Interim Chancellor William Colwell was the highest-earning individual at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2016, with total compensation reaching $295,000, according to a Carbondale Reporter analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.
The 100 highest-earning administrators and faculty members were paid a total of $17,138,208.80 in 2016.
Interim Dean Jason Thomas Greene was the second-highest earning individual, with $266,640 in 2016, followed by Professor Marcus Dean Odom ($263,800), Associate Dean Cheryl Burke Jarvis ($262,308), and Dean John Warwick ($241,068).
The following table list the top 100 salary earners at SIU-Carbondale.
| Name | Title | Position | Base Salary | Additional Salary | Total Compensation |
| William Bradley Colwell | Interim Chancellor | Chancellor | $295,000.08 | $0.00 | $295,000.08 |
| Jason Thomas Greene | Interim Dean | Senior Officer | $266,640.00 | $0.00 | $266,640.00 |
| Marcus Dean Odom | Professor | $169,200.00 | $94,600.80 | $263,800.80 | |
| Cheryl Burke Jarvis | Associate Dean | Unit Director | $231,024.00 | $31,284.50 | $262,308.50 |
| John J. Warwick | Dean | Senior Officer | $241,068.00 | $0.00 | $241,068.00 |
| Susan M. Ford | Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | $240,300.00 | $0.00 | $240,300.00 |
| Ed O'Donnell | Professor | $188,388.00 | $51,864.26 | $240,252.26 | |
| Cynthia L. Fountaine | Dean | Senior Officer | $228,960.00 | $0.00 | $228,960.00 |
| Peter Paul Mykytyn | Chairperson | Unit Director | $225,072.00 | $0.00 | $225,072.00 |
| Mavis Tandoh Adjei | Chairperson | Unit Director | $202,812.00 | $21,126.28 | $223,938.28 |
| Claire Yi-Chun Liang | Assistant Professor | $180,000.00 | $40,000.00 | $220,000.00 | |
| Mark A. Peterson | Chairperson | Unit Director | $194,832.00 | $10,000.00 | $204,832.00 |
| Wanli Zhao | Associate Professor | $193,842.00 | $10,769.00 | $204,611.00 | |
| James Edward Garvey | Interim Vice Chancellor for Research | Vice Chancellor | $203,508.00 | $0.00 | $203,508.00 |
| Royce DeAngelo Burnett | Associate Professor | $166,599.00 | $36,193.25 | $202,792.25 | |
| Terry Clark | Professor | $135,009.00 | $67,506.01 | $202,515.01 | |
| John Fraedrich | Professor | $133,533.00 | $66,766.50 | $200,299.50 | |
| Subhash C. Sharma | Chairperson | Unit Director | $200,040.00 | $0.00 | $200,040.00 |
| Sajal Lahiri | Vandeveer Professor of Economics | Professor | $195,831.00 | $0.00 | $195,831.00 |
| Laurie Ann Achenbach | Dean | Senior Officer | $193,008.00 | $0.00 | $193,008.00 |
| Gregory Donald DeYong | Assistant Professor | $133,506.00 | $59,336.00 | $192,842.00 | |
| Meera Komarraju | Dean | Senior Officer | $191,004.00 | $500.00 | $191,504.00 |
| Marc Everette Morris | Assistant Professor | $148,293.00 | $41,192.50 | $189,485.50 | |
| James G. Salmo | Vice Chancellor | $188,712.00 | $0.00 | $188,712.00 | |
| Spyros Tragoudas | Chairperson | Unit Director | $185,088.00 | $0.00 | $185,088.00 |
| James Thomas Bell | Director | Unit Director | $185,004.00 | $0.00 | $185,004.00 |
| Lyle James White | Interim Dean | Senior Officer | $184,644.00 | $0.00 | $184,644.00 |
| John Michael Pearson | Professor | $136,687.95 | $46,195.99 | $182,883.94 | |
