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Table 238. Average base salaries of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and 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          |              |
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          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       |      ‡        | 62,840       |      ‡        | 50,221        |      ‡       | 54,184       |      ‡        |      ‡        |      ‡       |      ‡
Business ............| 52,232       | 52,858       | 50,887        | 67,212       |      ‡        | 56,756        |      ‡       | 50,119       | 52,320        |      ‡        | 46,996       | 40,744
Education ...........| 46,754       | 49,084       | 38,709        | 52,945       |      ‡        | 50,006        |      ‡       | 48,218       | 38,674        | 33,942        | 47,487       |      ‡
Engineering .........| 60,279       | 59,354       | 63,606        | 70,842       |      ‡        | 61,341        |      ‡       | 58,089       | 59,433        |      ‡        | 42,478       |      ‡
Fine arts ...........| 43,686       | 45,656       | 39,677        | 46,522       |      ‡        | 44,049        |      ‡       | 45,448       | 38,294        | 39,811        | 46,428       |      ‡
Health ..............| 74,879       | 74,402       | 75,836        | 84,801       | 89,061        | 82,043        | 77,670       | 65,948       | 55,049        |      ‡        | 42,736       |      ‡
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        |      ‡       | 51,874       | 44,578        | 41,247        | 47,393       |      ‡
Other ...............| 51,619       | 51,073       | 52,914        | 60,779       |      ‡        | 52,444        |      ‡       | 48,318       | 41,253        |      ‡        | 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       |      ‡        | 63,191       |      ‡        | 51,351        |      ‡       | 50,078       |      ‡        |      ‡        | 45,934       |      ‡
Business ............| 56,827       | 57,672       | 54,628        | 75,283       |      ‡        | 67,893        | 62,768       | 55,113       | 62,095        | 37,315        | 48,508       | 38,776
Education ...........| 48,541       | 49,942       | 43,429        | 57,519       |      ‡        | 48,722        | 56,862       | 47,860       | 43,826        | 37,427        | 47,592       |      ‡
Engineering .........| 64,154       | 64,562       | 62,561        | 77,097       | 70,520        | 61,853        | 63,542       | 56,227       | 52,938        |      ‡        | 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
                     |              |              |               |              |               |               |              |              |               |               |              |
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)|      ‡      ‡ | 67,336(2,353)|      ‡      ‡ |      ‡      ‡ |      ‡      ‡|      ‡      ‡|      ‡      ‡ |      ‡      ‡ | 44,227(2,087)|      ‡     ‡
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)|      ‡      ‡ | 46,385 (2,852)|      ‡      ‡| 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)|      ‡      ‡| 52,625(4,992)| 57,909 (5,842)|      ‡      ‡ | 45,102(1,691)|      ‡     ‡
Fine arts ...........| 45,655(1,161)| 45,109(1,150)| 47,061 (2,802)| 49,342(2,822)|      ‡      ‡ | 41,907 (1,276)|      ‡      ‡| 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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‡ Reporting standards not met.
\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.

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, 1988 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:88), 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93), and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). (This table was prepared October 2001.)


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