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| Table 239. | Average base salary of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and field of instruction: Selected years, 1987–88 through 2003–04 |
[In 2005–06 dollars] |
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| Program area | Institutions | Research | Doctoral | Comprehensive | Private liberal arts | Public 2-year | Other | |||||||||||||||||
| All | Public | Private | Public | Private | Public | Private | Public | Private | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1987–88 salaries | $67,549 | (—) | $68,171 | (—) | $66,160 | (—) | $81,143 | (—) | $88,893 | (—) | $75,433 | (—) | $79,883 | (—) | $63,306 | (—) | $55,239 | (—) | $49,512 | (—) | $55,634 | (—) | $52,634 | (—) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and home economics | 67,648 | (—) | 68,012 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 75,997 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 60,736 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 65,529 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 63,168 | (—) | 63,925 | (—) | 61,541 | (—) | 81,284 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 68,639 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 60,613 | (—) | 63,275 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 56,835 | (—) | 49,274 | (—) |
| Education | 56,543 | (—) | 59,361 | (—) | 46,813 | (—) | 64,031 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 60,476 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 58,313 | (—) | 46,771 | (—) | 41,048 | (—) | 57,429 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Engineering | 72,899 | (—) | 71,781 | (—) | 76,923 | (—) | 85,675 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 74,184 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 70,251 | (—) | 71,877 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 51,371 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Fine arts | 52,832 | (—) | 55,215 | (—) | 47,985 | (—) | 56,263 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 53,272 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 54,963 | (—) | 46,311 | (—) | 48,147 | (—) | 56,149 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Health | 90,557 | (—) | 89,980 | (—) | 91,714 | (—) | 102,555 | (—) | 107,708 | (—) | 99,220 | (—) | 93,932 | (—) | 79,756 | (—) | 66,574 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 51,683 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Humanities | 59,226 | (—) | 61,561 | (—) | 55,662 | (—) | 64,680 | (—) | 68,397 | (—) | 54,909 | (—) | 64,662 | (—) | 62,271 | (—) | 51,783 | (—) | 53,232 | (—) | 60,680 | (—) | 48,563 | (—) |
| Natural sciences | 66,753 | (—) | 67,574 | (—) | 64,916 | (—) | 80,905 | (—) | 86,188 | (—) | 69,693 | (—) | 65,498 | (—) | 65,179 | (—) | 54,120 | (—) | 52,720 | (—) | 55,418 | (—) | 52,356 | (—) |
| Social sciences | 64,551 | (—) | 64,931 | (—) | 63,848 | (—) | 73,778 | (—) | 85,227 | (—) | 66,931 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 62,735 | (—) | 53,911 | (—) | 49,883 | (—) | 57,316 | (—) | (†) | |
| Other | 62,426 | (—) | 61,766 | (—) | 63,993 | (—) | 73,504 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 63,425 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 58,434 | (—) | 49,890 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 52,723 | (—) | 61,895 | (—) |
| 1992–93 salaries | 65,388 | (—) | 65,296 | (—) | 65,611 | (—) | 78,805 | (—) | 89,309 | (—) | 71,900 | (—) | 78,202 | (—) | 60,715 | (—) | 60,393 | (—) | 52,528 | (—) | 54,941 | (—) | 56,487 | (—) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 66,750 | (—) | 67,699 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 76,421 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 62,103 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 60,563 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 55,551 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 68,724 | (—) | 69,747 | (—) | 66,065 | (—) | 91,044 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 82,107 | (—) | 75,909 | (—) | 66,652 | (—) | 75,096 | (—) | 45,128 | (—) | 58,664 | (—) | 46,894 | (—) |
