Table 240.

Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by academic rank, control and type of institution, and sex: Selected years, 1970–71 through 2005–06

Sex and academic year	All faculty	Academic rank						Public institutions			Private institutions
		Professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor	Instructor	Lecturer	No rank	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Current dollars
Total
1970–71	$12,710	$17,958	$13,563	$11,176	$9,360	$11,196	$12,333	$12,953	$13,121	$12,644	$11,619	$11,824	$8,664
1972–73	13,856	19,191	14,580	12,032	10,737	11,637	12,676	14,016	14,417	12,919	13,452	13,622	9,288
1974–75	15,622	21,277	16,146	13,295	12,691	12,575	13,532	15,879	16,271	14,897	14,912	15,092	10,242
1975–76	16,659	22,649	17,065	13,986	13,672	12,906	15,196	16,942	17,400	15,820	15,921	16,116	10,901
1978–79	19,820	26,470	20,047	16,374	13,193	15,281	18,725	20,179	20,722	18,844	18,807	19,010	12,496
1979–80	21,348	28,388	21,451	17,465	14,023	16,122	20,262	21,798	22,349	20,429	20,105	20,318	13,250
1980–81	23,302	30,753	23,214	18,901	15,178	17,301	22,334	23,745	24,373	22,177	22,093	22,325	15,065
1981–82	25,449	33,437	25,278	20,608	16,450	18,756	24,331	25,886	26,591	24,193	24,255	24,509	15,926
1982–83	27,196	35,540	26,921	22,056	17,601	20,072	25,557	27,488	28,293	25,567	26,393	26,691	16,595
1984–85	30,447	39,743	29,945	24,668	20,230	22,334	27,683	30,646	31,764	27,864	29,910	30,247	18,510
1985–86	32,392	42,268	31,787	26,277	20,918	23,770	29,088	32,750	34,033	29,590	31,402	31,732	19,436
1987–88	35,897	47,040	35,231	29,110	22,728	25,977	31,532	36,231	37,840	32,209	35,049	35,346	21,867
1989–90	40,133	52,810	39,392	32,689	25,030	28,990	34,559	40,416	42,365	35,516	39,464	39,817	24,601
1990–91	42,165	55,540	41,414	34,434	26,332	30,097	36,395	42,317	44,510	37,055	41,788	42,224	24,088
1991–92	43,851	57,433	42,929	35,745	30,916	30,456	37,783	43,641	45,638	38,959	44,376	44,793	25,673
1992–93	44,714	58,788	43,945	36,625	28,499	30,543	37,771	44,197	46,515	38,935	45,985	46,427	26,105
1993–94	46,364	60,649	45,278	37,630	28,828	32,729	40,584	45,920	48,019	41,040	47,465	47,880	28,435
1994–95	47,811	62,709	46,713	38,756	29,665	33,198	41,227	47,432	49,738	42,101	48,741	49,379	25,613
1995–96	49,309	64,540	47,966	39,696	30,344	34,136	42,996	48,837	51,172	43,295	50,466	50,819	31,915
1996–97	50,829	66,659	49,307	40,687	31,193	34,962	44,200	50,303	52,718	44,584	52,112	52,443	32,628
1997–98	52,335	68,731	50,828	41,830	32,449	35,484	45,268	51,638	54,114	45,919	54,039	54,379	33,592
1998–99	54,097	71,322	52,576	43,348	33,819	36,819	46,250	53,319	55,948	47,285	55,981	56,284	34,821
1999–2000	55,888	74,410	54,524	44,978	34,918	38,194	47,389	55,011	57,950	48,240	58,013	58,323	35,925
2001–02	59,742	80,792	58,724	48,796	46,959	41,798	46,569	58,524	62,013	50,837	62,818	63,088	33,139
2002–03	61,330	83,466	60,471	50,552	48,304	42,622	46,338	60,014	63,486	52,330	64,533	64,814	34,826
