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Table 236. Average base salaries of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and by field of instruction: 1987-88, 1992-93, and 1998-99

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                         |  All          | Total         | Total          | Public        |Private         | Public         |Private        | Public        |Private         |Private         | Public        | Other
        Field of         |institutions   | Public        |Private         |research       |research        |doctoral        |doctoral       |compre-        |compre-         |liberal         | 2-year        |
       instruction       |               |               |                |               |                |                |               |hensive        |hensive         |  arts          |               |
_________________________|_______________|_______________|________________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________
            1            |      2        |      3        |      4         |      5        |      6         |      7         |      8        |      9        |      10        |      11        |      12       |      13
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                         |                                    1987-88 academic year salaries in 1998-99 dollars\1\
                         |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All fields...............|$55,854        |$56,369        |$54,707         |$67,095        |$73,504         |$62,374         |$66,053        |$52,347        |$45,676         |$40,940         |$46,002        |$43,522
                         |_______________|_______________|________________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________
Agriculture and home     |               |               |                |               |                |                |               |               |                |                |               |
  economics .............| 55,937        | 56,238        |  (\2\)         | 62,840        |  (\2\)         | 50,221         |  (\2\)        | 54,184        |  (\2\)         |  (\2\)         |  (\2\)        |  (\2\)
Business ................| 52,232        | 52,858        | 50,887         | 67,212        |  (\2\)         | 56,756         |  (\2\)        | 50,119        | 52,320         |  (\2\)         | 46,996        | 40,744
Education ...............| 46,754        | 49,084        | 38,709         | 52,945        |  (\2\)         | 50,006         |  (\2\)        | 48,218        | 38,674         | 33,942         | 47,487        |  (\2\)
Engineering .............| 60,279        | 59,354        | 63,606         | 70,842        |  (\2\)         | 61,341         |  (\2\)        | 58,089        | 59,433         |  (\2\)         | 42,478        |  (\2\)
Fine arts ...............| 43,686        | 45,656        | 39,677         | 46,522        |  (\2\)         | 44,049         |  (\2\)        | 45,448        | 38,294         | 39,811         | 46,428        |  (\2\)
Health ..................| 74,879        | 74,402        | 75,836         | 84,801        | 89,061         | 82,043         | 77,670        | 65,948        | 55,049         |  (\2\)         | 42,736        |  (\2\)
Humanities ..............| 48,973        | 50,903        | 46,026         | 53,482        | 56,556         | 45,403         | 53,467        | 51,491        | 42,818         | 44,016         | 50,175        | 40,156
Natural sciences ........| 55,197        | 55,875        | 53,677         | 66,898        | 71,267         | 57,628         | 54,158        | 53,895        | 44,750         | 43,593         | 45,824        | 43,292
Social sciences .........| 53,376        | 53,690        | 52,794         | 61,005        | 70,472         | 55,344         |  (\2\)        | 51,874        | 44,578         | 41,247         | 47,393        |  (\2\)
Other ...................| 51,619        | 51,073        | 52,914         | 60,779        |  (\2\)         | 52,444         |  (\2\)        | 48,318        | 41,253         |  (\2\)         | 43,595        | 51,179
                         |_______________|_______________|________________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________
                         |                                            1992-93 academic year salaries in 1998-99 dollars\1\
                         |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All fields...............| 54,068        | 53,991        | 54,253         | 65,162        | 73,848         | 59,453         | 64,663        | 50,204        | 49,937         | 43,435         | 45,429        | 46,708
                         |_______________|_______________|________________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________
Agriculture and home     |               |               |                |               |                |                |               |               |                |                |               |
  economics .............| 55,194        | 55,978        |  (\2\)         | 63,191        |  (\2\)         | 51,351         |  (\2\)        | 50,078        |  (\2\)         |  (\2\)         | 45,934        |  (\2\)
