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University of Pittsburgh trustees approve pay increase and retention incentives for chancellor and senior officers

University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees (Executive Committee & Compensation Subcommittee) · December 19, 2025
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Summary

The University of Pittsburgh's executive committee and compensation subcommittee approved recommendations to raise Chancellor Gable's base pay to $1,250,000 effective Jan. 1, 2026, add multi-year retention payments and deferred-compensation vesting, and apply merit and market adjustments for senior officers; the executive vote recorded one abstention.

Chairperson Verbanek opened a joint public meeting of the University of Pittsburgh board's executive committee and compensation subcommittee and presented a three-part resolution on executive pay that trustees approved at the meeting.

The board recommended increasing Chancellor Gable's base salary to $1,250,000 per year effective Jan. 1, 2026, extending annual retention payments through 2030 with increases to $150,000 in 2028 and $200,000 in 2029 and 2030, and raising the annual deferred-compensation contribution to $500,000 vesting in 2030, with an additional potential incentive component. "Therefore, we recommend based on a competitive market analysis that the executive committee…

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