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Table 234. Average base salary of full-time faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and field of instruction: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2003-04

[In 2004-05 dollars]
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                       |                     Institutions                 |              Research           |                Doctoral           |            Comprehensive         |                |                |
                       |__________________________________________________|_________________________________|___________________________________|__________________________________|         Private|                |
Program area           |             All|          Public|         Private|          Public|         Private|           Public|          Private|          Public|          Private|    liberal arts|   Public 2-year|          Other
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1                      |               2|               3|               4|               5|               6|                7|               8 |               9|               10|              11|              12|              13
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   1987-88 salaries ...|$65,071     --- |$65,670     --- |$63,733     --- |$78,166     --- |$85,632     --- |$72,666      --- |$76,952      --- |$60,984     --- |$53,212      --- |$47,696     --- |$53,593     --- |$50,703     ---
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   economics ..........| 65,167     --- | 65,517     --- |      ‡     (†) | 73,209     --- |      ‡     (†) | 58,508      --- |      ‡      (†) | 63,125     --- |      ‡      (†) |      ‡     (†) |      ‡     (†) |      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 60,851     --- | 61,580     --- | 59,284     --- | 78,302     --- |      ‡     (†) | 66,121      --- |      ‡      (†) | 58,389     --- | 60,953      --- |      ‡     (†) | 54,750     --- | 47,466     ---
Education .............| 54,468     --- | 57,184     --- | 45,096     --- | 61,682     --- |      ‡     (†) | 58,258      --- |      ‡      (†) | 56,174     --- | 45,055      --- | 39,543     --- | 55,323     --- |      ‡     (†)
Engineering ...........| 70,225     --- | 69,147     --- | 74,101     --- | 82,532     --- |      ‡     (†) | 71,463      --- |      ‡      (†) | 67,674     --- | 69,240      --- |      ‡     (†) | 49,487     --- |      ‡     (†)
Fine arts .............| 50,894     --- | 53,189     --- | 46,224     --- | 54,199     --- |      ‡     (†) | 51,318      --- |      ‡      (†) | 52,947     --- | 44,612      --- | 46,380     --- | 54,089     --- |      ‡     (†)
Health ................| 87,235     --- | 86,679     --- | 88,349     --- | 98,793     --- |103,757     --- | 95,580      --- | 90,486      --- | 76,830     --- | 64,132      --- |      ‡     (†) | 49,787     --- |      ‡     (†)
Humanities ............| 57,053     --- | 59,303     --- | 53,620     --- | 62,307     --- | 65,887     --- | 52,894      --- | 62,290      --- | 59,987     --- | 49,883      --- | 51,279     --- | 58,454     --- | 46,782     ---
Natural sciences ......| 64,304     --- | 65,095     --- | 62,534     --- | 77,937     --- | 83,026     --- | 67,136      --- | 63,095      --- | 62,788     --- | 52,134      --- | 50,786     --- | 53,385     --- | 50,435     ---
Social sciences .......| 62,183     --- | 62,549     --- | 61,506     --- | 71,071     --- | 82,100     --- | 64,476      --- |      ‡      (†) | 60,434     --- | 51,933      --- | 48,053     --- | 55,213     --- |      ‡     (†)
Other .................| 60,136     --- | 59,501     --- | 61,645     --- | 70,808     --- |      ‡     (†) | 61,098      --- |      ‡      (†) | 56,291     --- | 48,060      --- |      ‡     (†) | 50,788     --- | 59,624     ---
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   1992-93 salaries ...| 62,989     --- | 62,900     --- | 63,204     --- | 75,914     --- | 86,033     --- | 69,263      --- | 75,333      --- | 58,488     --- | 58,177      --- | 50,601     --- | 52,925     --- | 54,415     ---