| Paul A. Bennett | Medical Chief of Staff | Unit Director | $182,148.00 | $0.00 | $182,148.00 |
| Alice M. Noble-Allgire | Interim Director | Unit Director | $182,102.88 | $0.00 | $182,102.88 |
| Dafna Lemish | Dean | Senior Officer | $182,004.00 | $0.00 | $182,004.00 |
| Xiaoxin Wang Beardsley | Associate Professor | $144,495.00 | $37,110.33 | $181,605.33 | |
| Tomasz Wiltowski | Director | Unit Director | $176,586.00 | $0.00 | $176,586.00 |
| Andy Ju An Wang | Dean | Senior Officer | $175,452.00 | $0.00 | $175,452.00 |
| Walter Victor Wendler | Director | Unit Director | $175,224.00 | $0.00 | $175,224.00 |
| Marc Alan Ortegren | Assistant Professor | $148,104.00 | $24,684.00 | $172,788.00 | |
| Harry James Nelson | Associate Professor | $134,649.00 | $37,402.50 | $172,051.50 | |
| David A. Yepsen | Director | Unit Director | $170,664.00 | $375.00 | $171,039.00 |
| Shahram Rahimi | Chairperson | Unit Director | $170,244.00 | $0.00 | $170,244.00 |
| Jaehoon Lee | Assistant Professor | $137,007.00 | $30,446.00 | $167,453.00 | |
| Min Z. Carter | Assistant Professor | $138,006.00 | $29,151.25 | $167,157.25 | |
| Kevin D. Bame | Vice Chancellor | $166,956.00 | $0.00 | $166,956.00 | |
| Nwamaka Augustina Anaza | Assistant Professor | $141,750.00 | $23,625.00 | $165,375.00 | |
| Naushad Ali | Chairperson | Unit Director | $163,080.00 | $0.00 | $163,080.00 |
| Lizette R. Chevalier | Associate Dean | Unit Director | $155,832.00 | $6,493.00 | $162,325.00 |
| Jamie John McNutt | Associate Professor | $161,991.00 | $0.00 | $161,991.00 | |
| Sanjeev Kumar | Chairperson | Unit Director | $161,556.00 | $0.00 | $161,556.00 |
| John Charles Goodale | Associate Professor | $126,432.00 | $35,120.00 | $161,552.00 | |
| Kevin Scott Collins | Director | Unit Director | $134,340.00 | $26,743.24 | $161,083.24 |
| Cheryl L. Anderson | Professor | $122,697.00 | $37,324.11 | $160,021.11 | |
| Rasit Koc | Chairperson | Unit Director | $159,840.00 | $0.00 | $159,840.00 |
| Ted William Grace | Director | Unit Director | $159,408.00 | $0.00 | $159,408.00 |
| Satya Harpalani | Professor | $118,962.00 | $39,654.00 | $158,616.00 | |
| Mandara Savage | Executive Director, Extended Campus | Senior Officer | $149,004.00 | $9,000.00 | $158,004.00 |
| Michael James Lydy | Professor | $143,211.00 | $13,414.00 | $156,625.00 | |
| Thomas B. Downen | Assistant Professor | $148,104.00 | $8,228.00 | $156,332.00 | |
| Karl Williard | Professor | $112,708.50 | $43,282.10 | $155,990.60 | |
| Gary Ray Kinsel | Chairperson | Unit Director | $155,364.00 | $0.00 | $155,364.00 |
| Yueh-Ting Lee | Dean | Senior Officer | $155,004.00 | $0.00 | $155,004.00 |
| Joseph A. Schafer | Chairperson | Unit Director | $132,036.00 | $22,506.00 | $154,542.00 |
| Cindy Galway Buys | Professor | $115,749.00 | $37,725.60 | $153,474.60 | |
| Konstadinos I. Hatziadoniu | Professor | $117,018.00 | $36,080.55 | $153,098.55 | |
| William Joseph Banz | Chairperson | Unit Director | $152,928.00 | $0.00 | $152,928.00 |
| James Smith Allen | Associate Provost for Academic Programs | Senior Officer | $152,607.00 | $0.00 | $152,607.00 |
| Philip Steven Gatton | Director | Unit Director | $151,860.00 | $0.00 | $151,860.00 |