2003–04	62,615	85,352	61,744	51,808	49,076	43,689	47,746	60,912	64,398	53,080	66,693	66,953	36,429
2004–05	64,234	88,158	63,558	53,308	49,730	44,514	48,942	62,346	66,053	53,932	68,755	68,995	37,329
2005–06	66,172	91,208	65,714	55,106	50,883	45,896	50,425	64,158	67,951	55,405	71,016	71,263	38,549
Males
1972–73	14,422	19,414	14,723	12,193	11,147	12,106	13,047	14,545	14,944	13,268	14,116	14,253	9,571
1974–75	16,303	21,532	16,282	13,458	13,350	13,232	14,008	16,522	16,918	15,350	15,709	15,852	10,633
1975–76	17,414	22,902	17,209	14,174	14,430	13,579	15,761	17,661	18,121	16,339	16,784	16,946	11,378
1978–79	20,777	26,727	20,221	16,602	13,441	15,927	19,400	21,080	21,628	19,475	19,935	20,086	13,048
1979–80	22,394	28,672	21,651	17,720	14,323	16,932	20,901	22,789	23,350	21,131	21,317	21,472	13,938
1980–81	24,499	31,082	23,451	19,227	15,545	18,281	23,170	24,873	25,509	22,965	23,493	23,669	16,075
1981–82	26,796	33,799	25,553	21,025	16,906	19,721	25,276	27,149	27,864	25,085	25,849	26,037	16,834
1982–83	28,664	35,956	27,262	22,586	18,160	21,225	26,541	28,851	29,661	26,524	28,159	28,380	17,346
1984–85	32,182	40,269	30,392	25,330	21,159	23,557	28,670	32,240	33,344	28,891	32,028	32,278	19,460
1985–86	34,294	42,833	32,273	27,094	21,693	25,238	30,267	34,528	35,786	30,758	33,656	33,900	20,412
1987–88	38,112	47,735	35,823	30,086	23,645	27,652	32,747	38,314	39,898	33,477	37,603	37,817	22,641
1989–90	42,763	53,650	40,131	33,781	25,933	31,162	35,980	42,959	44,834	37,081	42,312	42,595	25,218
1990–91	45,065	56,549	42,239	35,636	27,388	32,398	38,036	45,084	47,168	38,787	45,019	45,319	25,937
1991–92	46,848	58,494	43,814	36,969	33,359	32,843	39,422	46,483	48,401	40,811	47,733	48,042	26,825
1992–93	47,866	59,972	44,855	37,842	29,583	32,512	39,365	47,175	49,392	40,725	49,518	49,837	27,402
1993–94	49,579	61,857	46,229	38,794	29,815	34,796	42,251	48,956	50,989	42,938	51,076	51,397	30,783
1994–95	51,228	64,046	47,705	39,923	30,528	35,082	43,103	50,629	52,874	44,020	52,653	53,036	29,639
1995–96	52,814	65,949	49,037	40,858	30,940	36,135	44,624	52,163	54,448	45,209	54,364	54,649	33,301
1996–97	54,465	68,214	50,457	41,864	31,738	36,932	45,688	53,737	56,162	46,393	56,185	56,453	34,736
1997–98	56,115	70,468	52,041	43,017	33,070	37,481	46,822	55,191	57,744	47,690	58,293	58,576	36,157
1998–99	58,048	73,260	53,830	44,650	34,741	38,976	47,610	57,038	59,805	48,961	60,392	60,641	38,040
1999–2000	60,084	76,478	55,939	46,414	35,854	40,202	48,788	58,984	62,030	50,033	62,631	62,905	38,636
2001–02	64,320	83,356	60,300	50,518	48,844	44,519	48,049	62,835	66,577	52,360	67,871	68,100	33,395
2002–03	66,126	86,191	62,226	52,441	50,272	45,469	47,412	64,564	68,322	53,962	69,726	69,976	34,291
2003–04	67,509	88,254	63,465	53,660	50,997	46,273	48,977	65,508	69,290	54,630	72,026	72,248	35,734
2004–05	69,337	91,290	65,394	55,215	51,380	46,929	50,102	67,130	71,145	55,398	74,318	74,540	34,970
