Collective Bargaining and Staff Salaries in American Colleges and Universities

Daniel B. Klaff and Ronald Ehrenberg

ILR Review, 2003, vol. 57, issue 1, 92-104

Abstract: Previous studies of union wage effects in higher education have examined faculty salaries, but not staff salaries. This study, using data from a 1997–98 survey conducted by the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers and other sources, investigates how union coverage affected staff salaries at 163 U.S. colleges and universities. The authors estimate a union salary premium of 9–11%, with variation from near zero for some of the 47 occupations in their sample to 13–16% for others, such as the skilled building trades. The union/nonunion differential appears to be larger in 2-year than in 4-year institutions, but does not vary between the public and private sectors. Where faculty members are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, unionized staff members appear to enjoy an additional salary gain of 2–3%.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/001979390305700105

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