Reliable compensation data helps you recruit, retain, and advocate for your team—and make the case that your work advances campus community.
The ACUI Salary Survey gives members trusted, peer-sourced insights into what college union and student activities professionals earn across roles, regions, and institution types.
Data Collection Now Open Through December 14
You can now add your institution’s data to strengthen the survey. Only those who participate in the data collection period will be able to access reports.
ACUI primary contacts and designated data contributors will have access to input and export data. If you need to add a data contributor, please contact acui@acui.org.
Following data collection, in mid-January, start exploring reports to see where your team stands. It’s one more way ACUI helps you advance campus community.
A valuable member resource
Compensation benchmarks are among the most requested data in the field, and now those insights live in one place built for you. Contribute your institution’s data, then explore how your salaries compare to peers in the United States. The more members who participate, the stronger the data becomes.
Easy data entry
Sharing your data takes minutes—not hours. A guided form walks you through each field, saves your progress as you go, and flags anything that looks incomplete before you submit. You can even load the data from an Excel file.
Robust reporting tool
Turn raw numbers into answers. The reporting tool lets you filter and compare compensation by position, ACUI region, institution size, and more, so you can pull exactly the benchmark you need for a budget request, a job posting, or a conversation with leadership.
Standard REPORTS
Standard reports are available to all participating members.
Position Summary
One position vs. the comparison group—mean, median, percentiles,
with your institution plotted.
Position × Region
Average salary by position and ACUI region.
Position × FTE band
Average salary by position and enrollment band.
Position × Reporting Line
Average salary by position and the department each position reports through (college union, separate engagement unit, auxiliary services, other).
Staff/Department Size
Average number of staff per position across institutions.
Benchmarking Peer Groups
How institutions benchmark their salaries.
Equity-Adjustment Frequency
Distribution of adjustment cadence.
PREMIUM REPORTS
Premium reports—with deeper cuts, expanded filters, and detailed comparisons—are included with Premium Membership or may be purchased separately (by those campuses that participated in survey).
Year-Over-Year Trend
Average salary by position across survey years with percent change.
Demographic Breakdown
Representation and average salary by gender and race/ethnicity (aggregate).
Education by Position
Education-level distribution by position.
Pivot Table
Cross-tab median salary (with head counts) by two demographic or institution dimensions of your choice.
Advanced Report Builder
Pick positions, plot your institution, choose a demographic or named peer group, save and export.