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Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 258. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by sex, academic rank, and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1999–2000 through 2007–08

[In current dollars]
Academic year, control and type of institution All faculty Academic rank
Total Males Females Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Instructor Lecturer No academic rank
Total Males Females Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1999–2000                          
All institutions $55,888 $60,084 $48,997 $74,410 $76,478 $67,079 $54,524 $55,939 $52,091 $44,978 $34,918 $38,194 $47,389
Public 55,011 58,984 48,714 72,475 74,501 65,568 54,641 55,992 52,305 45,285 35,007 37,403 47,990
4-year 57,950 62,030 50,168 75,204 76,530 69,619 55,681 56,776 53,599 45,822 33,528 37,261 40,579
Doctoral1  62,686 67,294 52,605 81,651 82,900 75,116 57,938 59,190 55,332 48,438 33,334 39,184 39,068
Master's2  52,664 55,505 48,068 66,505 67,062 64,715 53,001 53,665 51,888 43,394 33,223 34,208 42,995
Other 4-year 48,280 50,263 44,957 61,327 61,653 60,236 49,888 50,390 48,987 42,304 35,829 36,007 38,345
2-year 48,240 50,033 46,340 57,806 59,441 55,501 48,056 49,425 46,711 41,984 37,634 40,061 48,233
Not-for-profit 58,172 62,788 49,881 78,512 80,557 70,609 54,300 55,836 51,687 44,423 34,670 40,761 41,415
4-year 58,425 63,028 50,117 78,604 80,622 70,774 54,388 55,898 51,809 44,502 34,813 40,783 41,761
Doctoral1  74,347 79,678 61,442 97,751 99,341 89,614 63,780 65,347 60,477 53,946 41,820 43,538 46,135
Master's2  51,202 54,326 46,413 65,331 66,591 61,378 51,202 52,474 49,167 41,922 33,913 37,266 44,364
Other 4-year 47,743 49,962 44,218 62,007 62,613 59,974 47,285 47,564 46,876 38,937 31,978 33,531 34,809
2-year 37,583 39,933 34,733 39,454 38,431 40,571 36,349 37,342 35,608 31,818 27,696 25,965 40,373
For-profit 29,543 30,023 28,942 45,505 44,248 49,693 48,469 53,548 43,389 33,043 29,894 27,958
                           
2001–02                          
All institutions 59,742 64,320 52,662 80,792 83,356 72,542 58,724 60,300 56,186 48,796 46,959 41,798 46,569
Public 58,524 62,835 52,123 78,387 80,921 70,564 58,663 60,182 56,220 48,956 48,279 40,809 46,772
4-year 62,013 66,577 53,895 81,726 83,363 75,471 60,041 61,275 57,864 49,697 36,820 40,361 53,777
Doctoral1  67,466 72,667 56,888 89,087 90,612 81,891 62,756 64,209 59,982 52,900 36,830 41,806 59,090
Master's2  55,804 58,793 51,309 71,330 71,939 69,575 56,881 57,530 55,856 46,707 36,351 38,632 41,032
Other 4-year 50,137 52,328 46,697 64,117 64,790 62,060 52,374 53,158 51,074 44,982 38,927 35,319 39,308
2-year 50,837 52,360 49,290 60,614 62,426 58,337 50,436 51,647 49,282 44,487 52,505 45,610 45,756
Not-for-profit 62,947 67,997 54,271 85,867 88,323 77,203 58,871 60,545 56,163 48,504 37,637 44,762 46,043
4-year 63,189 68,212 54,515 86,009 88,424 77,447 58,969 60,624 56,284 48,616 37,981 44,794 46,888
Doctoral1  80,193 86,125 66,467 106,925 108,606 98,797 69,302 70,937 66,025 59,390 43,262 47,065 51,461
Master's2  54,850 58,035 50,268 70,234 71,594 66,435 55,206 56,574 53,177 45,328 38,823 39,649 49,832
Other 4-year 51,357 53,517 48,033 67,474 68,148 65,483 51,029 51,385 50,521 41,938 33,732 40,348 39,106
2-year 33,595 33,785 33,419 40,221 39,661 40,840 38,481 38,860 38,149 31,096 30,617 23,484 33,614
For-profit 33,891 35,773 31,539 54,882 74,425 38,346 43,124 48,298 39,286 33,884 29,957 31,987
                           
