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Table 259. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2006–07

[In current dollars]
State or jurisdiction All institu-tions Public institutions Not-for-profit institutions For-profit institutions
Total 4-year institutions 2-year Total 4-year institutions 2-year
Total Doctoral1  Master's2  Other Total Doctoral1  Master's2  Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States $68,585 $66,566 $70,460 $76,921 $62,298 $59,057 $57,466 $73,581 $73,769 $91,291 $62,518 $60,500 $42,043 $46,053
Alabama 59,770 61,275 66,081 74,593 56,347 62,794 49,532 51,667 51,667 64,460 52,658 40,041
Alaska 61,861 62,694 62,629 64,251 61,496 72,865 47,355 47,355 51,310 37,961
Arizona 71,965 72,220 77,243 78,802 65,007 66,957 63,628 61,562 61,562 65,760 56,933
Arkansas 52,062 52,266 56,690 62,198 50,443 51,835 41,526 50,914 51,165 52,723 49,950 26,814
California 80,843 79,122 81,796 95,397 70,081 69,953 76,114 87,836 87,950 98,319 73,091 80,755 59,976 78,566
                             
Colorado 63,281 62,285 66,209 72,767 53,113 51,469 44,582 69,531 69,531 72,055 67,820 48,364
Connecticut 83,336 78,435 82,998 93,230 72,791 64,740 89,272 89,272 102,964 78,867 68,564 43,854
Delaware 79,208 79,532 83,758 85,856 64,908 61,852 76,162 76,162 58,121 92,816
District of Columbia 81,791 71,442 71,442 69,938 79,879 83,489 83,489 84,048 76,680 47,660
Florida 65,065 64,937 70,234 74,011 62,297 60,068 50,621 65,243 65,243 76,312 64,047 49,412 82,742
                             
Georgia 62,839 61,588 64,564 75,190 54,312 49,951 43,324 66,395 66,582 92,851 59,006 50,812 51,781
Hawaii 66,635 67,462 71,589 75,582 57,647 57,933 63,275 63,275 58,651 78,288
Idaho 54,070 54,675 55,661 57,434 55,965 42,519 49,217 47,260 47,260 46,563 47,810
Illinois 70,404 66,256 68,723 74,186 57,091 61,757 76,943 77,105 94,231 62,692 55,206 37,858 24,234
Indiana 65,052 64,808 67,966 72,867 55,391 52,910 42,901 65,582 65,741 90,663 57,282 55,518 40,023 35,347
                             
Iowa 61,109 64,789 74,060 77,504 62,470 46,661 55,009 55,009 55,497 52,328 56,420
Kansas 58,274 60,739 66,825 71,879 55,738 51,521 46,308 42,954 43,410 46,970 37,475 34,936
Kentucky 56,845 58,316 62,394 73,170 56,441 48,188 50,613 50,613 57,906 45,468 52,679
Louisiana 56,546 55,663 57,562 63,670 50,053 55,787 44,589 60,963 60,963 64,394 62,336 49,818
Maine 63,082 58,878 60,937 66,577 64,721 50,886 51,415 69,846 70,070 52,967 77,852 51,030
                             
Maryland 69,179 67,656 71,421 83,365 60,936 61,073 60,762 74,222 74,222 88,795 59,700 65,201
Massachusetts 85,179 71,086 76,905 86,304 67,214 71,727 56,351 91,648 91,800 104,004 75,740 75,371 44,816 43,033
Michigan 72,106 74,322 75,205 81,982 61,206 52,714 70,544 59,466 59,466 41,145 58,049 60,699
Minnesota 65,826 67,608 74,139 95,702 63,189 57,904 57,818 61,709 61,725 62,193 57,713 63,444 46,965
Mississippi 52,277 52,717 57,986 60,180 48,785 45,886 48,322 48,322 52,084 38,392
                             