2005–06	71,569	94,733	67,654	57,099	52,519	48,256	51,811	69,191	73,353	56,858	76,941	77,143	38,215
Females
1972–73	11,925	17,123	13,827	11,510	10,098	10,775	11,913	12,250	12,300	12,165	11,044	11,219	8,888
1974–75	13,471	19,012	15,481	12,858	11,740	11,543	12,619	13,892	13,831	13,987	12,233	12,423	9,735
1975–76	14,308	20,308	16,364	13,522	12,572	11,901	14,094	14,762	14,758	14,769	13,030	13,231	10,201
1978–79	17,080	24,143	19,300	15,914	12,966	14,465	17,482	17,646	17,627	17,676	15,388	15,611	11,898
1979–80	18,396	25,910	20,642	16,974	13,750	15,142	19,069	19,042	18,985	19,134	16,539	16,787	12,541
1980–81	19,996	27,959	22,295	18,302	14,854	16,168	20,843	20,673	20,608	20,778	18,073	18,326	13,892
1981–82	21,802	30,438	24,271	19,866	16,054	17,676	22,672	22,524	22,454	22,632	19,743	20,024	14,984
1982–83	23,261	32,221	25,738	21,130	17,102	18,830	23,855	23,892	23,876	23,917	21,451	21,785	15,845
1984–85	25,941	35,824	28,517	23,575	19,362	21,004	26,050	26,566	26,813	26,172	24,186	24,560	17,575
1985–86	27,576	38,252	30,300	24,966	20,237	22,273	27,171	28,299	28,680	27,693	25,523	25,889	18,504
1987–88	30,499	42,371	33,528	27,600	21,962	24,370	29,605	31,215	31,820	30,228	28,621	28,946	21,215
1989–90	34,183	47,663	37,469	31,090	24,320	26,995	32,528	34,796	35,704	33,307	32,650	33,010	24,002
1990–91	35,881	49,728	39,329	32,724	25,534	28,111	34,179	36,459	37,573	34,720	34,359	34,898	22,585
1991–92	37,534	51,621	40,766	34,063	28,873	28,550	35,622	37,800	38,634	36,517	36,828	37,309	24,683
1992–93	38,385	52,755	41,861	35,032	27,700	28,922	35,792	38,356	39,470	36,710	38,460	38,987	25,068
1993–94	40,058	54,746	43,178	36,169	28,136	31,048	38,474	40,118	41,031	38,707	39,902	40,378	26,142
1994–95	41,369	56,555	44,626	37,352	29,072	31,677	38,967	41,548	42,663	39,812	40,908	41,815	22,851
1995–96	42,871	58,318	45,803	38,345	29,940	32,584	41,085	42,871	43,986	41,086	42,871	43,236	30,671
1996–97	44,325	60,160	47,101	39,350	30,819	33,415	42,474	44,306	45,402	42,531	44,374	44,726	30,661
1997–98	45,775	61,965	48,597	40,504	32,011	33,918	43,491	45,648	46,709	43,943	46,106	46,466	30,995
1998–99	47,421	64,236	50,347	41,894	33,152	35,115	44,723	47,247	48,355	45,457	47,874	48,204	31,524
1999–2000	48,997	67,079	52,091	43,367	34,228	36,607	45,865	48,714	50,168	46,340	49,737	50,052	32,951
2001–02	52,662	72,542	56,186	46,824	45,262	39,538	45,003	52,123	53,895	49,290	54,149	54,434	32,921
2002–03	54,105	75,028	57,716	48,380	46,573	40,265	45,251	53,435	55,121	50,717	55,881	56,158	35,296
2003–04	55,425	76,749	59,093	49,696	47,414	41,562	46,555	54,445	56,183	51,592	57,989	58,255	36,980
2004–05	56,926	79,160	60,809	51,154	48,351	42,455	47,860	55,780	57,714	52,566	59,919	60,143	39,291
2005–06	58,665	81,514	62,860	52,901	49,533	43,934	49,172	57,462	59,437	54,082	61,830	62,092	38,786
	Constant 2005–06 dollars1
Total