2005–06                          
All institutions 66,172 71,569 58,665 91,208 94,733 81,514 65,714 67,654 62,860 55,106 50,883 45,896 50,425
Public 64,158 69,191 57,462 87,599 91,080 78,412 65,107 67,077 62,231 55,029 52,297 44,628 50,096
4-year 67,951 73,353 59,437 91,600 93,976 83,946 66,745 68,475 64,013 56,181 40,044 44,598 47,107
Doctoral1  73,985 80,186 62,865 100,403 102,366 92,511 70,259 72,242 66,876 59,777 39,961 45,422 46,126
Master's2  60,338 63,599 55,992 77,776 78,734 75,465 62,045 62,996 60,709 52,352 39,424 43,241 45,777
Other 4-year 56,117 58,617 52,836 72,348 74,162 68,815 59,091 60,179 57,427 49,860 42,287 43,941 51,912
2-year 55,405 56,858 54,082 65,740 67,782 63,544 54,870 55,825 54,004 48,425 57,224 45,427 50,513
Not-for-profit 71,203 77,136 61,985 98,253 101,638 88,144 66,877 68,753 64,074 55,278 41,302 49,777 53,231
4-year 71,419 77,314 62,212 98,378 101,713 88,379 66,981 68,818 64,226 55,367 41,494 49,786 53,907
Doctoral1  89,278 96,862 74,490 122,784 125,275 112,800 78,684 81,043 74,518 67,151 46,016 51,647 55,222
Master's2  61,186 64,596 56,637 78,400 80,151 74,214 61,777 63,056 60,038 50,948 41,530 45,110 57,098
Other 4-year 58,344 60,800 54,868 76,571 77,504 74,285 57,964 58,039 57,860 47,877 38,394 45,837 45,605
2-year 39,101 38,817 39,307 47,174 48,786 45,945 42,433 43,628 41,753 35,437 36,264 38,908 39,399
For-profit 42,480 42,878 42,027 60,111 59,423 61,417 56,621 55,546 58,393 47,598 35,661 41,579
                           
2007–08                          
All institutions 71,085 76,935 63,347 98,548 102,555 88,301 70,826 72,940 67,816 59,294 55,325 49,392 54,405
Public 68,981 74,389 62,129 94,723 98,753 84,839 70,289 72,373 67,353 59,433 56,934 47,840 53,552
4-year 72,857 78,673 64,226 99,092 101,952 90,663 72,079 73,894 69,327 60,766 43,927 47,812 51,177
Doctoral1  79,165 85,985 67,719 108,727 110,982 100,390 75,823 77,967 72,317 64,545 43,279 47,936 50,108
Master's2  64,908 68,220 60,757 84,110 85,157 81,818 67,116 67,977 65,957 56,727 42,201 47,708 50,202
Other 4-year 59,515 61,692 56,768 73,901 76,668 69,301 62,785 63,714 61,455 53,208 50,222 46,591 54,092
2-year 59,646 61,166 58,318 69,905 71,845 67,931 58,354 59,289 57,533 51,607 62,646 48,652 53,965
Not-for-profit 76,289 82,853 66,655 106,056 109,775 95,725 71,867 74,016 68,744 59,042 44,666 54,023 59,772
4-year 76,471 83,008 66,834 106,162 109,843 95,906 71,952 74,082 68,848 59,125 44,785 54,033 60,132
Doctoral1  93,742 102,556 78,277 131,417 134,431 120,488 84,164 87,143 79,185 70,023 49,025 56,288 64,028
Master's2  64,760 68,274 60,296 82,946 84,728 79,017 65,075 66,371 63,392 53,942 44,814 49,252 60,114
Other 4-year 62,909 65,512 59,359 83,437 84,067 81,980 62,525 62,580 62,447 51,356 40,944 48,342 51,660
2-year 44,318 43,229 45,072 52,077 53,951 50,488 48,563 46,818 49,684 41,308 41,046 34,622 46,027
For-profit 47,246 48,932 45,121 55,400 55,365 55,473 60,719 66,938 55,388 51,813 38,788 35,862
— Not available.
1 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more master's degrees, but less than 20 doctor's degrees, during the previous academic year.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999–2000 through 2007–08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:99), and Winter 2001–02 through Winter 2007–08. (This table was prepared October 2008.)