| Jarlen Don | Professor | $101,232.00 | $50,616.00 | $151,848.00 | |
| Ian I. Suni | Director | Unit Director | $150,972.00 | $0.00 | $150,972.00 |
| Christopher W. Behan | Associate Dean | Unit Director | $144,492.00 | $6,020.50 | $150,512.50 |
| Patricia Ross McCubbin | Professor | $117,621.00 | $32,672.50 | $150,293.50 | |
| Bruce DeRuntz | Professor | $102,600.00 | $47,500.38 | $150,100.38 | |
| Saliwe Kawewe | Interim Director | Unit Director | $143,688.00 | $5,987.00 | $149,675.00 |
| Susan Patricia Liemer | Professor | $117,690.93 | $31,509.10 | $149,200.03 | |
| Patricia M. Moline | Assoc VC for Dev & Alumni Relations & Director of Dev | Senior Officer | $149,000.04 | $0.00 | $149,000.04 |
| Lorianne Stettler | Interim Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs | Vice Chancellor | $148,908.00 | $0.00 | $148,908.00 |
| David Louis Dilalla | Associate Provost | Senior Officer | $148,884.00 | $0.00 | $148,884.00 |
| Bhaskar Bhattacharya | Interim Chairperson | Unit Director | $137,436.00 | $10,465.66 | $147,901.66 |
| Larry A. Hickman | Director | Unit Director | $146,184.00 | $375.00 | $146,559.00 |
| Kanchan Mondal | Professor | $101,349.00 | $45,044.00 | $146,393.00 | |
| Angela Kay Upchurch Wilhelm | Associate Professor | $122,418.00 | $23,803.50 | $146,221.50 | |
| William Francis Danaher | Chairperson | Unit Director | $146,184.00 | $0.00 | $146,184.00 |
| Rae Morrow Goldsmith | Executive Director - Chief Marketing and Communications Offi | Senior Officer | $144,999.96 | $0.00 | $144,999.96 |
| Dimitrios Kagaris | Professor | $115,713.00 | $29,105.05 | $144,818.05 | |
| Saiying Deng | Assistant Professor | $144,792.00 | $0.00 | $144,792.00 | |
| Matt R. Whiles | Interim Director | Unit Director | $136,266.75 | $8,411.26 | $144,678.01 |
| Douglas William Lind | Law Library Director | Unit Director | $143,496.00 | $0.00 | $143,496.00 |
| Robert Alan Hahn | Professor | $97,641.00 | $45,565.80 | $143,206.80 | |
| Elizabeth Theresa Klaver | Chairperson | Unit Director | $123,312.00 | $19,833.00 | $143,145.00 |
| Steven James Karau | Professor | $137,948.94 | $5,000.65 | $142,949.59 | |
| Anthony Joseph Steinbock | Professor | $96,381.00 | $45,245.53 | $141,626.53 | |
| Carl Raymond Flowers | Interim Chairperson | Unit Director | $140,772.00 | $0.00 | $140,772.00 |
| Andrew J. Wood | Professor | $89,676.00 | $50,650.34 | $140,326.34 | |
| Stephen Doyle Ebbs | Chairperson | Unit Director | $119,988.00 | $19,989.00 | $139,977.00 |
| Vicki May Carstens | Chairperson | Unit Director | $139,800.00 | $0.00 | $139,800.00 |
| Judith M. Marshall | Executive Director for Finance | Senior Officer | $138,804.00 | $0.00 | $138,804.00 |
| Carey Krajewski | Chairperson | Unit Director | $138,660.00 | $0.00 | $138,660.00 |
| Kavita Karan | Professor | $96,147.00 | $42,190.23 | $138,337.23 | |
| Keith Barnard Wilson | Professor | $103,500.00 | $34,500.00 | $138,000.00 | |
| Gregory Budzban | Chairperson | Unit Director | $137,988.00 | $0.00 | $137,988.00 |
| Scott E. Ishman | Professor | $135,679.50 | $0.00 | $135,679.50 | |
| Mohammad R. Sayeh | Professor | $115,776.00 | $19,296.00 | $135,072.00 |
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