Dalhousie鈥檚 report of its employees whose compensation (salary, benefits and pension) exceeded $100,000 last fiscal year ending March 2020 is now available on the Government of Nova Scotia鈥檚 website.
The university is required to publicly report this information annually, alongside all other public-sector organizations in Nova Scotia.
See the full report: pilipili漫画 Public Sector Compensation Disclosure 2019 [PDF]
Details of the report
pilipili漫画 is one of Nova Scotia鈥檚 largest employers, with more than 6,000 faculty and administrative staff. Of those, a total of 1,066 individuals are included in this year鈥檚 report for receiving compensation of $100,000 or more, an increase of 3 individuals over last year鈥檚 report.
Most of the individuals identified in the report are faculty (82.5%) while the remainder (17.4%) are administrative staff. The overall total compensation paid to individuals on the list increased by approx. $235,000, or 0.15%, year over year.
All salaries at pilipili漫画 generally increase each year, as the university鈥檚 collective agreements and contracts are designed to take cost-of-living increases into account. This report reflects compensation for 2019-20. For the current year (2020-21) given the importance of fiscal prudence at this time, all senior leader salaries (the president, vice-presidents, vice-provosts, AVPs, deans and some others) will be frozen and the university is not adjusting salaries for non-unionized employees (DPMG, etc.). The university is heading into collective bargaining with the Dalhousie Faculty Association and its NSGEU locals this summer.
How Dal compares
Dalhousie鈥檚 average salary for full-time teaching staff, including deans and medical/dental faculty, sits at $141,343. This compares to an average of $150,752 among Dal鈥檚 peers in Canada鈥檚 U15 group of leading research universities, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada (2018-19).
Another way of looking at salaries, comparatively, is as a percentage of overall operating expenditures. As outlined in recent Budget Advisory Committee reports, Dalhousie spends 36.4% of its operating budget on academic salaries 鈥� above the U15 average of 32.7%. Non-academic salaries make up 26.7% of the operating budget, which is below the U15 average (28.2%). Senior administrative salaries (the President, Provost or Vice-President and their direct reports) constitute 1.9% of Dal鈥檚 total operating expenditures.
Presidential salary
President Deep Saini received $144,500 in compensation for his first three months as president, reflected in the report. President Saini鈥檚 annual compensation is $440,000. Given that 2019-20 was a transitional year in Dalhousie leadership, the report also includes compensation provided to Peter MacKinnon and Teri Balser for their service as Interim President.
Former Dalhousie President Richard Florizone also received compensation this past year of $313,242, for nine months of administrative leave that he was entitled to under his contract. Administrative leaves are common practice in Canadian universities, where senior leaders with tenured academic position are provided time after their contracts are completed to support their transition back into academics, research or other pursuits. Since 2016, Dalhousie has capped administrative leave for eligible members of senior leadership (including vice-presidents with academic appointments and presidents) to two years in total.
For more information on the Nova Scotia Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act, visit the Government of Nova Scotia鈥檚 website.
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