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| Table 246. | Average base salary of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and field of instruction: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2003-04 |
[In constant 2006–07 dollars] | |
| Program area | Institutions | Research | Doctoral | Comprehensive | Private liberal arts | Public 2-year | Other | |||||||||||||||||
| All | Public | Private | Public | Private | Public | Private | Public | Private | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1987–88 salaries | $69,300 | (—) | $69,930 | (—) | $67,870 | (—) | $83,240 | (—) | $91,190 | (—) | $77,380 | (—) | $81,950 | (—) | $64,940 | (—) | $56,670 | (—) | $50,790 | (—) | $57,070 | (—) | $54,000 | (—) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 69,400 | (—) | 69,770 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 77,960 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 62,310 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 67,220 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 64,800 | (—) | 65,580 | (—) | 63,130 | (—) | 83,390 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 70,410 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 62,180 | (—) | 64,910 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 58,305 | (—) | 50,548 | (—) |
| Education | 58,000 | (—) | 60,900 | (—) | 48,020 | (—) | 65,690 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 62,040 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 59,820 | (—) | 47,980 | (—) | 42,110 | (—) | 58,915 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Engineering | 74,780 | (—) | 73,640 | (—) | 78,910 | (—) | 87,890 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 76,100 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 72,070 | (—) | 73,740 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 52,700 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Fine arts | 54,200 | (—) | 56,640 | (—) | 49,230 | (—) | 57,720 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 54,650 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 56,380 | (—) | 47,510 | (—) | 49,390 | (—) | 57,601 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Health | 92,900 | (—) | 92,310 | (—) | 94,090 | (—) | 105,210 | (—) | 110,490 | (—) | 101,790 | (—) | 96,360 | (—) | 81,820 | (—) | 68,300 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 53,020 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Humanities | 60,760 | (—) | 63,150 | (—) | 57,100 | (—) | 66,350 | (—) | 70,170 | (—) | 56,330 | (—) | 66,330 | (—) | 63,880 | (—) | 53,120 | (—) | 54,610 | (—) | 62,249 | (—) | 49,819 | (—) |
| Natural sciences | 68,480 | (—) | 69,320 | (—) | 66,590 | (—) | 83,000 | (—) | 88,420 | (—) | 71,500 | (—) | 67,190 | (—) | 66,860 | (—) | 55,520 | (—) | 54,080 | (—) | 56,851 | (—) | 53,710 | (—) |
| Social sciences | 66,220 | (—) | 66,610 | (—) | 65,500 | (—) | 75,690 | (—) | 87,430 | (—) | 68,660 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 64,360 | (—) | 55,310 | (—) | 51,170 | (—) | 58,798 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Other | 64,040 | (—) | 63,360 | (—) | 65,650 | (—) | 75,410 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 65,060 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 59,950 | (—) | 51,180 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 54,086 | (—) | 63,495 | (—) |
