Data on 1981-1982 salaries of 240 chief administrative officers in baccalaureate and higher degree programs in nursing that are associated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing are presented. All salaries were converted to a calendar year basis for analysis, and where there are a sufficient number of deans in a group, data are presented for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentile salaries. The number of individuals in each group is also shown with the percentile statistics. Information is presented on the following: salaries for nursing deans in schools participating in the 1981-1982 survey; salaries for deans at schools participating in both 1980-1981 and 1981-1982 surveys when the same dean continued in office; salaries of nursing deans by region (North Atlantic, Midwest, South, and West); salaries by institutional control (public, secular private, and religious private); salaries of nursing deans in universities and four-year colleges; deans' salaries in academic medical/health science centers; salaries in autonomous and nonautonomous settings; salaries by programs offered in the school (e.g., bachelor's only, master's only); and salaries of nursing deans by faculty size, type of deans' highest degree, rank, and tenure status. Data also are presented on the length of administrative term of nursing deans, number of deans elected by nursing faculty, kinds of formal review of deans' performance, length of time in current position, and total years of experience as a dean. Appended materials include a questionnaire and a list of participating schools by region and type of institution. (SW)