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Table 235. Average base salaries of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and field of instruction: 1987-88, 1992-93, and 1998-99

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                       |            All |                 Total           |            Research             |            Doctoral              |         Comprehensive           |        Private |         Public |          Other
Field of               |   institutions |_________________________________|_________________________________|__________________________________|_________________________________|        liberal |         2-year |
instruction            |                |         Public |        Private |         Public |        Private |          Public |        Private |         Public |        Private |           arts |                |
_______________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|_________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________
1                      |              2 |              3 |               4|              5 |              6 |               7 |              8 |              9 |             10 |             11 |             12 |             13
_______________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|_________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________
1987-88 academic year  |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   salaries in 1998-99 |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   dollars\1\          |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   All fields .........|$55,854     --- |$56,369     --- |$54,707     --- |$67,095     --- |$73,504     --- |$62,374      --- |$66,053     --- |$52,347     --- |$45,676     --- |$40,940     --- |$46,002     --- |$43,522     ---
                       |________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|_________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   economics ..........| 55,937     --- | 56,238     --- |      ‡         | 62,840     --- |      ‡         | 50,221      --- |      ‡         | 54,184     --- |      ‡         |      ‡         |      ‡         |      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 52,232     --- | 52,858     --- | 50,887     --- | 67,212     --- |      ‡         | 56,756      --- |      ‡         | 50,119     --- | 52,320     --- |      ‡         | 46,996     --- | 40,744     ---
Education .............| 46,754     --- | 49,084     --- | 38,709     --- | 52,945     --- |      ‡         | 50,006      --- |      ‡         | 48,218     --- | 38,674     --- | 33,942     --- | 47,487     --- |      ‡     (†)
Engineering ...........| 60,279     --- | 59,354     --- | 63,606     --- | 70,842     --- |      ‡         | 61,341      --- |      ‡         | 58,089     --- | 59,433     --- |      ‡         | 42,478     --- |      ‡     (†)
Fine arts .............| 43,686     --- | 45,656     --- | 39,677     --- | 46,522     --- |      ‡         | 44,049      --- |      ‡         | 45,448     --- | 38,294     --- | 39,811         | 46,428     --- |      ‡     (†)
Health ................| 74,879     --- | 74,402     --- | 75,836     --- | 84,801     --- | 89,061     --- | 82,043      --- | 77,670     --- | 65,948     --- | 55,049     --- |      ‡         | 42,736     --- |      ‡     (†)
Humanities ............| 48,973     --- | 50,903     --- | 46,026     --- | 53,482     --- | 56,556     --- | 45,403      --- | 53,467     --- | 51,491     --- | 42,818     --- | 44,016     --- | 50,175     --- | 40,156     ---
Natural sciences ......| 55,197     --- | 55,875     --- | 53,677     --- | 66,898     --- | 71,267     --- | 57,628      --- | 54,158     --- | 53,895     --- | 44,750     --- | 43,593     --- | 45,824     --- | 43,292     ---
Social sciences .......| 53,376     --- | 53,690     --- | 52,794     --- | 61,005     --- | 70,472     --- | 55,344      --- |      ‡         | 51,874     --- | 44,578     --- | 41,247     --- | 47,393     --- |      ‡     (†)
Other .................| 51,619     --- | 51,073     --- | 52,914     --- | 60,779     --- |      ‡         | 52,444      --- |      ‡         | 48,318     --- | 41,253     --- |      ‡         | 43,595     --- | 51,179     ---
                       |================|================|================|================|================|=================|================|================|================|================|================|================
1992-93 academic year  |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   salaries in 1998-99 |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   dollars\1\          |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   All fields .........| 54,068     --- | 53,991     --- | 54,253     --- | 65,162     --- | 73,848     --- | 59,453      --- | 64,663     --- | 50,204     --- | 49,937     --- | 43,435     --- | 45,429     --- | 46,708     ---
                       |________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|_________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |      ‡         |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   economics ..........| 55,194     --- | 55,978     --- |      ‡         | 63,191     --- |      ‡         | 51,351      --- |      ‡         | 50,078     --- |      ‡         |      ‡         | 45,934     --- |      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 56,827     --- | 57,672     --- | 54,628     --- | 75,283     --- |      ‡         | 67,893      --- | 62,768     --- | 55,113     --- | 62,095     --- | 37,315     --- | 48,508     --- | 38,776     ---