| 1992–93 salaries | 67,080 | (—) | 66,980 | (—) | 67,310 | (—) | 80,840 | (—) | 91,620 | (—) | 73,760 | (—) | 80,220 | (—) | 62,290 | (—) | 61,950 | (—) | 53,890 | (—) | 56,360 | (—) | 57,950 | (—) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 68,480 | (—) | 69,450 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 78,400 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 63,710 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 62,130 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 56,990 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 70,500 | (—) | 71,550 | (—) | 67,770 | (—) | 93,400 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 84,230 | (—) | 77,870 | (—) | 68,380 | (—) | 77,040 | (—) | 46,290 | (—) | 60,180 | (—) | 48,110 | (—) |
| Education | 60,220 | (—) | 61,960 | (—) | 53,880 | (—) | 71,360 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 60,450 | (—) | 70,550 | (—) | 59,380 | (—) | 54,370 | (—) | 46,430 | (—) | 59,040 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Engineering | 79,590 | (—) | 80,100 | (—) | 77,620 | (—) | 95,650 | (—) | 87,490 | (—) | 76,740 | (—) | 78,830 | (—) | 69,760 | (—) | 65,680 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 55,350 | (—) | 80,260 | (—) |
| Fine arts | 58,110 | (—) | 56,270 | (—) | 60,910 | (—) | 59,210 | (—) | 123,490 | (—) | 56,400 | (—) | 54,250 | (—) | 56,070 | (—) | 51,290 | (—) | 54,090 | (—) | 53,750 | (—) | 48,840 | (—) |
| Health | 79,670 | (—) | 77,480 | (—) | 85,540 | (—) | 105,230 | (—) | 104,670 | (—) | 91,440 | (—) | 94,700 | (—) | 54,870 | (—) | 65,420 | (—) | 60,680 | (—) | 51,260 | (—) | 60,010 | (—) |
| Humanities | 58,680 | (—) | 59,580 | (—) | 56,770 | (—) | 63,050 | (—) | 64,020 | (—) | 56,810 | (—) | 61,490 | (—) | 58,340 | (—) | 58,790 | (—) | 53,950 | (—) | 58,990 | (—) | 52,350 | (—) |
| Natural sciences | 69,020 | (—) | 68,030 | (—) | 71,520 | (—) | 79,390 | (—) | 96,210 | (—) | 74,040 | (—) | 81,160 | (—) | 65,770 | (—) | 66,840 | (—) | 53,760 | (—) | 56,790 | (—) | 60,360 | (—) |
| Social sciences | 65,830 | (—) | 66,030 | (—) | 65,410 | (—) | 76,110 | (—) | 84,930 | (—) | 69,770 | (—) | 70,910 | (—) | 62,570 | (—) | 57,060 | (—) | 58,000 | (—) | 57,740 | (—) | 63,580 | (—) |
| Other | 63,870 | (—) | 62,210 | (—) | 67,360 | (—) | 73,060 | (—) | 94,080 | (—) | 62,700 | (—) | 88,590 | (—) | 64,960 | (—) | 59,760 | (—) | 52,190 | (—) | 53,950 | (—) | 56,140 | (—) |
| 1998–99 salaries | 70,530 | (489) | 69,550 | (538) | 73,350 | (1,078) | 82,380 | (1,013) | 101,200 | (3,111) | 81,220 | (2,297) | 87,140 | (2,462) | 62,210 | (715) | 61,260 | (1,392) | 54,090 | (882) | 55,380 | (525) | 58,590 | (1,984) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 72,500 | (2,935) | 75,300 | (2,190) | ‡ | (†) | 83,540 | (2,919) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 54,870 | (2,590) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 69,270 | (1,248) | 67,740 | (1,424) | 72,900 | (2,473) | 85,900 | (4,164) | 100,430 | (9,821) | 68,530 | (5,998) | 86,040 | (7,079) | 72,730 | (1,945) | 73,500 | (2,309) | 52,510 | (3,631) | 57,250 | (1,536) | 52,650 | (6,105) |
| Education | 59,290 | (1,122) | 59,880 | (1,290) | 57,310 | (2,267) | 66,270 | (2,194) | ‡ | (†) | 57,550 | (3,538) | ‡ | (†) | 61,110 | (2,227) | 54,190 | (2,379) | 50,690 | (2,520) | 53,750 | (1,615) | 51,410 | (4,608) |
| Engineering | 78,660 | (1,615) | 77,250 | (1,767) | 83,950 | (3,707) | 86,680 | (2,978) | 94,380 | (6,181) | 79,830 | (2,973) | ‡ | (†) | 65,290 | (6,193) | 71,840 | (7,248) | ‡ | (†) | 55,960 | (2,098) | ‡ | (†) |
| Fine arts | 56,640 | (1,440) | 55,960 | (1,427) | 58,390 | (3,477) | 61,220 | (3,501) | ‡ | (†) | 51,990 | (1,583) | ‡ | (†) | 55,550 | (1,823) | 61,820 | (8,590) | 53,930 | (2,081) | 57,020 | (2,868) | 45,400 | (3,973) |
| Health | 93,340 | (1,880) | 89,020 | (1,923) | 105,300 | (4,597) | 106,100 | (3,444) | 124,150 | (9,395) | 106,500 | (5,457) | 115,380 | (6,152) | 65,980 | (3,390) | 58,780 | (5,050) | 55,320 | (4,559) | 54,110 | (1,417) | 66,230 | (4,200) |
