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

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 260. 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: 2005–06

[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 $66,172 $64,158 $67,951 $73,985 $60,338 $56,117 $55,405 $71,203 $71,419 $89,278 $61,186 $58,344 $39,101 $42,480
Alabama 56,542 57,677 61,908 69,453 53,242 62,285 47,094 50,515 50,708 62,981 49,506 45,149 31,315
Alaska 59,309 60,029 59,966 62,188 58,439 69,531 47,154 47,154 50,851 37,540
Arizona 69,344 69,893 74,324 75,208 60,540 62,495 59,850 59,850 62,570 55,753 44,418
Arkansas 50,398 50,655 55,027 59,926 49,446 49,170 40,094 48,978 49,216 50,434 48,271 26,560
California 78,292 76,730 80,576 92,260 70,754 71,119 72,402 84,702 84,811 94,955 71,900 77,788 60,556 63,078
                             
Colorado 61,734 60,715 64,440 71,089 50,881 50,571 44,013 68,710 68,710 70,366 69,261 46,645
Connecticut 80,368 75,255 79,452 89,268 69,711 62,198 86,463 86,463 99,253 77,018 66,473 44,501
Delaware 76,668 77,123 80,529 82,710 62,494 61,199 72,557 72,557 56,848 86,453
District of Columbia 79,713 68,037 68,037 66,385 76,663 81,706 81,706 82,414 74,541 44,100
Florida 62,485 62,375 67,730 70,501 56,167 58,496 49,933 62,701 62,701 73,491 60,879 47,895 75,216
                             
Georgia 61,093 60,111 63,242 73,427 53,103 50,051 42,991 63,821 63,974 88,424 55,659 51,505 51,470
Hawaii 64,403 64,869 69,127 72,846 55,501 55,318 62,541 62,541 57,148 78,254
Idaho 51,057 51,596 52,633 52,950 54,219 44,184 46,269 45,324 45,324 45,138 45,497
Illinois 68,314 64,623 67,029 72,055 56,408 60,270 74,172 74,326 97,883 62,537 53,770 34,491 19,867
Indiana 63,341 63,187 66,223 70,896 54,255 52,907 41,809 63,693 63,854 85,224 56,548 53,966 37,640 34,133
                             
Iowa 58,504 61,896 70,701 73,669 61,382 44,943 53,253 53,293 53,736 51,944 53,907 45,057 38,479
Kansas 56,527 58,781 64,701 69,719 53,931 53,664 45,215 41,771 42,344 44,782 39,481 33,873
Kentucky 55,386 56,760 60,891 71,458 55,038 46,462 49,509 49,509 55,902 44,110 51,070
Louisiana 55,146 53,315 55,259 60,260 48,569 53,010 41,040 66,574 66,574 70,935 67,404 45,267
Maine 60,601 55,810 57,862 63,119 61,105 48,682 49,412 67,883 68,105 51,932 75,141 47,393
                             
Maryland 66,871 65,237 68,649 79,984 59,090 58,610 59,168 72,101 72,101 91,401 61,952 48,134
Massachusetts 81,355 66,515 71,938 82,645 60,944 52,737 88,137 88,279 99,692 73,514 72,071 42,881 45,295
Michigan 70,308 72,473 73,103 79,699 59,564 52,066 69,814 58,048 58,132 37,305 55,850 60,201 32,233
Minnesota 64,140 66,104 71,604 90,410 62,545 54,562 57,718 59,651 59,684 64,466 56,349 60,388 40,993 37,093
Mississippi 49,182 49,472 54,085 56,082 45,882 43,596 46,557 46,557 50,351 37,432
                             
