Postsecondary Education
Finance and Resources
Table A-44-1. Percentage distribution of full-time faculty and average total compensation, salary, and fringe benefits in current-year dollars for faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts at degree-granting institutions, by academic rank and control and level of institution: Academic years 1989–90, 1999–2000 and 2010–11
| [In current-year dollars] |
| Academic rank and control and level of institution |
|
1989–90 |
|
1999–2000 |
|
2010–11 |
|
| |
Percent distribution of faculty |
Average |
|
Percent distribution of faculty |
Average |
|
Percent distribution of faculty |
Average |
|
| Total compensation |
|
100.0 |
$48,300 |
|
100.0 |
$69,100 |
|
100.0 |
$97,200 |
|
| Salary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All faculty |
|
100.0 |
40,100 |
|
100.0 |
55,900 |
|
100.0 |
75,500 |
|
| Professor |
|
30.7 |
52,900 |
|
30.7 |
74,400 |
|
27.0 |
105,000 |
|
| Associate professor |
|
24.6 |
39,500 |
|
24.2 |
54,500 |
|
23.2 |
75,100 |
|
| Assistant professor |
|
24.1 |
32,700 |
|
23.0 |
45,000 |
|
23.5 |
63,100 |
|
| Other faculty |
|
20.7 |
30,400 |
|
22.1 |
43,000 |
|
26.2 |
56,500 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All institutions |
|
100.0 |
40,100 |
|
100.0 |
55,900 |
|
100.0 |
75,500 |
|
| Public doctoral universities |
|
27.9 |
44,500 |
|
28.3 |
62,300 |
|
34.0 |
81,600 |
|
| Private doctoral universities |
|
12.2 |
49,000 |
|
12.2 |
71,900 |
|
16.9 |
94,900 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
12.2 |
49,000 |
|
12.2 |
71,900 |
|
16.8 |
95,000 |
|
| For-profit |
|
— |
— |
|
# |
74,800 |
|
0.1 |
61,700 |
|
| Public master's colleges/universities |
|
20.4 |
40,400 |
|
18.5 |
52,800 |
|
12.6 |
68,200 |
|
| Private master's colleges/universities |
|
7.2 |
35,200 |
|
9.3 |
49,800 |
|
8.2 |
65,500 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
7.2 |
35,300 |
|
9.3 |
49,900 |
|
8.1 |
65,700 |
|
| For-profit |
|
# |
23,700 |
|
0.1 |
31,900 |
|
0.1 |
53,400 |
|
| Public other 4-year colleges |
|
2.8 |
35,600 |
|
2.6 |
47,900 |
|
3.4 |
61,000 |
|
| Private other 4-year colleges |
|
9.5 |
32,600 |
|
7.3 |
46,600 |
|
4.8 |
65,500 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
9.4 |
32,600 |
|
7.2 |
46,800 |
|
4.8 |
65,700 |
|
| For-profit |
|
0.1 |
23,700 |
|
0.1 |
28,100 |
|
0.1 |
51,100 |
|
| Public 2-year colleges |
|
19.4 |
34,400 |
|
21.4 |
48,200 |
|
19.9 |
62,300 |
|
| Private 2-year colleges |
|
0.6 |
24,500 |
|
0.4 |
35,900 |
|
0.2 |
45,100 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
0.6 |
24,500 |
|
0.4 |
37,600 |
|
0.1 |
46,300 |
|
| For-profit |
|
— |
— |
|
# |
24,500 |
|
# |
40,100 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fringe benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All institutions |
|
100.0 |
8,200 |
|
100.0 |
13,200 |
|
100.0 |
21,700 |
|
| Public doctoral universities |
|
27.9 |
9,600 |
|
28.3 |
14,300 |
|
34.0 |
22,800 |
|
| Private doctoral universities |
|
12.2 |
9,700 |
|
12.2 |
17,700 |
|
16.9 |
26,100 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
12.2 |
9,700 |
|
12.2 |
17,700 |
|
16.8 |
26,100 |
|
| For-profit |
|
— |
— |
|
# |
10,700 |
|
0.1 |
16,300 |
|
| Public master's colleges/universities |
|
20.4 |
9,000 |
|
18.5 |
12,500 |
|
12.6 |
21,100 |
|
| Private master's colleges/universities |
|
7.2 |
7,500 |
|
9.3 |
12,400 |
|
8.2 |
18,800 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
7.2 |
7,500 |
|
9.3 |
12,400 |
|
8.1 |
18,900 |
|
| For-profit |
|
# |
3,300 |
|
0.1 |
6,000 |
|
0.1 |
11,000 |
|
| Public other 4-year colleges |
|
2.8 |
7,400 |
|
2.6 |
11,100 |
|
3.4 |
19,200 |
|
| Private other 4-year colleges |
|
9.5 |
6,300 |
|
7.3 |
11,600 |
|
4.8 |
19,300 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
9.4 |
6,400 |
|
7.2 |
11,700 |
|
4.8 |
19,500 |
|
| For-profit |
|
0.1 |
900 |
|
0.1 |
3,800 |
|
0.1 |
8,200 |
|
| Public 2-year colleges |
|
19.4 |
6,100 |
|
21.4 |
11,100 |
|
19.9 |
19,000 |
|
| Private 2-year colleges |
|
0.6 |
3,900 |
|
0.4 |
9,000 |
|
0.2 |
11,300 |
|
| Nonprofit |
|
0.6 |
3,900 |
|
0.4 |
9,800 |
|
0.1 |
11,800 |
|
| For-profit |
|
— |
— |
|
0.1 |
3,700 |
|
# |
9,100 |
|
| — Not available. |
| # Rounds to zero. |
| NOTE: Average total compensation is the sum of salary and fringe benefits (which may include benefits such as retirement plans, medical/dental plans, group life insurance, or other benefits). Institutions are classified based on the number of highest degrees awarded. For more information on the classification of postsecondary institutions, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. Salaries reflect an average of all faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts rather than a weighted average based on contract length that appears in some other reports of the National Center for Education Statistics. Faculty categories are defined by the institution. Other faculty includes instructors, lecturers, and faculty with no academic rank. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Beginning in 2007, IPEDS includes institutions with fewer than 15 full-time employees; these institutions did not report staff data prior to 2007. For more information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources. |
| 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:89–99); “Completions Survey” (IPEDS-C:89–99), Fall 2010, Completions component and Winter 2010–11, Human Resources component, Salaries section. |
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