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Table 268. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by sex, academic rank, and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2009-10
[In current dollars]
Academic year, control and type of institution All faculty Academic rank
Total Males Females Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Instruc-
tor
Lecturer No aca- demic rank
Total Males Females Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1999-2000                          
All institutions $55,888 $60,084 $48,997 $74,410 $76,478 $67,079 $54,524 $55,939 $52,091 $44,978 $34,918 $38,194 $47,389
Public 55,011 58,984 48,714 72,475 74,501 65,568 54,641 55,992 52,305 45,285 35,007 37,403 47,990
4-year 57,950 62,030 50,168 75,204 76,530 69,619 55,681 56,776 53,599 45,822 33,528 37,261 40,579
Doctoral1 62,686 67,294 52,605 81,651 82,900 75,116 57,938 59,190 55,332 48,438 33,334 39,184 39,068
Master's2 52,664 55,505 48,068 66,505 67,062 64,715 53,001 53,665 51,888 43,394 33,223 34,208 42,995
Other 4-year 48,280 50,263 44,957 61,327 61,653 60,236 49,888 50,390 48,987 42,304 35,829 36,007 38,345
2-year 48,240 50,033 46,340 57,806 59,441 55,501 48,056 49,425 46,711 41,984 37,634 40,061 48,233
Not-for-profit 58,172 62,788 49,881 78,512 80,557 70,609 54,300 55,836 51,687 44,423 34,670 40,761 41,415
4-year 58,425 63,028 50,117 78,604 80,622 70,774 54,388 55,898 51,809 44,502 34,813 40,783 41,761
Doctoral1 74,347 79,678 61,442 97,751 99,341 89,614 63,780 65,347 60,477 53,946 41,820 43,538 46,135
Master's2 51,202 54,326 46,413 65,331 66,591 61,378 51,202 52,474 49,167 41,922 33,913 37,266 44,364
Other 4-year 47,743 49,962 44,218 62,007 62,613 59,974 47,285 47,564 46,876 38,937 31,978 33,531 34,809
2-year 37,583 39,933 34,733 39,454 38,431 40,571 36,349 37,342 35,608 31,818 27,696 25,965 40,373
For-profit 29,543 30,023 28,942 45,505 44,248 49,693 48,469 53,548 43,389 33,043 29,894 27,958
                           
2005-06                          
All institutions 66,172 71,569 58,665 91,208 94,733 81,514 65,714 67,654 62,860 55,106 50,883 45,896 50,425
Public 64,158 69,191 57,462 87,599 91,080 78,412 65,107 67,077 62,231 55,029 52,297 44,628 50,096
4-year 67,951 73,353 59,437 91,600 93,976 83,946 66,745 68,475 64,013 56,181 40,044 44,598 47,107
Doctoral1 73,985 80,186 62,865 100,403 102,366 92,511 70,259 72,242 66,876 59,777 39,961 45,422 46,126
Master's2 60,338 63,599 55,992 77,776 78,734 75,465 62,045 62,996 60,709 52,352 39,424 43,241 45,777
Other 4-year 56,117 58,617 52,836 72,348 74,162 68,815 59,091 60,179 57,427 49,860 42,287 43,941 51,912
2-year 55,405 56,858 54,082 65,740 67,782 63,544 54,870 55,825 54,004 48,425 57,224 45,427 50,513
Not-for-profit 71,203 77,136 61,985 98,253 101,638 88,144 66,877 68,753 64,074 55,278 41,302 49,777 53,231
4-year 71,419 77,314 62,212 98,378 101,713 88,379 66,981 68,818 64,226 55,367 41,494 49,786 53,907
Doctoral1 89,278 96,862 74,490 122,784 125,275 112,800 78,684 81,043 74,518 67,151 46,016 51,647 55,222
Master's2 61,186 64,596 56,637 78,400 80,151 74,214 61,777 63,056 60,038 50,948 41,530 45,110 57,098
Other 4-year 58,344 60,800 54,868 76,571 77,504 74,285 57,964 58,039 57,860 47,877 38,394 45,837 45,605
2-year 39,101 38,817 39,307 47,174 48,786 45,945 42,433 43,628 41,753 35,437 36,264 38,908 39,399
For-profit 42,480 42,878 42,027 60,111 59,423 61,417 56,621 55,546 58,393 47,598 35,661 41,579
                           