1970–71	63,665	89,954	67,942	55,983	46,885	56,084	61,780	64,887	65,729	63,337	58,200	59,230	43,400
1972–73	64,410	89,207	67,776	55,929	49,909	54,092	58,924	65,152	67,016	60,052	62,532	63,320	43,177
1974–75	60,021	81,749	62,036	51,080	48,759	48,317	51,992	61,009	62,517	57,238	57,292	57,985	39,350
1975–76	59,774	81,269	61,233	50,184	49,059	46,308	54,526	60,791	62,434	56,764	57,126	57,828	39,113
1978–79	57,578	76,896	58,238	47,568	38,325	44,390	54,395	58,620	60,197	54,741	54,635	55,223	36,301
1979–80	54,720	72,766	54,984	44,767	35,943	41,323	51,935	55,874	57,285	52,365	51,533	52,079	33,963
1980–81	53,529	70,645	53,326	43,419	34,866	39,743	51,305	54,546	55,989	50,944	50,751	51,284	34,607
1981–82	53,812	70,703	53,451	43,576	34,784	39,660	51,448	54,736	56,227	51,156	51,288	51,825	33,675
1982–83	55,138	72,055	54,580	44,717	35,685	40,695	51,815	55,730	57,362	51,835	53,510	54,114	33,645
1984–85	57,284	74,773	56,339	46,411	38,061	42,020	52,083	57,658	59,761	52,424	56,273	56,907	34,825
1985–86	59,235	77,295	58,128	48,052	38,252	43,468	53,193	59,889	62,236	54,111	57,424	58,028	35,542
1987–88	61,664	80,805	60,519	50,005	39,041	44,622	54,166	62,237	65,001	55,328	60,207	60,717	37,563
1989–90	62,895	82,762	61,734	51,229	39,226	45,433	54,159	63,339	66,393	55,660	61,847	62,401	38,554
1990–91	62,655	82,529	61,538	51,167	39,127	44,723	54,081	62,881	66,139	55,061	62,094	62,743	35,793
1991–92	63,137	82,692	61,809	51,466	44,513	43,850	54,400	62,835	65,709	56,094	63,892	64,493	36,964
1992–93	62,429	82,079	61,355	51,135	39,790	42,643	52,735	61,707	64,944	54,361	64,204	64,821	36,448
1993–94	63,099	82,540	61,620	51,212	39,233	44,541	55,232	62,495	65,351	55,852	64,597	65,161	38,698
1994–95	63,255	82,964	61,802	51,275	39,247	43,921	54,544	62,753	65,804	55,700	64,484	65,329	33,886
1995–96	63,509	83,126	61,779	51,128	39,083	43,966	55,377	62,901	65,909	55,763	64,999	65,454	41,106
1996–97	63,651	83,474	61,745	50,950	39,062	43,781	55,350	62,992	66,015	55,830	65,257	65,672	40,859
1997–98	64,388	84,561	62,534	51,464	39,922	43,656	55,693	63,530	66,577	56,495	66,485	66,903	41,328
1998–99	65,423	86,255	63,583	52,424	40,899	44,527	55,934	64,482	67,661	57,185	67,702	68,068	42,111
1999–2000	65,693	87,465	64,089	52,869	41,044	44,895	55,703	64,662	68,116	56,704	68,190	68,555	42,227
2001–02	66,715	90,223	65,579	54,492	52,440	46,677	52,005	65,355	69,252	56,771	70,150	70,453	37,007
2002–03	67,016	91,205	66,077	55,239	52,783	46,574	50,635	65,578	69,372	57,182	70,516	70,823	38,054
2003–04	66,956	91,268	66,024	55,399	52,478	46,717	51,056	65,134	68,863	56,759	71,317	71,594	38,955
2004–05	66,680	91,515	65,978	55,338	51,624	46,209	50,806	64,720	68,568	55,986	71,373	71,623	38,751
2005–06	66,172	91,208	65,714	55,106	50,883	45,896	50,425	64,158	67,951	55,405	71,016	71,263	38,549
Males
1972–73	67,041	90,246	68,440	56,679	51,817	56,272	60,649	67,614	69,466	61,676	65,617	66,255	44,490