| Humanities | 59,180 | (802) | 59,380 | (951) | 58,670 | (1,492) | 66,910 | (2,463) | 70,760 | (5,274) | 58,360 | (3,162) | 61,210 | (3,238) | 57,790 | (1,321) | 57,640 | (2,205) | 53,590 | (1,964) | 55,890 | (1,490) | 53,600 | (2,344) |
| Natural sciences | 71,130 | (892) | 70,630 | (964) | 72,640 | (2,074) | 81,820 | (1,713) | 98,980 | (4,939) | 79,950 | (2,301) | 76,580 | (3,792) | 63,460 | (1,647) | 59,260 | (2,467) | 52,900 | (1,652) | 54,750 | (1,089) | 68,940 | (6,459) |
| Social sciences | 72,840 | (2,205) | 73,760 | (2,797) | 70,450 | (3,039) | 85,700 | (3,873) | 97,440 | (8,284) | 86,340 | (16,948) | 73,100 | (3,825) | 66,270 | (1,390) | 57,610 | (2,226) | 58,700 | (2,930) | 58,550 | (1,969) | 61,080 | (4,828) |
| Other | 64,700 | (1,089) | 62,560 | (1,138) | 71,460 | (2,589) | 74,310 | (2,527) | 100,050 | (8,098) | 70,030 | (2,982) | 80,800 | (4,448) | 56,890 | (2,200) | 65,530 | (3,733) | 53,520 | (2,330) | 54,170 | (1,265) | 57,880 | (4,793) |
| 2003–04 salaries | 73,940 | (415) | 77,640 | (977) | 72,320 | (389) | 86,410 | (706) | 98,550 | (1,475) | 69,090 | (861) | 80,660 | (2,087) | 63,670 | (899) | 63,530 | (1,696) | 60,220 | (1,140) | 65,330 | (780) | 72,240 | (3,370) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 70,790 | (1,710) | 72,020 | (1,833) | 57,700 | (5,414) | 77,190 | (2,188) | ‡ | (†) | 70,590 | (5,851) | ‡ | (†) | 62,600 | (3,400) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 58,880 | (3,571) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 81,170 | (1,360) | 78,730 | (1,409) | 87,170 | (2,968) | 99,650 | (4,061) | 121,610 | (8,372) | 83,970 | (4,236) | 96,060 | (6,388) | 78,000 | (1,734) | 74,950 | (2,561) | 66,450 | (2,960) | 61,040 | (1,712) | 68,480 | (6,374) |
| Education | 62,620 | (946) | 63,390 | (1,204) | 60,550 | (1,867) | 71,700 | (2,342) | 80,220 | (9,735) | 62,240 | (2,613) | 60,790 | (5,991) | 61,870 | (2,461) | 59,180 | (2,319) | 59,560 | (2,926) | 59,820 | (2,093) | 54,440 | (2,993) |
| Engineering | 84,090 | (1,591) | 79,970 | (1,424) | 97,860 | (4,026) | 92,000 | (2,647) | 107,860 | (4,679) | 80,320 | (3,500) | ‡ | (†) | 69,660 | (3,236) | 83,420 | (15,670) | ‡ | (†) | 58,530 | (1,651) | ‡ | (†) |
| Fine arts | 58,670 | (797) | 59,330 | (820) | 57,730 | (1,435) | 64,270 | (1,630) | 64,150 | (3,988) | 58,110 | (1,758) | ‡ | (†) | 55,430 | (1,857) | 53,860 | (3,000) | 54,020 | (1,675) | 58,090 | (2,367) | 60,840 | (3,204) |
| Health | 98,480 | (1,735) | 95,730 | (1,664) | 104,450 | (4,101) | 118,230 | (2,179) | 116,190 | (3,698) | 84,570 | (6,498) | 101,250 | (15,300) | 60,210 | (1,530) | 67,320 | (5,173) | 54,990 | (4,803) | 86,480 | (3,416) | 103,050 | (8,695) |
| Humanities | 59,970 | (814) | 58,430 | (941) | 63,150 | (1,514) | 61,840 | (1,876) | 69,670 | (3,756) | 55,240 | (2,287) | 74,430 | (4,072) | 60,240 | (1,991) | 58,170 | (2,163) | 60,790 | (2,140) | 56,040 | (1,586) | 54,090 | (3,099) |
| Natural sciences | 77,540 | (947) | 74,290 | (894) | 85,320 | (2,097) | 87,080 | (1,359) | 99,870 | (3,799) | 71,740 | (1,853) | 89,400 | (3,797) | 63,230 | (1,351) | 67,660 | (5,784) | 61,150 | (2,039) | 65,880 | (1,655) | 84,710 | (7,845) |
| Social sciences | 70,850 | (669) | 69,280 | (681) | 74,040 | (1,474) | 79,320 | (1,604) | 96,340 | (3,078) | 66,190 | (2,093) | 69,640 | (2,041) | 66,190 | (1,483) | 60,590 | (3,540) | 64,770 | (2,402) | 59,760 | (1,592) | 65,040 | (2,869) |
| Other | 65,740 | (726) | 64,590 | (823) | 68,380 | (1,401) | 75,110 | (2,045) | 91,070 | (2,843) | 65,590 | (1,403) | 72,650 | (3,037) | 61,130 | (1,510) | 62,340 | (1,850) | 56,860 | (1,462) | 59,970 | (1,263) | 62,240 | (2,795) |
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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 an academic-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 August 2007.) |