| Education | 58,704 | (—) | 60,398 | (—) | 52,522 | (—) | 69,561 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 58,922 | (—) | 68,767 | (—) | 57,880 | (—) | 53,001 | (—) | 45,264 | (—) | 57,556 | (—) | ‡ | (†) |
| Engineering | 77,585 | (—) | 78,079 | (—) | 75,659 | (—) | 93,239 | (—) | 85,285 | (—) | 74,803 | (—) | 76,846 | (—) | 67,999 | (—) | 64,022 | (—) | ‡ | (†) | 53,959 | (—) | 78,237 | (—) |
| Fine arts | 56,649 | (—) | 54,850 | (—) | 59,374 | (—) | 57,714 | (—) | 120,380 | (—) | 54,981 | (—) | 52,879 | (—) | 54,653 | (—) | 50,000 | (—) | 52,725 | (—) | 52,390 | (—) | 47,610 | (—) |
| Health | 77,661 | (—) | 75,530 | (—) | 83,381 | (—) | 102,574 | (—) | 102,034 | (—) | 89,132 | (—) | 92,317 | (—) | 53,489 | (—) | 63,775 | (—) | 59,146 | (—) | 49,969 | (—) | 58,501 | (—) |
| Humanities | 57,204 | (—) | 58,082 | (—) | 55,336 | (—) | 61,458 | (—) | 62,403 | (—) | 55,374 | (—) | 59,936 | (—) | 56,873 | (—) | 57,304 | (—) | 52,590 | (—) | 57,499 | (—) | 51,027 | (—) |
| Natural sciences | 67,285 | (—) | 66,318 | (—) | 69,716 | (—) | 77,393 | (—) | 93,782 | (—) | 72,171 | (—) | 79,115 | (—) | 64,116 | (—) | 65,155 | (—) | 52,405 | (—) | 55,360 | (—) | 58,840 | (—) |
| Social sciences | 64,169 | (—) | 64,369 | (—) | 63,760 | (—) | 74,192 | (—) | 82,789 | (—) | 68,007 | (—) | 69,119 | (—) | 60,995 | (—) | 55,621 | (—) | 56,534 | (—) | 56,284 | (—) | 61,976 | (—) |
| Other | 62,261 | (—) | 60,638 | (—) | 65,663 | (—) | 71,215 | (—) | 91,708 | (—) | 61,121 | (—) | 86,360 | (—) | 63,327 | (—) | 58,252 | (—) | 50,872 | (—) | 52,592 | (—) | 54,729 | (—) |
| 1998–99 salaries | 68,754 | (459.3) | 67,798 | (504.8) | 71,503 | (1,050.8) | 80,301 | (987.4) | 98,654 | (3,032.1) | 79,172 | (2,239.0) | 84,946 | (2,400.2) | 60,642 | (696.7) | 59,712 | (1,356.5) | 52,729 | (859.7) | 53,981 | (512.2) | 57,115 | (1,933.6) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 70,668 | 2,861.4) | 73,406 | 2,134.8) | ‡ | (†) | 81,434 | 2,845.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 53,487 | 2,524.4) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 67,528 | 1,216.7) | 66,031 | 1,387.7) | 71,060 | 2,410.3) | 83,738 | 4,058.6) | 97,897 | 9,573.3) | 66,802 | 5,846.4) | 83,874 | 6,900.5) | 70,895 | 1,895.6) | 71,649 | 2,250.5) | 51,190 | 3,539.4) | 55,802 | 1,497.5) | 51,325 | (5,950.8) |
| Education | 57,795 | 1,093.5) | 58,368 | 1,257.9) | 55,865 | 2,209.8) | 64,595 | 2,138.3) | ‡ | (†) | 56,096 | 3,449.2) | ‡ | (†) | 59,574 | 2,170.9) | 52,822 | 2,319.4) | 49,411 | 2,456.7) | 52,394 | 1,573.9) | 50,109 | (4,491.8) |
| Engineering | 76,675 | 1,574.7) | 75,302 | 1,722.8) | 81,835 | 3,613.9) | 84,495 | 2,902.5) | 92,002 | 6,025.4) | 77,817 | 2,898.2) | ‡ | (†) | 63,643 | 6,037.4) | 70,033 | 7,065.6) | ‡ | (†) | 54,545 | 2,044.7) | ‡ | (†) |
| Fine arts | 55,213 | 1,404.1) | 54,553 | 1,390.7) | 56,914 | 3,389.2) | 59,673 | 3,413.1) | ‡ | (†) | 50,681 | 1,543.3) | ‡ | (†) | 54,148 | 1,777.3) | 60,260 | 8,373.5) | 52,573 | 2,028.4) | 55,579 | 2,796.2) | 44,254 | (3,872.9) |
| Health | 90,990 | 1,832.9) | 86,778 | 1,875.0) | 102,647 | 4,480.9) | 103,422 | 3,357.1) | 121,019 | 9,158.0) | 103,815 | 5,319.0) | 112,475 | 5,996.6) | 64,313 | 3,304.2) | 57,295 | 4,922.5) | 53,923 | 4,443.7) | 52,749 | 1,381.6) | 64,560 | (4,093.6) |
| Humanities | 57,684 | (781.8) | 57,886 | (926.7) | 57,191 | 1,454.1) | 65,220 | 2,400.7) | 68,974 | 5,140.8) | 56,885 | 3,081.9) | 59,665 | 3,156.7) | 56,329 | 1,287.8) | 56,191 | 2,149.2) | 52,243 | 1,914.0) | 54,477 | 1,452.4) | 52,248 | (2,284.5) |