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   economics ..........| 64,301     --- | 65,215     --- |      ‡     (†) | 73,617     --- |      ‡     (†) | 59,825      --- |      ‡      (†) | 58,341     --- |      ‡      (†) |      ‡     (†) | 53,513     --- |      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 66,203     --- | 67,188     --- | 63,642     --- | 87,704     --- |      ‡     (†) | 79,095      --- | 73,125      --- | 64,207     --- | 72,341      --- | 43,472     --- | 56,511     --- | 45,174     ---
Education .............| 56,551     --- | 58,182     --- | 50,595     --- | 67,009     --- |      ‡     (†) | 56,761      --- | 66,245      --- | 55,757     --- | 51,057      --- | 43,603     --- | 55,445     --- |      ‡     (†)
Engineering ...........| 74,739     --- | 75,214     --- | 72,884     --- | 89,819     --- | 82,156     --- | 72,059      --- | 74,027      --- | 65,504     --- | 61,674      --- |      ‡     (†) | 51,980     --- | 75,367     ---
Fine arts .............| 54,571     --- | 52,837     --- | 57,196     --- | 55,597     --- |115,964     --- | 52,964      --- | 50,939      --- | 52,648     --- | 48,166      --- | 50,791     --- | 50,468     --- | 45,863     ---
Health ................| 74,812     --- | 72,759     --- | 80,322     --- | 98,811     --- | 98,291     --- | 85,862      --- | 88,930      --- | 51,527     --- | 61,435      --- | 56,976     --- | 48,136     --- | 56,355     ---
Humanities ............| 55,106     --- | 55,952     --- | 53,306     --- | 59,203     --- | 60,113     --- | 53,342      --- | 57,737      --- | 54,787     --- | 55,202      --- | 50,661     --- | 55,390     --- | 49,155     ---
Natural sciences ......| 64,816     --- | 63,886     --- | 67,158     --- | 74,554     --- | 90,341     --- | 69,523      --- | 76,213      --- | 61,763     --- | 62,765      --- | 50,482     --- | 53,329     --- | 56,681     ---
Social sciences .......| 61,815     --- | 62,007     --- | 61,421     --- | 71,470     --- | 79,752     --- | 65,512      --- | 66,583      --- | 58,757     --- | 53,580      --- | 54,460     --- | 54,219     --- | 59,702     ---
Other .................| 59,977     --- | 58,414     --- | 63,254     --- | 68,602     --- | 88,344     --- | 58,879      --- | 83,192      --- | 61,003     --- | 56,115      --- | 49,005     --- | 50,663     --- | 52,722     ---
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   1998-99 salaries ...| 66,232  (459.3)| 65,310  (504.8)| 68,880(1,012.2)| 77,356  (951.2)| 95,034(2,920.9)| 76,268 (2,156.8)| 81,830 (2,312.2)| 58,417  (671.1)| 57,521 (1,306.7)| 50,794  (828.1)| 52,001  (493.4)| 55,019(1,862.7)
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   economics ..........| 68,076(2,756.4)| 70,713(2,056.5)|      ‡     (†) | 78,446(2,741.2)|      ‡     (†) |      ‡      (†) |      ‡      (†) |      ‡     (†) |      ‡      (†) |      ‡     (†) | 51,525(2,431.8)|      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 65,051(1,172.1)| 63,608(1,336.7)| 68,453(2,321.9)| 80,666(3,909.7)| 94,305(9,222.1)| 64,352 (5,631.9)| 80,797 (6,647.4)| 68,295(1,826.1)| 69,021 (2,167.9)| 49,312(3,409.6)| 53,755(1,442.5)| 49,442(5,732.5)
Education .............| 55,674(1,053.4)| 56,226(1,211.8)| 53,816(2,128.8)| 62,225(2,059.8)|      ‡     (†) | 54,038 (3,322.7)|      ‡      (†) | 57,389(2,091.3)| 50,884 (2,234.3)| 47,598(2,366.6)| 50,472(1,516.1)| 48,271(4,327.1)
Engineering ...........| 73,862(1,517.0)| 72,539(1,659.6)| 78,833(3,481.3)| 81,395(2,796.0)| 88,627(5,804.4)| 74,963 (2,791.8)|      ‡      (†) | 61,308(5,815.9)| 67,464 (6,806.4)|      ‡     (†) | 52,544(1,969.7)|      ‡     (†)
Fine arts .............| 53,188(1,352.6)| 52,552(1,339.6)| 54,826(3,264.9)| 57,484(3,287.9)|      ‡     (†) | 48,822 (1,486.7)|      ‡      (†) | 52,162(1,712.1)| 58,050 (8,066.3)| 50,644(1,954.0)| 53,540(2,693.6)| 42,630(3,730.8)
Health ................| 87,652(1,765.7)| 83,595(1,806.2)| 98,882(4,316.5)| 99,628(3,233.9)|116,579(8,822.0)|100,006 (5,123.8)|108,349 (5,776.6)| 61,954(3,183.0)| 55,194 (4,741.9)| 51,945(4,280.7)| 50,814(1,330.9)| 62,191(3,943.5)
