Documents from the UW System revealed that the highest paid UW-Madison official makes over three times as much as the governor.
According to UW System's annual budget documents, UW-Madison Athletic Director Barry Alvarez made $500,000 in 2008, which is the highest salary among all UW System employees.
Alvarez's salary is over three times as high as Gov. Jim Doyle's salary, which according to the Journal Sentinel Online was just over $141,800 in 2008.
According to the documents, Alvarez is among 10 UW System employees who made over $300,000 in 2008.
Chancellor Biddy Martin was the second highest paid System employee with a salary of $437,000, and UW System President Kevin Reilly came in third at $414,593.
Martin, who was the only woman in the top 10, earned over $150,000 more than the chancellor at UW-Milwaukee, who was UW System's second highest paid chancellor.
UW-Madison head football coach Bret Bielema, men's basketball coach Bo Ryan and Business School Dean Mike Knetter were also among the UW System's top 10 highest-paid employees.
The documents said Bielema and Ryan's salaries might actually exceed $1 million if private UW Foundation and athletic department funds are included in the figures.
Setting aside athletic and administrative officials, the salaries of UW System professors in general are below average.
The average salary for a full-time professor at UW-Madison is $109,600, according to the documents, while the average salary for professors in the UW System as a whole is $73,000, which is below the peer group average of $87,600.
To view the UW System salaries database, visit host.madison.com/data/uw_salaries.
