After all the talk about Jack Lew’s shady bonus and the various financial (and residential!) perks awarded to NYU’s star faculty, we wanted to see how the salary numbers of the university’s elite compared to those of our regular professors–the ones we see in class every week. A statement put together by a group of professors opposed to NYU’s 2031 expansion plan included some numbers we found interesting.
Here’s a basic breakdown:
What NYU’s top earners make:
| Employee | Compensation |
| (via IRS filing for tax year 2010-2011) | |
| John E. Sexton (President) | $ 1,476,625 |
| Robert Berne (Executive Vice President for Health) | $ 880,587 |
| Michael Alfano (Executive Vice President) | $ 607,860 |
| David W. McLaughlin (Chief Academic Officer) | $ 598,544 |
| Martin Dorph (Chief Financial Officer) | $ 506,870 |
| Bonnie Brier (Senior VP, General Counsel & Secretary of the University) | $ 597,727 |
| Jess Benhabib (Economics professor) | $ 443,833 |
| Andrew Brotman (Chief Clinical Officer) | $1,106,788 |
| Robert Grossman (NYU Langone Medical Center Dean and CEO) | $3,488,960 |
| Alison Leary (Executive VP for Operations) | $ 338,807 |
| Rosemarie Loffredo (Treasurer) | $ 352,492 |
| Tina Surh (Chief Investment Officer) | $ 690,265 |
| Debra LaMorte (Senior VP for Development and Alumni Affairs) | $ 533,200 |
| Marilyn McMillan (VP for Information Technology) | $ 330,516 |
| Vivan S. Lee (Chief Scientific Officer, Vice Dean of Science) | $1,165,751 |
| Steven B. Abramson (Vice Dean for Education at NYU Medical) | $ 746.197 |
| Dafna Bar-Sagi (Vice Dean for Science) | $ 373.718 |
| Vicki Match Suna (Vice Dean for Real Estate Development) | $ 680.054 |
| Michael T. Burke (Corporate Chief Financial Officer) | $ 960.090 |
| Linda Mills (Vice Chancellor for Global Programs) | $ 462,539 |
| Annette Johnson (Vice Dean, General Counsel) | $ 589,573 |
What your professors make:
| Tenured Faculty: | Average Compensation (via Chronicle of Higher Ed) |
| Full professor (salaries of “star” professors included) | $ 182,400 |
| Associate professor | $ 106,100 |
| Assistant professor | $ 99,700 |
| Non-Tenured Faculty: | |
| Clinical full professor | $ 114,890 |
| Clinical associate professor | $ 83,388 |
| Clinical assistant professor | $ 67,123 |
| Adjuncts: | |
| Unionized adjunct (who work enough hours to join the adjunct union) | A little less than $5,000 per course, or $117.25 per hour, is the union minimum. |
| Non-union adjunct (who likely work elsewhere too) | “Can make as little as $2,500 per course at NYU.” -NYU professors affiliated with FASP. |
Interesting Zoë, thanks!
Robert Grossman, God damn! Wanna date?
“Leah Grossman”
at least it’s not Julia Gulia