1974–75	62,637	82,728	62,557	51,709	51,291	50,838	53,820	63,480	65,001	58,977	60,357	60,904	40,853
1975–76	62,483	82,176	61,747	50,860	51,777	48,723	56,552	63,371	65,020	58,628	60,225	60,804	40,825
1978–79	60,356	77,643	58,741	48,228	39,045	46,269	56,356	61,238	62,830	56,575	57,910	58,350	37,904
1979–80	57,401	73,493	55,496	45,420	36,714	43,400	53,574	58,414	59,852	54,163	54,642	55,038	35,727
1980–81	56,278	71,401	53,871	44,168	35,709	41,994	53,225	57,137	58,598	52,754	53,967	54,372	36,927
1981–82	56,660	71,468	54,032	44,458	35,748	41,700	53,446	57,406	58,918	53,042	54,658	55,055	35,596
1982–83	58,114	72,898	55,272	45,791	36,818	43,032	53,810	58,493	60,136	53,775	57,090	57,538	35,168
1984–85	60,548	75,763	57,180	47,656	39,809	44,321	53,940	60,657	62,734	54,356	60,258	60,728	36,612
1985–86	62,713	78,328	59,017	49,546	39,670	46,152	55,349	63,141	65,441	56,247	61,546	61,992	37,327
1987–88	65,468	81,998	61,536	51,682	40,617	47,501	56,252	65,815	68,536	57,506	64,594	64,962	38,892
1989–90	67,018	84,079	62,892	52,940	40,641	48,836	56,387	67,324	70,263	58,113	66,311	66,753	39,522
1990–91	66,964	84,028	62,764	52,952	40,697	48,141	56,519	66,992	70,088	57,635	66,896	67,342	38,540
1991–92	67,452	84,219	63,084	53,227	48,030	47,288	56,760	66,926	69,688	58,760	68,726	69,171	38,622
1992–93	66,829	83,732	62,627	52,834	41,304	45,393	54,961	65,865	68,961	56,859	69,137	69,582	38,258
1993–94	67,473	84,183	62,915	52,796	40,577	47,355	57,501	66,626	69,393	58,436	69,512	69,948	41,894
1994–95	67,776	84,734	63,115	52,818	40,389	46,414	57,026	66,983	69,953	58,239	69,661	70,168	39,213
1995–96	68,023	84,941	63,159	52,624	39,850	46,541	57,475	67,185	70,128	58,228	70,019	70,387	42,891
1996–97	68,203	85,421	63,184	52,424	39,744	46,248	57,213	67,292	70,329	58,095	70,358	70,693	43,498
1997–98	69,039	86,697	64,026	52,924	40,687	46,113	57,605	67,902	71,043	58,673	71,719	72,067	44,484
1998–99	70,201	88,599	65,100	53,998	42,015	47,136	57,579	68,980	72,327	59,212	73,036	73,337	46,005
1999–2000	70,625	89,895	65,752	54,556	42,144	47,255	57,347	69,332	72,912	58,811	73,619	73,941	45,414
2001–02	71,828	93,086	67,338	56,415	54,545	49,716	53,658	70,169	74,348	58,472	75,793	76,049	37,293
2002–03	72,257	94,182	67,995	57,303	54,933	49,684	51,808	70,550	74,656	58,965	76,190	76,464	37,470
2003–04	72,188	94,372	67,865	57,380	54,532	49,481	52,372	70,049	74,093	58,418	77,019	77,256	38,211
2004–05	71,978	94,766	67,884	57,318	53,337	48,716	52,010	69,686	73,854	57,508	77,148	77,379	36,302
2005–06	71,569	94,733	67,654	57,099	52,519	48,256	51,811	69,191	73,353	56,858	76,941	77,143	38,215
Females
1972–73	55,431	79,594	64,273	53,503	46,941	50,086	55,379	56,946	57,177	56,547	51,338	52,150	41,314
1974–75	51,757	73,046	59,482	49,401	45,108	44,349	48,483	53,373	53,141	53,740	47,002	47,731	37,403
1975–76	51,338	72,868	58,716	48,519	45,110	42,701	50,571	52,970	52,956	52,993	46,755	47,474	36,601