Missouri 58,962 57,029 59,327 68,819 52,393 52,103 49,650 62,859 63,262 81,881 51,454 46,587 40,199 55,711
Montana 51,192 52,588 54,597 57,448 48,156 43,465 39,199 42,117 43,808 39,671 44,559 29,128
Nebraska 58,204 60,446 65,152 74,419 57,349 44,472 52,001 52,052 62,715 50,436 44,939
Nevada 69,790 69,868 71,063 76,905 57,184 60,872 61,679 61,679 61,679
New Hampshire 68,522 66,901 73,406 79,727 63,403 66,867 44,249 71,922 71,922 92,328 62,095 54,319 41,261
                             
New Jersey 78,502 76,587 81,181 88,981 75,769 65,320 83,323 83,376 96,078 63,889 61,936 45,607 36,304
New Mexico 56,415 56,141 60,957 65,618 51,648 38,167 43,945 62,199 62,199 62,199
New York 73,760 67,098 70,043 82,230 66,976 62,581 61,314 80,451 80,664 93,626 63,123 70,804 41,721 36,884
North Carolina 57,638 55,024 66,324 70,925 60,001 57,101 40,989 65,967 66,139 87,638 51,399 48,575 36,808
North Dakota 47,422 48,671 51,140 54,446 46,714 41,333 38,853 40,072 41,993 43,250 40,839 31,881
                             
Ohio 63,592 65,071 68,547 70,169 65,363 54,664 53,139 60,575 60,656 80,304 56,338 59,104 48,541 20,342
Oklahoma 54,515 54,741 58,002 65,507 51,591 41,464 43,243 53,579 53,579 61,265 53,651 36,006
Oregon 57,589 56,604 58,828 62,509 46,617 51,099 53,636 60,945 60,945 54,728 63,729 60,400
Pennsylvania 70,936 69,305 71,745 80,175 67,136 59,142 55,508 72,919 73,264 94,752 61,902 64,592 40,319 37,555
Rhode Island 75,146 66,547 70,076 75,570 60,173 55,184 80,879 80,879 100,267 69,127 99,874
                             
South Carolina 56,472 57,702 64,592 71,337 56,914 51,432 43,594 50,850 51,156 56,708 47,113 37,313
South Dakota 50,822 52,266 54,513 56,790 54,935 38,425 41,164 45,324 45,324 47,502 39,532 34,885
Tennessee 57,891 56,700 60,053 63,088 54,671 45,379 60,433 60,683 79,604 45,764 49,478 26,510
Texas 62,273 61,397 67,077 73,133 58,209 43,819 49,278 66,377 66,582 76,726 58,485 52,117 31,923
Utah 64,644 58,299 61,790 67,372 52,555 44,909 43,899 79,637 79,938 82,410 57,733 50,323
                             
Vermont 61,644 59,831 59,831 65,630 49,445 46,183 63,249 67,112 71,883 45,855 31,948
Virginia 64,272 66,439 71,601 78,433 58,536 60,834 48,659 57,682 57,682 61,837 58,406 56,468
Washington 64,563 65,403 78,485 85,129 62,559 48,739 61,247 61,247 61,724 58,224
West Virginia 51,456 53,008 54,657 63,444 53,087 48,764 42,004 43,546 43,546 47,767 41,608 43,383 34,413
Wisconsin 62,866 64,352 64,198 76,398 55,200 64,609 56,888 56,974 67,448 51,662 52,123 44,677
Wyoming 56,149 56,149 64,563 64,563 46,630
                             
U.S. Service Academies 104,134 104,134 104,134 104,134
                             
Other jurisdictions 50,399 50,711 54,076 †  58,484 49,346 30,024 29,829 29,829 †  29,889 †  † 
American Samoa 28,052 28,052 28,052
Federated States of Micronesia 20,925 20,925 20,925
Guam 51,463 51,463 54,366 54,366 46,175
Marshall Islands 25,926 25,926 25,926
Northern Marianas 41,137 41,137 41,137 41,137
Palau
Puerto Rico 54,091 54,614 54,614 60,460 49,884 29,829 29,829 29,889
U.S. Virgin Islands 52,871 52,871 52,871 52,871
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
1 nstitutions 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, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2005–06. (This table was prepared August 2007.)