FY25 Salary Survey
In FY25 what will be your IRA qualifying regatta?
Institutional demographics
55 institutions participated in the FY25 Salary Survey, representing 95% of the IRCA’s membership.
What division does your men's rowing program compete in?
Is the location of your institution and the surrounding area considered a high, moderate, or low cost-of-living area relative to the national average?
Varsity program information
Does your rowing program and/or individual team(s) have an endowment with funds available to use throughout the year?
Of the 44 teams that participated in this section…
11 said “yes” to the program having a single primary endowment
13 said “yes” to the program having a single primary endowment and one or more specific-use endowments (i.e. a banquet account, awards account, shell account, etc.)
2 said “yes” to the heavyweight team having a team-specific endowment that can only be used by the heavyweights
5 said “yes” to the heavyweight team having two or more of its own endowments
1 said “yes” to the lightweight team having a team-specific endowment that can only be used by the lightweights
3 said “yes” to the lightweight team having two or more of its own endowments
19 said their program does not have any endowments
The breakdown below shows each response grouped by division, IRA qualifier, and cost of living.
Yes, the rowing program has ONE PRIMARY ENDOWMENT that we are able to draw funds from throughout the year
Yes, the heavyweight team has its own endowment that can only be used by the heavyweights
Yes, the lightweight team has its own endowment that can only be used by the lightweights
No, our program does not have any endowments
Staff information
In FY25, what is the makeup of your heavyweight rowing staff?
Does your department require all full or part-time coaches to have any of the following certifications as a condition of employment?
Does your men's coaching staff also coach your women's team?
Does your department offer annual cost-of-living raises to all staff members?
Yes, the rowing program has ONE PRIMARY ENDOWMENT and one or more SPECIFIC USE endowments (i.e. a banquet account, awards account, shell account, etc.)
Yes, the heavyweight team has 2+ of its own endowments
Yes, the lightweight team has 2+ of its own endowments
In FY25, how much of your program's primary endowment do you anticipate being available for you to use?
The estimated value of a program’s primary endowment ranged from $40,000 to $30,000,000, with an average estimated value of $4.2 million.
In FY25, what is the makeup of your lightweight rowing staff?
Does your department or program cover or subsidize the cost of obtaining these certifications?
Has the cost-of-living adjustment kept up with inflation/the cost-of-living in your area over the past three years?
Based on the 31 institutions that indicated receiving COL raises, the average increase is 2.75%.