1978–79	49,618	70,135	56,067	46,229	37,666	42,020	50,786	51,261	51,207	51,347	44,702	45,351	34,563
1979–80	47,154	66,415	52,910	43,508	35,246	38,814	48,880	48,809	48,663	49,046	42,393	43,029	32,144
1980–81	45,934	64,226	51,215	42,043	34,122	37,141	47,880	47,489	47,340	47,731	41,517	42,098	31,912
1981–82	46,100	64,361	51,321	42,007	33,946	37,376	47,940	47,626	47,479	47,856	41,746	42,340	31,684
1982–83	47,160	65,326	52,182	42,840	34,673	38,176	48,364	48,439	48,407	48,490	43,490	44,168	32,125
1984–85	48,806	67,400	53,652	44,354	36,428	39,517	49,011	49,982	50,446	49,240	45,504	46,208	33,066
1985–86	50,428	69,951	55,409	45,655	37,007	40,730	49,687	51,750	52,447	50,642	46,674	47,343	33,838
1987–88	52,391	72,784	57,594	47,411	37,726	41,862	50,855	53,621	54,660	51,925	49,165	49,723	36,443
1989–90	53,571	74,696	58,720	48,723	38,113	42,306	50,977	54,532	55,955	52,197	51,168	51,733	37,615
1990–91	53,316	73,893	58,441	48,626	37,942	41,772	50,787	54,176	55,831	51,592	51,055	51,856	33,560
1991–92	54,041	74,324	58,695	49,044	41,572	41,106	51,289	54,425	55,625	52,577	53,025	53,717	35,539
1992–93	53,592	73,657	58,445	48,912	38,675	40,381	49,972	53,552	55,107	51,255	53,697	54,433	34,999
1993–94	54,517	74,506	58,762	49,223	38,291	42,254	52,360	54,598	55,840	52,678	54,305	54,951	35,578
1994–95	54,732	74,823	59,041	49,417	38,463	41,908	51,554	54,968	56,443	52,671	54,122	55,322	30,233
1995–96	55,217	75,112	58,993	49,388	38,562	41,967	52,916	55,217	56,652	52,918	55,217	55,687	39,504
1996–97	55,505	75,335	58,982	49,276	38,593	41,844	53,188	55,482	56,854	53,259	55,567	56,008	38,395
1997–98	56,317	76,236	59,790	49,832	39,384	41,730	53,507	56,161	57,466	54,064	56,725	57,168	38,134
1998–99	57,349	77,685	60,889	50,665	40,093	42,467	54,086	57,139	58,478	54,974	57,898	58,297	38,124
1999–2000	57,593	78,847	61,229	50,976	40,232	43,029	53,911	57,260	58,969	54,470	58,463	58,833	38,732
2001–02	58,809	81,009	62,745	52,290	50,545	44,153	50,256	58,207	60,187	55,043	60,470	60,788	36,764
2002–03	59,121	81,984	63,068	52,865	50,891	43,998	49,446	58,389	60,231	55,420	61,062	61,365	38,569
2003–04	59,267	82,069	63,190	53,141	50,701	44,443	49,782	58,220	60,077	55,168	62,009	62,293	39,544
2004–05	59,094	82,174	63,125	53,102	50,192	44,072	49,682	57,904	59,912	54,568	62,201	62,433	40,787
2005–06	58,665	81,514	62,860	52,901	49,533	43,934	49,172	57,462	59,437	54,082	61,830	62,092	38,786

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. NOTE: Data through 1995–96 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. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Data for 1987–88 and later years include imputations for nonrespondent institutions. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits" surveys, 1970–71 through 1985–86; and 1987–88 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:87–99), and Winter 2001 through Winter 2005. (This table was prepared August 2006.)