Missouri 61,001 58,962 61,508 70,719 54,570 53,916 50,812 65,178 65,502 88,400 50,788 46,920 45,082 53,542
Montana 52,901 54,499 56,783 59,833 51,084 45,134 39,438 42,731 44,341 42,633 45,328 29,845
Nebraska 59,691 61,745 66,528 76,404 58,258 45,663 54,312 54,376 66,285 50,962 46,711 34,360
Nevada 72,581 72,723 74,268 80,293 60,163 61,097 59,057 59,057 59,057
New Hampshire 70,125 68,214 74,202 79,914 64,824 66,116 46,913 73,975 73,975 88,121 63,019 57,354 42,110
                             
New Jersey 82,559 80,743 86,547 94,185 81,386 66,371 87,070 87,070 103,753 66,738 63,176 38,139
New Mexico 57,946 57,625 63,062 69,279 52,760 40,650 44,999 64,721 64,721 68,479 60,512
New York 76,918 71,056 74,337 86,054 71,454 65,323 64,478 82,704 82,934 94,461 64,596 73,775 44,065 41,570
North Carolina 60,919 58,457 70,680 75,940 63,704 60,194 43,013 68,888 69,071 91,893 52,775 50,741 37,289
North Dakota 50,399 51,834 54,564 58,899 46,641 43,397 40,469 41,791 43,661 45,556 41,923 32,908
                             
Ohio 65,507 67,000 70,691 72,604 64,265 55,838 54,322 62,301 62,357 76,192 56,061 61,994 51,749 29,621
Oklahoma 58,120 58,433 62,085 70,720 54,129 45,015 45,505 56,810 56,810 63,602 56,534 40,925
Oregon 59,944 59,130 60,913 64,478 48,877 51,893 56,707 62,441 62,441 56,967 65,046 61,348
Pennsylvania 73,112 71,254 74,028 82,044 70,075 60,440 56,006 75,323 75,606 96,017 62,897 67,241 42,962 37,257
Rhode Island 77,582 68,594 71,993 78,161 60,921 57,407 83,430 83,430 102,503 72,142 79,242
                             
South Carolina 57,941 59,066 66,001 74,854 57,825 51,851 44,544 52,827 52,997 60,439 48,920 42,454
South Dakota 52,532 54,228 56,877 58,575 57,363 40,023 41,264 46,125 46,125 46,961 45,669 34,333
Tennessee 59,855 58,674 62,640 65,151 58,169 45,774 62,371 62,558 82,564 46,599 50,557 28,380
Texas 63,709 62,671 68,262 74,252 58,165 45,825 50,598 68,661 68,839 80,522 64,056 52,210 32,328
Utah 65,763 60,184 63,204 70,560 54,667 54,399 45,802 81,097 81,419 83,802 60,590 52,430
                             
Vermont 64,256 62,444 62,444 69,186 50,180 47,037 65,948 69,176 73,764 52,111 39,644
Virginia 66,950 69,492 74,723 81,927 60,899 63,124 51,509 59,399 59,399 57,486 60,953 58,429
Washington 67,453 68,542 81,927 89,376 65,744 53,453 50,579 63,163 63,163 63,299 62,079
West Virginia 53,951 55,810 57,430 66,896 54,921 50,444 43,635 44,730 44,730 49,223 43,917 43,585 40,987
Wisconsin 64,208 65,578 65,241 77,761 55,885 66,126 58,652 58,751 73,225 53,427 52,587 45,233
Wyoming 58,362 58,362 68,282 68,282 47,891
                             
U.S. Service Academies 108,062 108,062 108,062 108,062
                             
Other jurisdictions 52,930 53,257 57,251 62,017 51,719 29,600 28,527 28,527 24,472 30,435
American Samoa 28,461 28,461 28,461
Federated States of Micronesia 21,373 21,373 21,373
Guam 53,436 53,436 57,538 57,538 45,579
Marshall Islands 27,188 27,188 27,188
Northern Marianas 41,174 41,174 41,174 41,174
Palau 17,079 17,079 17,079
Puerto Rico 56,942 57,482 57,482 63,319 52,338 28,527 28,527 24,472 30,435
U.S. Virgin Islands 60,214 60,214 60,214 60,214
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
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, dur-ing the previous academic year.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2006–07. (This table was prepared August 2007.)

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