Humanities ............| 55,568  (753.1)| 55,762  (892.7)| 55,093(1,400.8)| 62,828(2,312.6)| 66,444(4,952.2)| 54,798 (2,968.8)| 57,476 (3,040.9)| 54,263(1,240.6)| 54,130 (2,070.4)| 50,327(1,843.8)| 52,478(1,399.2)| 50,331(2,200.7)
Natural sciences ......| 66,790  (837.7)| 66,322  (905.6)| 68,209(1,947.2)| 76,833(1,608.7)| 92,949(4,638.1)| 75,076 (2,160.6)| 71,908 (3,560.8)| 59,589(1,546.7)| 55,646 (2,316.7)| 49,670(1,551.0)| 51,408(1,022.8)| 64,734(6,064.8)
Social sciences .......| 68,401(2,071.0)| 69,260(2,626.8)| 66,155(2,854.2)| 80,472(3,637.2)| 91,499(7,778.5)| 81,071(15,915.0)| 68,645 (3,591.3)| 62,234(1,305.2)| 54,096 (2,090.3)| 55,125(2,751.8)| 54,977(1,849.3)| 57,355(4,533.8)
Other .................| 60,755(1,022.4)| 58,741(1,069.0)| 67,099(2,431.6)| 69,780(2,372.9)| 93,952(7,604.0)| 65,762 (2,800.5)| 75,871 (4,176.9)| 53,420(2,066.2)| 61,533 (3,505.3)| 50,262(2,187.8)| 50,867(1,188.3)| 54,351(4,501.0)
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   2003-04 salaries ...| 69,430  (389.5)| 72,908  (917.1)| 67,915  (365.3)| 81,143  (663.3)| 92,546(1,385.6)| 64,875   (808.4)| 75,741 (1,959.8)| 59,788  (844.1)| 59,659 (1,592.7)| 56,550(1,072.2)| 61,346  (732.1)| 67,839(3,167.4)
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                 |                |                 |                |                |
   economics ..........| 66,477(1,605.4)| 67,627(1,721.2)| 54,179(5,084.1)| 72,480(2,054.8)|      ‡     (†) | 66,287 (5,494.2)|      ‡      (†) | 58,787(3,193.0)|      ‡      (†) |      ‡     (†) | 55,293(3,352.9)|      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 76,216(1,276.7)| 73,928(1,322.8)| 81,859(2,786.7)| 93,577(3,813.3)|114,195(7,861.1)| 78,847 (3,977.4)| 90,200 (5,998.3)| 73,249(1,628.1)| 70,385 (2,405.2)| 62,402(2,779.4)| 57,315(1,608.0)| 64,300(5,985.6)
Education .............| 58,801  (888.5)| 59,524(1,130.6)| 56,855(1,753.1)| 67,325(2,198.8)| 75,330(9,141.9)| 58,447 (2,453.4)| 57,085 (5,625.3)| 58,100(2,310.6)| 55,573 (2,177.6)| 55,924(2,747.3)| 56,177(1,965.0)| 51,118(2,810.2)
Engineering ...........| 78,967(1,494.0)| 75,097(1,337.3)| 91,895(3,780.7)| 86,388(2,485.5)|101,285(4,393.8)| 75,423 (3,286.9)|      ‡      (†) | 65,412(3,039.2)| 78,336(14,714.6)|      ‡     (†) | 54,963(1,550.1)|      ‡     (†)
Fine arts .............| 55,093  (748.3)| 55,713  (770.3)| 54,213(1,347.6)| 60,353(1,530.5)| 60,238(3,744.8)| 54,563 (1,650.5)|      ‡      (†) | 52,049(1,744.0)| 50,572 (2,817.1)| 50,729(1,573.1)| 54,552(2,223.1)| 57,126(3,008.4)
Health ................| 92,472(1,629.6)| 89,889(1,562.2)| 98,081(3,850.6)|111,022(2,045.8)|109,109(3,472.1)| 79,412 (6,102.2)| 95,080(14,367.6)| 56,542(1,436.8)| 63,217 (4,858.0)| 51,636(4,510.1)| 81,211(3,207.4)| 96,770(8,164.9)
Humanities ............| 56,313  (764.8)| 54,871  (883.8)| 59,298(1,422.1)| 58,070(1,761.9)| 65,425(3,527.2)| 51,872 (2,147.7)| 69,894 (3,823.4)| 56,569(1,870.0)| 54,622 (2,031.4)| 57,083(2,009.3)| 52,626(1,489.4)| 50,794(2,909.9)
Natural sciences ......| 72,816  (889.7)| 69,761  (839.7)| 80,116(1,969.3)| 81,770(1,275.7)| 93,777(3,567.7)| 67,369 (1,740.0)| 83,954 (3,565.3)| 59,375(1,269.1)| 63,536 (5,431.1)| 57,426(1,914.7)| 61,868(1,554.2)| 79,547(7,366.7)
Social sciences .......| 66,532  (628.1)| 65,053  (639.5)| 69,525(1,384.0)| 74,488(1,506.2)| 90,471(2,890.5)| 62,157 (1,965.8)| 65,392 (1,916.2)| 62,150(1,392.6)| 56,897 (3,324.6)| 60,823(2,255.1)| 56,119(1,494.8)| 61,070(2,694.5)
Other .................| 61,734  (682.1)| 60,656  (772.8)| 64,215(1,315.7)| 70,527(1,920.0)| 85,518(2,669.6)| 61,595 (1,317.0)| 68,218 (2,852.2)| 57,403(1,417.8)| 58,535 (1,737.6)| 53,397(1,372.9)| 56,312(1,185.9)| 58,443(2,624.9)
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---Not available
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. 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, 1993, 1999, and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:88;93;99;04). (This table was prepared February 2006.)


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