Business ................| 56,827        | 57,672        | 54,628         | 75,283        |  (\2\)         | 67,893         | 62,768        | 55,113        | 62,095         | 37,315         | 48,508        | 38,776
Education ...............| 48,541        | 49,942        | 43,429         | 57,519        |  (\2\)         | 48,722         | 56,862        | 47,860        | 43,826         | 37,427         | 47,592        |  (\2\)
Engineering .............| 64,154        | 64,562        | 62,561         | 77,097        | 70,520         | 61,853         | 63,542        | 56,227        | 52,938         |  (\2\)         | 44,618        | 64,692
Fine arts ...............| 46,842        | 45,354        | 49,095         | 47,722        | 99,540         | 45,463         | 43,725        | 45,191        | 41,344         | 43,597         | 43,320        | 39,367
Health ..................| 64,216        | 62,454        | 68,946         | 84,816        | 84,369         | 73,701         | 76,335        | 44,229        | 52,734         | 48,907         | 41,318        | 48,373
Humanities ..............| 47,301        | 48,027        | 45,756         | 50,818        | 51,599         | 45,787         | 49,559        | 47,027        | 47,384         | 43,485         | 47,545        | 42,193
Natural sciences ........| 55,636        | 54,837        | 57,646         | 63,995        | 77,546         | 59,677         | 65,418        | 53,016        | 53,875         | 43,332         | 45,776        | 48,653
Social sciences .........| 53,060        | 53,225        | 52,722         | 61,347        | 68,456         | 56,233         | 57,153        | 50,435        | 45,992         | 46,747         | 46,540        | 51,246
Other ...................| 51,482        | 50,141        | 54,295         | 58,886        | 75,831         | 50,540         | 71,409        | 52,363        | 48,167         | 42,065         | 43,487        | 45,255
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                         |                                                       1998-99 academic year salaries in 1998-99 dollars\1\
                         |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All fields...............| 56,851   (394)| 56,060   (433)| 59,124    (869)| 66,399   (816)| 81,574  (2,507)| 65,466  (1,851)| 70,240 (1,985)| 50,143   (576)| 49,374  (1,122)| 43,600    (711)| 44,636   (424)| 47,227 (1,599)
                         |_______________|_______________|________________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________
Agriculture and home     |               |               |                |               |                |                |               |               |                |                |               |
  economics .............| 58,434 (2,366)| 60,698 (1,765)|  (\2\)   (\2\) | 67,336 (2,353)|  (\2\)   (\2\) |  (\2\)   (\2\) |  (\2\)  (\2\) |  (\2\)  (\2\) |  (\2\)   (\2\) |  (\2\)   (\2\) | 44,227 (2,087)|  (\2\)  (\2\)
Business ................| 55,837 (1,006)| 54,599 (1,147)| 58,758  (1,993)| 69,241 (3,356)| 80,949  (7,916)| 55,237  (4,834)| 69,354 (5,706)| 58,622 (1,567)| 59,245  (1,861)| 42,328  (2,927)| 46,141 (1,238)| 42,440 (4,921)
Education ...............| 47,789   (904)| 48,263 (1,040)| 46,194  (1,827)| 53,412 (1,768)|  (\2\)   (\2\) | 46,385  (2,852)|  (\2\)  (\2\) | 49,261 (1,795)| 43,677  (1,918)| 40,857  (2,031)| 43,324 (1,301)| 41,434 (3,714)
Engineering .............| 63,401 (1,302)| 62,265 (1,425)| 67,668  (2,988)| 69,867 (2,400)| 76,075  (4,982)| 64,345  (2,396)|  (\2\)  (\2\) | 52,625 (4,992)| 57,909  (5,842)|  (\2\)   (\2\) | 45,102 (1,691)|  (\2\)  (\2\)
Fine arts ...............| 45,655 (1,161)| 45,109 (1,150)| 47,061  (2,802)| 49,342 (2,822)|  (\2\)   (\2\) | 41,907  (1,276)|  (\2\)  (\2\) | 44,774 (1,470)| 49,828  (6,924)| 43,471  (1,677)| 45,957 (2,312)| 36,592 (3,202)
Health ..................| 75,238 (1,516)| 71,755 (1,550)| 84,877  (3,705)| 85,518 (2,776)|100,068  (7,573)| 85,842  (4,398)| 93,003 (4,958)| 53,179 (2,732)| 47,376  (4,070)| 44,588  (3,674)| 43,617 (1,142)| 53,383 (3,385)
Humanities ..............| 47,697   (646)| 47,865   (766)| 47,290  (1,202)| 53,929 (1,985)| 57,033  (4,251)| 47,037  (2,548)| 49,336 (2,610)| 46,577 (1,065)| 46,463  (1,777)| 43,199  (1,583)| 45,046 (1,201)| 43,203 (1,889)
Natural sciences ........| 57,331   (719)| 56,929   (777)| 58,548  (1,671)| 65,951 (1,381)| 79,784  (3,981)| 64,443  (1,855)| 61,723 (3,056)| 51,150 (1,328)| 47,764  (1,989)| 42,635  (1,331)| 44,127   (878)| 55,565 (5,206)
Social sciences .........| 58,714 (1,778)| 59,450 (2,255)| 56,785  (2,450)| 69,074 (3,122)| 78,540  (6,677)| 69,589 (13,661)| 58,922 (3,083)| 53,419 (1,120)| 46,434  (1,794)| 47,318  (2,362)| 47,190 (1,587)| 49,232 (3,892)
Other ...................| 52,150   (878)| 50,422   (918)| 57,596  (2,087)| 59,896 (2,037)| 80,645  (6,527)| 56,448  (2,404)| 65,125 (3,585)| 45,854 (1,774)| 52,818  (3,009)| 43,143  (1,878)| 43,662 (1,020)| 46,653 (3,863)
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\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
\2\Too few sample cases (fewer than 30) for a reliable estimate.

NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1987-88, 1992-93, and 1998-99. (This table was prepared October 2001.)


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