SEC commissioner Mike Slive made $2.1 million in total compensation during 2013-14, a 69 percent increase from the previous year, according to the conference’s new federal tax return provided Thursday to CBSSports.com.

Slive’s base salary rose to $2,051,659 in 2013-14, up 70 percent from a year earlier, and he received $52,092 in other reportable compensation. Slive’s total pay is the most he has received from the SEC since making $2.1 million in 2008 thanks to a $1 million bonus coinciding with new ESPN and CBS deals. Terms of the SEC Network were finalized in 2013-14. SEC spokesman Herb Vincent said he was not in position to comment on why Slive’s salary increased.

Slive, who has been fighting prostate cancer, announced last fall he is retiring this July.

Slive's compensation will likely still trail other highly paid commissioners when their conference's tax returns are later released. Last year, the Pac-12's Larry Scott’s base salary was $2.2 million (plus a $1.9 million loan) and the ACC’s John Swofford was slightly above $2.1 million.

The SEC reported $325.9 million in revenue during 2013-14 (up 4 percent from the previous year) and $49.5 million in total assets by the end of the fiscal year, which ended Aug. 31, 2014. SEC schools received an average payout of $21 million from the conference, slightly up $20.8 million in 2012-13.

Since the SEC's average payouts ballooned from $13.1 million to $18.3 million between 2008 and 2009 after new TV deals with ESPN and CBS, the payouts have been relatively modest. Last year’s 1-percent increase in the average payout was the SEC’s smallest during its streak of eight consecutive appearances reaching college football’s national championship game.

Still, SEC schools received $10 million more per year from the conference last year than they did in 2006-07. SEC revenue is up 118 percent over that period.

New revenue from the SEC Network was not included in the most recent tax filing. Future filings figure to show significant increases due to the launch of the ESPN-owned channel with the SEC.

Executive associate commissioner Mark Womack remained the second-highest paid SEC employee at $413,987 in total pay, a 4 percent increase from 2012-13. Greg Sankey, another executive associate commissioner and a candidate to replace Slive, also received a 4-percent increase to $391,820.

The SEC paid $639,162 in legal fees to its Charlotte law firm, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson. Legal fees have increased each of the past four years, up from $565,446 in 2012-13, $413,282 in 2011-12, and $248,814 in 2010-11. Vincent said the SEC received legal assistance in 2013-14 for a number of new bowl contracts and TV agreements, including the development of the SEC Network.