Re: DBA pay in university
- From: Carol Dacko <dackoc@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:05:58 -0400
As a public university employee, yes, it depends.
1) What is the financial health of the overall University?
2) The pay scale is below industry.
3) At the university that I work, the pay scale depends upon the
department. Some departments pay higher than others.
4) We still get health care benefits but those are starting to align more
with industry lately with the amount of co-pays that each employee pays for
the health plan they chose.
5) There is no pension for non-bargained for employees.
6) The retirement plan matching is higher, but that is starting to change
too. New employees now have a different matching plan that current staff.
7) The culture depends on the department. Our department is more like a
business than an academic department. Therefore, things are not as
"relaxed" as you might think.
8) Children of employees do not get free tuition like some other
universities.
9) There is partial tuition reimbursement for the employee if the field of
study you are pursuing will assist in your current position. And it needs
to be approved by managment. There have been occasions when those were not
approved.
10) You're vacation time depends on your salary level. But it could be as
high as 24 days a year (if you have time to take it). But that may be
changing soon too.
With any position you are thinking about taking, you need to do your due
diligence.
HTH!
Carol
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:43 AM, John Piwowar <jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What you can probably expect is that university salaries will trend below
> industry salaries. Offsetting factors can include:
>
> 1) Slightly more relaxed environment, though of course this can vary.
>
> 2) Tuition benefits. Staff can sometimes receive deep discounts on tuition,
> even for immediate family members. At the right time of your life, that's
> not small money. One of my colleagues was in a position well below his
> industry pay grade and experience level. I'm *sure* he was there because he
> loved the culture and was stimulated by the work, and that the close
> proximity of his resignation to his daughter's graduation date was pure
> coincidence. ;-)
>
> 3) When I was working in a university environment, the percentage of
> matching contributions to retirement accounts was far higher than anything
> I've encountered since in industry. Of course, a higher percentage of a
> lower-than-industry base salary might not be as high impact as it initially
> appears.
>
> Don't take too much from my single data point, though. It's been quite a
> while since was in IT in a university, and lots of things about compensation
> have probably changed, probably not for the better in today's economy. I
> guess the main message is, as with evaluating any position, it's not all
> about the salary.
>
> Regards,
>
> John P.
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Christopher Boyle <
> cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Again, it depends. I worked in a publicly funded University ages ago and
>> the salaries were very low (and available to anyone since they had to make
>> the budget available to the public.) Private universities might pay more
>> but every one I have dealt with treated their IT department as a cost center
>> and wanted Tom Kyte skills for Joe Schmoe wages.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Goulet, Richard <
>> Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> That definitely falls into the "it depends" category. Depends on how
>>> big the university is, how big their endowment is, how much experience you
>>> have, if you've worked in a university environment before, how much they
>>> value their it department, and how much their willing to pay. Interviewed
>>> for a job at a university some years ago, wasn't impressed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dick Goulet
>>> Senior Oracle DBA
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>>> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *K R
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:56 PM
>>> *To:* Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* DBA pay in university
>>>
>>> All ,
>>> Looking for any information on how much does a oracle DBA makes in the
>>> US Universities
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Kart
>>>
>>
>>
>
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