I work in higher ed, and our Vice Chancellor of Access and Engagement (new name for DEI) has a base salary of $215k. The whole office salary and benefits is right at $1.7 million. That does not include their budget that is highly focused on groups that exclude white males. This is for a university with an enrollment of just below 12000 students. This doesn’t include the salaries for the Center for Women and gender Equity, and a couple of others that technically fall under the DEI umbrella.