Education .............| 48,541     --- | 49,942     --- | 43,429     --- | 57,519     --- |      ‡         | 48,722      --- | 56,862     --- | 47,860     --- | 43,826     --- | 37,427     --- | 47,592     --- |      ‡     (†)
Engineering ...........| 64,154     --- | 64,562     --- | 62,561     --- | 77,097     --- | 70,520     --- | 61,853      --- | 63,542     --- | 56,227     --- | 52,938     --- |      ‡         | 44,618     --- | 64,692     ---
Fine arts .............| 46,842     --- | 45,354     --- | 49,095     --- | 47,722     --- | 99,540     --- | 45,463      --- | 43,725     --- | 45,191     --- | 41,344     --- | 43,597     --- | 43,320     --- | 39,367     ---
Health ................| 64,216     --- | 62,454     --- | 68,946     --- | 84,816     --- | 84,369     --- | 73,701      --- | 76,335     --- | 44,229     --- | 52,734     --- | 48,907     --- | 41,318     --- | 48,373     ---
Humanities ............| 47,301     --- | 48,027     --- | 45,756     --- | 50,818     --- | 51,599     --- | 45,787      --- | 49,559     --- | 47,027     --- | 47,384     --- | 43,485     --- | 47,545     --- | 42,193     ---
Natural sciences ......| 55,636     --- | 54,837     --- | 57,646     --- | 63,995     --- | 77,546     --- | 59,677      --- | 65,418     --- | 53,016     --- | 53,875     --- | 43,332     --- | 45,776     --- | 48,653     ---
Social sciences .......| 53,060     --- | 53,225     --- | 52,722     --- | 61,347     --- | 68,456     --- | 56,233      --- | 57,153     --- | 50,435     --- | 45,992     --- | 46,747     --- | 46,540     --- | 51,246     ---
Other .................| 51,482     --- | 50,141     --- | 54,295     --- | 58,886     --- | 75,831     --- | 50,540      --- | 71,409     --- | 52,363     --- | 48,167     --- | 42,065     --- | 43,487     --- | 45,255     ---
                       |================|================|================|================|================|=================|================|================|================|================|================|=================
1998-99 academic year  |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   salaries in 1998-99 |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   dollars\1\          |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
                       |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   All fields .........| 56,851    (394)| 56,060    (433)| 59,124    (869)| 66,399    (816)| 81,574  (2,507)| 65,466   (1,851)| 70,240  (1,985)| 50,143    (576)| 49,374  (1,122)| 43,600    (711)| 44,636    (424)| 47,227  (1,599)
                       |________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|_________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________|________________
Agriculture and home   |                |                |                |                |                |                 |                |                |                |                |                |
   economics ..........| 58,434(2,366.0)| 60,698(1,765.3)|      ‡         | 67,336(2,353.0)|      ‡         |      ‡         (|      ‡         |      ‡         |      ‡         |      ‡         | 44,227(2,087.4)|      ‡     (†)
Business ..............| 55,837(1,006.1)| 54,599(1,147.4)| 58,758(1,993.0)| 69,241(3,356.0)| 80,949(7,916.0)| 55,237 (4,834.2)| 69,354(5,705.9)| 58,622(1,567.5)| 59,245(1,860.9)| 42,328(2,926.7)| 46,141(1,238.2)| 42,440(4,920.6)
Education .............| 47,789  (904.2)| 48,263(1,040.1)| 46,194(1,827.3)| 53,412(1,768.1)|      ‡         | 46,385 (2,852.1)|      ‡         | 49,261(1,795.1)| 43,677(1,917.9)| 40,857(2,031.4)| 43,324(1,301.4)| 41,434(3,714.2)
Engineering ...........| 63,401(1,302.1)| 62,265(1,424.5)| 67,668(2,988.2)| 69,867(2,400.0)| 76,075(4,982.3)| 64,345 (2,396.4)|      ‡         | 52,625(4,992.2)| 57,909(5,842.4)|      ‡         | 45,102(1,690.7)|      ‡     (†)
Fine arts .............| 45,655(1,161.1)| 45,109(1,149.9)| 47,061(2,802.5)| 49,342(2,822.2)|      ‡         | 41,907 (1,276.1)|      ‡         | 44,774(1,469.6)| 49,828(6,923.9)| 43,471(1,677.2)| 45,957(2,312.1)| 36,592(3,202.4)
Health ................| 75,238(1,515.6)| 71,755(1,550.4)| 84,877(3,705.1)| 85,518(2,775.9)|100,068(7,572.5)| 85,842 (4,398.1)| 93,003(4,958.5)| 53,179(2,732.2)| 47,376(4,070.3)| 44,588(3,674.4)| 43,617(1,142.4)| 53,383(3,384.9)
Humanities ............| 47,697  (646.4)| 47,865  (766.2)| 47,290(1,202.4)| 53,929(1,985.1)| 57,033(4,250.8)| 47,037 (2,548.4)| 49,336(2,610.2)| 46,577(1,064.9)| 46,463(1,777.2)| 43,199(1,582.7)| 45,046(1,201.0)| 43,203(1,889.0)
Natural sciences ......| 57,331  (719.0)| 56,929  (777.3)| 58,548(1,671.4)| 65,951(1,380.8)| 79,784(3,981.2)| 64,443 (1,854.6)| 61,723(3,056.5)| 51,150(1,327.6)| 47,764(1,988.5)| 42,635(1,331.4)| 44,127  (877.9)| 55,565(5,205.9)
Social sciences .......| 58,714(1,777.7)| 59,450(2,254.7)| 56,785(2,449.9)| 69,074(3,122.1)| 78,540(6,676.8)| 69,589(13,660.9)| 58,922(3,082.7)| 53,419(1,120.3)| 46,434(1,794.2)| 47,318(2,362.1)| 47,190(1,587.4)| 49,232(3,891.7)
Other .................| 52,150  (877.6)| 50,422  (917.6)| 57,596(2,087.2)| 59,896(2,036.8)| 80,645(6,527.0)| 56,448 (2,403.9)| 65,125(3,585.3)| 45,854(1,773.5)| 52,818(3,008.8)| 43,143(1,877.9)| 43,662(1,020.0)| 46,653(3,863.5)
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---Not available
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

NOTE: 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 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:88), 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93), and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). (This table was prepared October 2001.)