| Natural sciences | 69,334 | (869.6) | 68,848 | (940.1) | 70,806 | 2,021.4) | 79,759 | 1,669.9) | 96,489 | 4,814.7) | 77,935 | 2,242.9) | 74,646 | 3,696.4) | 61,859 | 1,605.6) | 57,765 | 2,404.9) | 51,562 | 1,610.1) | 53,365 | 1,061.8) | 67,199 | (6,295.8) |
| Social sciences | 71,006 | 2,149.8) | 71,898 | 2,726.8) | 68,674 | 2,962.9) | 83,536 | 3,775.8) | 94,984 | 8,074.7) | 84,159 | 16,521.1) | 71,259 | 3,728.1) | 64,604 | 1,354.9) | 56,156 | 2,169.9) | 57,224 | 2,856.6) | 57,071 | 1,919.7) | 59,539 | (4,706.5) |
| Other | 63,069 | 1,061.3) | 60,978 | 1,109.7) | 69,655 | 2,524.2) | 72,437 | 2,463.2) | 97,530 | 7,893.6) | 68,266 | 2,907.2) | 78,761 | 4,336.0) | 55,455 | 2,144.9) | 63,877 | 3,638.8) | 52,176 | 2,271.1) | 52,804 | 1,233.6) | 56,420 | (4,672.4) |
| 2003–04 salaries | 72,074 | (404.3) | 75,684 | (952.0) | 70,501 | (379.3) | 84,233 | (688.5) | 96,070 | (1,438.3) | 67,346 | (839.1) | 78,626 | (2,034.5) | 62,065 | (876.2) | 61,931 | (1,653.4) | 58,703 | (1,113.0) | 63,682 | (760.0) | 70,423 | (3,288.0) |
| Agriculture and home economics | 69,009 | 1,666.5) | 70,202 | 1,786.7) | 56,242 | 5,277.7) | 75,240 | 2,133.0) | ‡ | (†) | 68,812 | 5,703.4) | ‡ | (†) | 61,025 | 3,314.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 57,399 | 3,480.6) | ‡ | (†) |
| Business | 79,119 | 1,325.4) | 76,743 | 1,373.1) | 84,977 | 2,892.9) | 97,140 | 3,958.6) | 118,544 | 8,160.5) | 81,849 | 4,128.8) | 93,635 | 6,226.7) | 76,038 | 1,690.1) | 73,065 | 2,496.8) | 64,778 | 2,885.2) | 59,498 | 1,669.3) | 66,749 | (6,213.5) |
| Education | 61,040 | (922.3) | 61,791 | 1,173.6) | 59,021 | 1,819.9) | 69,889 | 2,282.5) | 78,199 | 9,490.0) | 60,672 | 2,546.8) | 59,259 | 5,839.5) | 60,312 | 2,398.6) | 57,689 | 2,260.5) | 58,054 | 2,851.9) | 58,316 | 2,039.8) | 53,064 | (2,917.2) |
| Engineering | 81,974 | 1,550.9) | 77,957 | 1,388.3) | 95,394 | 3,924.7) | 89,678 | 2,580.1) | 105,142 | 4,561.1) | 78,295 | 3,412.1) | ‡ | (†) | 67,903 | 3,154.9) | 81,319 | 15,274.9) | ‡ | (†) | 57,056 | 1,609.1) | ‡ | (†) |
| Fine arts | 57,191 | (776.8) | 57,835 | (799.6) | 56,277 | 1,398.9) | 62,652 | 1,588.7) | 62,532 | 3,887.4) | 56,641 | 1,713.4) | ‡ | (†) | 54,031 | 1,810.4) | 52,498 | 2,924.3) | 52,661 | 1,633.0) | 56,629 | 2,307.7) | 59,302 | (3,123.0) |
| Health | 95,993 | 1,691.7) | 93,312 | 1,621.7) | 101,816 | 3,997.2) | 115,250 | 2,123.7) | 113,264 | 3,604.3) | 82,437 | 6,334.5) | 98,701 | 14,914.7) | 58,695 | 1,491.5) | 65,625 | 5,043.0) | 53,602 | 4,681.9) | 84,304 | 3,329.6) | 100,455 | (8,475.8) |
| Humanities | 58,458 | (793.9) | 56,960 | (917.5) | 61,556 | 1,476.3) | 60,282 | 1,829.0) | 67,917 | 3,661.5) | 53,847 | 2,229.5) | 72,556 | 3,969.0) | 58,723 | 1,941.2) | 56,702 | 2,108.8) | 59,257 | 2,085.8) | 54,630 | 1,546.1) | 52,728 | (3,020.7) |
| Natural sciences | 75,589 | (923.6) | 72,418 | (871.7) | 83,167 | 2,044.3) | 84,884 | 1,324.3) | 97,348 | 3,703.6) | 69,935 | 1,806.3) | 87,151 | 3,701.1) | 61,637 | 1,317.4) | 65,955 | 5,638.0) | 59,612 | 1,987.6) | 64,224 | 1,613.4) | 82,577 | (7,647.3) |
| Social sciences | 69,066 | (652.1) | 67,531 | (663.9) | 72,173 | 1,436.7) | 77,324 | 1,563.5) | 93,916 | 3,000.6) | 64,524 | 2,040.6) | 67,883 | 1,989.2) | 64,517 | 1,445.7) | 59,063 | 3,451.2) | 63,140 | 2,341.0) | 58,257 | 1,551.7) | 63,396 | (2,797.1) |
| Other | 64,085 | (708.1) | 62,966 | (802.2) | 66,661 | 1,365.8) | 73,213 | 1,993.1) | 88,774 | 2,771.2) | 63,941 | 1,367.2) | 70,816 | 2,960.8) | 59,589 | 1,471.8) | 60,764 | 1,803.7) | 55,430 | 1,425.2) | 58,456 | 1,231.1) | 60,668 | (2,724.8) |
| —Not available † Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: 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. 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, 1993, 1999, and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:88;93;99;04). (This table was prepared August 2006.) |