2008-09                          
All institutions 73,570 79,706 65,638 102,346 106,759 91,522 73,439 75,634 70,375 61,550 56,918 51,188 56,370
Public 71,237 76,897 64,231 98,097 102,488 87,777 72,700 74,939 69,611 61,544 58,505 49,376 55,233
4-year 75,245 81,394 66,393 102,806 105,939 93,960 74,591 76,553 71,684 62,881 45,365 49,315 53,717
Doctoral1 81,485 88,691 69,864 112,569 115,095 103,686 78,375 80,617 74,812 66,754 44,238 49,714 53,990
Master's2 66,700 70,072 62,579 86,611 87,689 84,368 69,092 70,039 67,838 58,373 43,533 48,658 53,527
Other 4-year 62,475 65,129 59,242 78,568 81,811 73,346 65,679 67,152 63,704 55,553 53,317 48,375 53,134
2-year 61,433 62,870 60,195 71,802 73,766 69,873 59,953 60,938 59,101 53,445 64,577 51,194 55,491
Not-for-profit 79,358 86,228 69,478 110,486 114,653 99,369 74,877 76,966 71,893 61,572 46,771 56,219 63,252
4-year 79,554 86,380 69,690 110,626 114,748 99,597 74,990 77,043 72,048 61,650 46,971 56,226 63,718
Doctoral1 97,702 106,983 81,798 138,584 141,639 127,667 87,777 90,646 83,138 73,289 52,785 58,218 68,175
Master's2 67,324 70,874 62,845 85,704 87,791 81,334 67,879 69,101 66,285 56,333 45,976 51,676 62,932
Other 4-year 65,522 68,374 61,749 87,036 87,877 85,178 65,088 65,260 64,853 53,328 42,692 52,925 52,523
2-year 44,302 44,254 44,331 55,182 58,434 52,153 46,686 46,989 46,504 43,515 40,360 39,443 39,968
For-profit 52,557 54,816 50,074 79,589 82,037 74,310 68,058 70,509 65,649 59,043 43,000 50,212
                           
2009-10                          
All institutions 74,625 80,885 66,653 103,684 108,227 92,835 74,126 76,401 71,019 62,246 57,797 52,177 56,807
Public 72,183 77,951 65,144 99,208 103,747 88,813 73,378 75,686 70,256 62,159 59,319 50,214 55,868
4-year 76,153 82,428 67,283 103,947 107,192 95,045 75,250 77,281 72,297 63,441 46,029 50,089 54,024
Doctoral1 82,244 89,597 70,575 113,534 116,275 104,261 78,768 81,064 75,156 67,162 44,513 50,406 53,211
Master's2 68,176 71,579 64,086 88,021 89,111 85,814 70,312 71,324 69,016 59,318 44,205 49,534 55,249
Other 4-year 61,513 63,979 58,676 77,327 79,877 73,213 65,135 66,419 63,485 55,157 54,132 49,446 54,566
2-year 62,265 63,698 61,047 72,377 74,425 70,429 60,633 61,565 59,853 54,162 65,505 53,548 56,239
Not-for-profit 80,593 87,603 70,686 112,155 116,406 101,138 75,570 77,768 72,509 62,401 47,843 57,508 62,242
4-year 80,744 87,724 70,843 112,261 116,477 101,308 75,670 77,831 72,649 62,472 47,885 57,520 62,542
Doctoral1 97,732 107,067 82,187 138,137 141,581 126,575 87,300 90,233 82,668 73,585 54,058 59,386 66,964
Master's2 67,976 71,503 63,654 86,768 88,738 82,733 68,256 69,449 66,772 56,828 46,446 53,223 60,880
Other 4-year 66,184 68,963 62,565 87,868 88,699 86,100 65,657 65,868 65,372 53,658 43,027 52,453 52,497
2-year 45,731 44,417 46,529 53,063 55,046 51,310 45,768 45,863 45,717 42,706 46,010 32,393 43,562
For-profit 54,842 56,689 52,925 79,574 81,765 75,817 71,376 72,429 70,199 66,027 41,742 53,705
—Not available.
1 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more master's degrees, but less than 20 doctor's degrees, during the previous academic year.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999-2000 through 2009-10 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:99), and Winter 2005-06 through Winter 2009-10. (This table was prepared August 2010.)

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