Some questions about giving U of M salary information came up recently on the Chat Reference list, so I thought this would be a good time to remind Bio-Med reference staff about current and historical salary information.
Salary information is available on the UM Reports website for use by University faculty and staff. To use it:
1. Go to http://www.umreports.umn.edu
2. Click on User Login. You will be prompted for your University Internet ID (referred to there as your X.500 ID) and password.
3. You will need to read and agree to the University's privacy policies.
4. Click on the Search Reports tab.
5. Set the Filter By Category box to HR & Payroll and the SubCategory to HR Reports.
6. Find Personnel Basic Information in the alphabetical results list, and click on it.
7. Click on Select an Area.
8. Select the department or area in which you are interested, and follow the prompts.
In addition to finding salaries for specific individuals, you can also obtain "job code salary averages." This function can answer questions like "What is the average salary for assistant professors in Epidemiology at the U of M?"
1. Log on to UMReports: http://www.umreports.umn.edu
2. Click on Search Reports (upper left corner)
3. Type in "Job" and click Search
4. Scroll down and click on "Job Code Average Salary"
5. You can then search by Job Code (i.e. job category), or by College.
It gives you a listing of all of the members in that classification and an average at the bottom of the page.
Historical Information
As of 2005, salary and other budget data is available only online; printed budget volumes are no longer being produced.
PRINTED VOLUMES
Older printed volumes (1911 through 2004) are available for consultation in University Archives:
University Archives
Map & Directions: http://andersen.lib.umn.edu/andersenvisitors.html
Hours: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/hours_fetch.phtml?LibID=32
As of mid-2006, both Wilson Reserve and Magrath Reserve have also retained the last annual printed salary volume:
Wilson Library Reserve (Basement) (salaries 2003/2004)
Map & Directions: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/wilsdir.html
Hours: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/hours_fetch.phtml?LibID=35
Magrath Library Reserve (salaries 2003/2004)
Map & Directions: http://www1.umn.edu/tc/maps/CentLib/
Hours: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/hours_fetch.phtml?LibID=23
The report is called University of Minnesota Total Salary Report, and the Call Number is Quarto LB2334.3 .M56 U55x.
Patrons may use the Budgets during regular business hours. Photocopying is available at the current rate.
Some guidelines for giving this information to non-affiliated patrons:
It's okay to give salary information to unaffiliated patrons. InfoPoint will do three specific, short-answer lookups per person per day, so that sounds like a good guideline to keep in mind for Biomed.
If summary or trend data is needed, unaffiliated patrons should contact the Office of Institutional Research to arrange for assistance: (612) 624-4851.
The homepage for OIR is at:
http://www.irr.umn.edu/
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Liz