The parliamentary report recommended that the auditor-general review the salaries of university vice-chancellors after it was revealed in some cases vice-chancellors are earning "25 or 30 times more than many of the people undertaking the core work of universities".

It comes after the continued rollout of job losses at CSU and other institutes as the university sector attempts to soften the adverse financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To date, CSU has absorbed around 110 jobs as part of its "Sustainable Futures" cost-cutting measures, with the latest losses announced just this week.

The report recognised that across the state, many of the losses were being felt by workers in the lower pay brackets.

"The scale of the changes to the employment profiles of universities in NSW has focused attention on the disparity between the salaries of senior university administrators and other university staff," the report reads.

"The vast disparity between the salaries paid to senior university administrators and the casual and insecure payments made to so many of the staff who actually conduct the teaching and research in universities is a matter of real concern to the committee."

During hearings, it was revealed the vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney took home the highest annual salary of $1.6 million, including super and bonuses. The inquiry also heard that the University of NSW vice-chancellor earns $1.28 million a year.

CSU's 2019 annual report states that then Vice-Chancellor Andrew Vann was paid $827,171.

In order to reduce its $49.5 million forecast budget deficit in the wake of the pandemic, last year CSU's senior executives - including the vice-chancellor - committed to taking "a 10 per cent pay cut for six months in 2020".

The Daily Advertiser put questions to the university to find out whether the executives have continued on the reduced pay scale now, as the third round of cost-cutting job losses rolls out.

The spokesperson declined to give specifics, but said: "The remuneration package has been reviewed in the context of sector developments".

Since the resignation of Professor Vann at the end of last year, the university has been seeking a permanent replacement.

The Daily Advertiser asked whether the current applicants would be subject to a revised pay structure. A spokesperson said the remuneration package would be reviewed "as part of this process".

The parliamentary report's 39 recommendations aim to increase transparency on how many full-time, part-time and casual positions are employed at each of Australia's publicly funded universities, of which CSU is one.

In a response to questions from The Daily Advertiser a spokesperson for CSU said "the university is considering the report and is awaiting the government's response to the recommendations".

The Wagga-based representative of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Dr Helen Masterman-Smith welcomed the report and its focus on improving public reporting of salaries.

"The issue of vice-chancellor salary occurs every year in one way or another," Dr Masterman-Smith said.

"The gap between salaries has grown considerably, and it goes to the issue of how universities are governed. In a private company, there would be shareholders involved in decisions, given the opportunity to vote.

"But in a public institution, there are no voting rights. There are not enough strong checks on this small group of people making the decisions.

"There's no accountability on it. There are not the same accountability structures on universities as there is in the corporate sector."