Postsecondary Education

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Table A-44-2. Inflation-adjusted average total compensation, salary, and fringe benefits for full-time faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts at degree granting institutions, by academic rank and control and level of institutions: Academic years 1989–90, 1999–2000, and 2010–11

[In constant 2010–11 dollars]
Academic rank and control and level of institution	Average			Percent change in average, 1989–90 to 2010–11	Percent change in average, 1999–2000 to 2010–11
Academic rank and control and level of institution	1989–90	1999–2000	2010–11	Percent change in average, 1989–90 to 2010–11	Percent change in average, 1999–2000 to 2010–11
Total compensation	$84,200	$90,300	$97,200	15.5	7.7
Salary
All faculty	69,800	73,000	75,500	8.1	3.4
Professor	92,200	97,200	105,000	13.9	8.0
Associate professor	68,700	71,200	75,100	9.3	5.5
Assistant professor	57,000	58,700	63,100	10.8	7.5
Other faculty	52,900	56,100	56,500	6.7	0.6

All institutions	69,800	73,000	75,500	8.1	3.4
Public doctoral universities	77,600	81,300	81,600	5.3	0.4
Private doctoral universities	85,300	93,900	94,900	11.2	1.1
Nonprofit	85,300	93,900	95,000	11.4	1.2
For-profit	—	97,600	61,700	—	-36.8
Public master's colleges/universities	70,300	68,900	68,200	-3.1	-1.1
Private master's colleges/universities	61,300	65,000	65,500	6.9	0.8
Nonprofit	61,400	65,100	65,700	7.1	0.9
For-profit	41,200	41,600	53,400	29.6	28.4
Public other 4-year colleges	62,000	62,500	61,000	-1.5	-2.4
Private other 4-year colleges	56,700	60,900	65,500	15.6	7.5
Nonprofit	56,800	61,100	65,700	15.7	7.5
For-profit	41,200	36,700	51,100	24.0	39.1
Public 2-year colleges	60,000	63,000	62,300	3.9	-1.1
Private 2-year colleges	42,600	46,900	45,100	6.0	-3.8
Nonprofit	42,600	49,100	46,300	8.8	-5.6
For-profit	—	32,000	40,100	—	25.5

Fringe benefits
All institutions	14,300	17,300	21,700	51.5	25.9
Public doctoral universities	16,700	18,700	22,800	36.4	21.6
Private doctoral universities	16,900	23,100	26,100	54.4	12.7
Nonprofit	16,900	23,100	26,100	54.7	12.9
For-profit	—	14,000	16,300	—	16.0
Public master's colleges/universities	15,600	16,300	21,100	35.1	29.7
Private master's colleges/universities	13,100	16,200	18,800	44.1	16.2
Nonprofit	13,100	16,200	18,900	44.8	16.6
For-profit	5,700	7,900	11,000	93.0	39.8
Public other 4-year colleges	12,900	14,500	19,200	48.5	32.7
Private other 4-year colleges	11,000	15,200	19,300	75.4	27.6
Nonprofit	11,100	15,200	19,500	76.0	28.0
For-profit	1,500	5,000	8,200	453.8	65.4
Public 2-year colleges	10,600	14,500	19,000	79.9	31.1
Private 2-year colleges	6,800	11,800	11,300	65.3	-4.4
Nonprofit	6,800	12,800	11,800	72.8	-7.9
For-profit	—	4,800	9,100	—	88.8

— Not available.
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. Salaries, benefits, and compensation adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to constant 2010–11 dollars. 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, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (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 CPI, see Appendix C – Finance. For more information on 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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