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Table 316.20. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by academic rank, sex, and control and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2012-13
Academic year, control and level of institution Constant 2012-13 dollars1 Current dollars
All faculty Academic rank
All faculty, total 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 15
1999-2000                            
All institutions $76,376 $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 75,178 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 79,193 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
Doctoral2  85,073 62,253 66,882 52,287 81,182 82,445 74,653 57,744 58,999 55,156 48,190 33,345 38,883 39,350
Master's3  72,119 52,773 55,565 48,235 66,588 67,128 64,863 53,048 53,686 51,977 43,396 33,214 34,448 43,052
Other 4-year 65,415 47,867 49,829 44,577 60,360 60,748 59,052 49,567 50,133 48,548 42,306 35,754 36,088 38,330
2-year 65,925 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
Nonprofit 79,496 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 79,843 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
Doctoral2  98,220 71,873 77,214 59,586 95,182 96,768 87,342 62,503 63,951 59,536 52,134 39,721 42,693 45,887
Master's3  68,154 49,871 52,642 45,718 62,539 63,603 59,353 50,176 51,470 48,165 41,447 33,991 37,923 44,153
Other 4-year 63,923 46,776 48,847 43,544 60,200 60,757 58,364 46,822 47,135 46,365 38,775 31,574 33,058 35,120
2-year 51,361 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 40,374 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 76,933 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 74,592 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 79,001 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
Doctoral2  85,447 73,495 79,688 62,509 99,872 101,856 91,960 70,008 71,991 66,659 59,471 39,863 45,222 46,201
Master's3  70,273 60,444 63,659 56,157 77,752 78,677 75,547 62,029 62,967 60,706 52,419 39,542 43,502 45,640
Other 4-year 64,764 55,705 58,157 52,490 71,469 73,188 68,141 58,817 59,957 57,061 49,749 42,185 43,951 51,863
2-year 64,415 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
Nonprofit 82,782 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 83,033 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
Doctoral2  100,383 86,342 93,646 72,638 119,187 121,728 109,444 76,945 79,224 73,038 65,038 45,862 51,110 55,289
Master's3  68,651 59,048 61,984 55,245 74,334 75,769 71,081 59,962 61,026 58,545 49,804 40,446 45,173 57,505
Other 4-year 66,749 57,413 59,743 54,149 74,655 75,548 72,485 57,536 57,613 57,430 47,629 38,145 45,957 44,713
2-year 45,460 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 49,388 42,480 42,878 42,027 60,111 59,423 61,417 56,621 55,546 58,393 47,598 35,661 41,579
                             
2011-12                            
All institutions 77,845 76,570 83,154 68,470 107,091 112,068 95,840 76,175 78,559 73,053 64,009 58,349 53,361 56,922
Public 74,726 73,503 79,550 66,375 101,673 106,653 90,899 74,852 77,270 71,701 63,682 59,941 50,782 55,308
4-year 79,138 77,843 84,443 68,897 106,805 110,441 97,437 76,822 78,958 73,835 65,221 47,205 50,705 55,102
Doctoral2  85,437 84,039 91,712 72,589 116,243 119,442 106,503 80,487 82,881 76,942 69,356 45,603 51,612 53,659
Master's3  69,576 68,437 71,812 64,514 88,154 89,262 86,034 70,697 71,743 69,388 59,943 45,277 48,926 53,628
Other 4-year 62,150 61,132 63,345 58,713 75,134 78,005 70,642 65,163 66,587 63,339 55,709 55,688 47,615 57,367
2-year 63,610 62,568 63,932 61,433 72,994 74,887 71,246 61,589 62,541 60,812 54,745 66,294 52,902 55,355
Nonprofit 85,220 83,825 91,165 73,838 117,362 121,963 106,047 78,681 80,985 75,634 64,592 48,476 60,323 66,905
4-year 85,342 83,945 91,272 73,951 117,417 122,006 106,124 78,744 81,024 75,720 64,646 48,475 60,336 67,136
Doctoral2  99,889 98,254 107,643 83,857 140,363 144,509 128,002 88,938 92,003 84,550 73,718 52,477 61,969 71,779
Master's3  68,974 67,845 70,861 64,318 84,844 86,211 82,280 68,405 69,344 67,286 57,032 47,180 54,658 66,251
Other 4-year 67,894 66,782 69,354 63,614 87,737 88,248 86,700 67,097 67,283 66,861 54,943 43,096 54,643 52,858
2-year 49,784 48,969 45,996 50,919 47,496 46,448 48,603 51,787 49,515 52,765 46,598 48,517 28,967 51,805
For-profit 55,318 54,413 55,019 53,738 64,957 64,849 65,150 69,740 70,945 68,560 64,074 43,428 42,424
                             
2012-13                            
All institutions 77,301 77,301 84,026 69,114 108,310 113,595 96,680 77,089 79,508 73,991 64,632 57,495 53,394 58,254
Public 73,909 73,909 80,072 66,706 101,685 106,945 90,603 75,505 78,038 72,269 64,190 59,120 50,662 57,376
4-year 78,111 78,111 84,822 69,150 107,427 111,224 97,790 77,519 79,750 74,466 65,874 47,701 50,814 54,544
Doctoral2  84,316 84,316 92,073 72,999 117,049 120,352 107,171 81,407 83,881 77,837 69,963 46,191 52,141 53,767
Master's3  68,037 68,037 71,451 64,116 87,291 88,529 84,983 70,474 71,557 69,141 60,248 45,625 47,691 53,580
Other 4-year 60,575 60,575 62,643 58,337 74,875 77,450 70,912 64,955 66,325 63,277 54,807 55,408 46,542 56,307
2-year 62,781 62,781 64,152 61,652 71,749 73,142 70,496 61,134 62,035 60,423 54,060 64,762 44,505 58,410
Nonprofit 85,448 85,448 92,931 75,424 120,619 125,457 109,033 80,096 82,284 77,281 65,411 48,144 60,874 66,176
4-year 85,546 85,546 93,021 75,513 120,667 125,491 109,102 80,115 82,300 77,302 65,447 48,182 60,874 66,250
Doctoral2  99,877 99,877 109,469 85,465 143,814 148,238 131,091 90,498 93,489 86,372 74,218 51,487 62,263 71,302
Master's3  68,956 68,956 71,967 65,455 86,657 87,992 84,222 69,624 70,700 68,347 58,181 46,450 56,275 62,380
Other 4-year 67,640 67,640 70,047 64,763 89,013 89,513 88,021 68,072 67,790 68,413 55,575 43,517 57,753 52,970
2-year 48,205 48,205 44,085 51,000 48,111 45,368 50,512 43,650 42,635 44,480 43,117 46,565 60,621
For-profit 45,727 45,727 48,650 42,675 73,302 75,475 70,604 77,143 82,509 71,975 65,826 39,289 31,824
—Not available.
1 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.
2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
3 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:99), and Winter 2005-06 through Winter 2011-12 and Spring 2013, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared March 2014.)

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