visiting Lecturer Sms | 22 | $11,279 | $7k – $18k | ▼ 16.6% |
| Visiting Lecturer Mus | 22 | $8,942 | $5k – $18k | ▼ 22.7% |
| Senior Visiting Instructor | 21 | $7,581 | $5k – $12k | ▼ 11.5% |
| Visiting Professor | 20 | $11,004 | $6k – $19k | ▼ 1.2% |
| Visiting Lecturer Psy | 19 | $20,282 | $14k – $31k | ▼ 25.0% |
| Campus Police Officer II | 13 | $72,876 | $38k – $96k | ▼ 25.8% |
| Visiting Lecturer Shed | 13 | $13,522 | $7k – $19k | ▲ 0.0% |
| Instructor | 12 | $61,202 | $54k – $87k | ▲ 10.4% |
| Visiting Lecturer Ts | 10 | $40,565 | $27k – $41k | ▲ 28.2% |
| Visiting Lecturer Art | 10 | $14,783 | $7k – $37k | ▼ 20.6% |
| Associate Dean | 9 | $157,255 | $145k – $167k | ▲ 10.8% |
| Electronic Computer Operator II | 9 | $81,137 | $80k – $88k | ▲ 6.9% |
| Visiting Lecturer Bio | 9 | $10,096 | $7k – $13k | ▼ 18.5% |
| Assistant Vice President | 8 | $178,414 | $157k – $187k | ▲ 7.4% |
| Library Assistant III | 8 | $70,412 | $35k – $70k | ▲ 2.9% |
| Visiting Lecturer Mth | 8 | $20,373 | $14k – $20k | ▲ 36.2% |
| Visiting Lecturer Cp | 8 | $20,001 | $16k – $34k | ▲ 5.7% |
| Rn Sim Lab Instructor | 8 | $18,989 | $12k – $26k | new |
| Executive Functioning Coach | 8 | $12,996 | $8k – $16k | new |
| Dean | 7 | $188,937 | $167k – $221k | ▼ 4.1% |
| Executive Director | 7 | $153,973 | $136k – $171k | ▼ 5.1% |
| Accountant V | 7 | $107,571 | $108k – $122k | ▲ 3.3% |
| Edp Systems Analyst II | 7 | $98,709 | $81k – $100k | ▲ 5.8% |
| Staff Associate Nonunit | 6 | $84,076 | $77k – $93k | ▲ 6.4% |
| Maintainer I | 6 | $30,371 | $14k – $55k | new |
| Visiting Lecturer Management | 6 | $17,559 | $9k – $33k | ▲ 23.7% |
| Visiting Lecturer Sw | 6 | $13,522 | $7k – $20k | ▼ 27.3% |
| Visiting Associate Prof | 6 | $10,053 | $6k – $22k | new |
| Assistant Resident Director | 6 | $7,047 | $2k – $14k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Vice President | 5 | $198,075 | $164k – $213k | new |
| Assistant Dean | 5 | $142,536 | $131k – $145k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Director Senior | 5 | $130,239 | $129k – $148k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Senior Librarian | 5 | $125,079 | $107k – $131k | new |
| Edp Systems Analyst III | 5 | $112,449 | $110k – $112k | new |
| Assistant Director Nonunit | 5 | $91,075 | $83k – $100k | new |
| Accountant III | 5 | $77,538 | $64k – $88k | new |
| Visiting Lecturer Geog | 5 | $13,730 | $14k – $19k | ▼ 16.2% |
| Visiting Lecturer Soc | 5 | $13,522 | $7k – $20k | ▲ 0.0% |
| Visiting Lecturer Cj | 5 | $4,733 | $5k – $30k | ▼ 30.0% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k360
- $10k – $30k325
- $30k – $50k122
- $50k – $70k155
- $70k – $90k182
- $90k – $110k190
- $110k – $150k207
- $150k or more80
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Salem State University in 2025
- 1John KeenanPresident$312,533▲ $18,129 vs 2024
- 2David SilvaProvost$243,443▲ $9,247 vs 2024
- 3Christine DefeliceCampus Police Officer III$231,809▲ $52,312 vs 2024
- 4Raminder LutherDean$231,314▲ $8,786 vs 2024
- 5Karen HouseVice President$228,702▼ $4,927 vs 2024
- 6Rita ColucciVice President and Gen Counsel$225,419▲ $10,288 vs 2024
- 7Samiullah AnsariDean$221,153▲ $8,400 vs 2024
- 8C. Julie WhitlowVice Provost$219,176▲ $12,173 vs 2024
- 9Bonnie GalinskiVice President$212,987▲ $14,954 vs 2024
- 10Stephen SwartzChief Information Officer$211,526▲ $9,569 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Salem State University (Massachusetts) employee make?
The typical employee was paid $51,102 in 2025: half of the 1,621 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $11,493 and $98,318.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 360 people (22.2%) were paid under $10,000.
Who counts as a full-year employee?
"Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (95.5% of all pay), overtime (1.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (3.1%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller (macomptroller.org). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, has no service end date during the year, and received at least 90% of their published annual rate as base pay. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 6 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals