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Table 274. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2009-10
[In current dollars]  
State or jurisdiction All insti-
tutions
Public institutions Not-for-profit institutions For-profit insti-
tutions
Total 4-year institutions 2-year Total 4-year institutions 2-year
Total Doc-
toral1
Mas-
ter's2
Other Total Doc-
toral1
Mas-
ter's2
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States $74,625 $72,183 $76,153 $81,853 $68,255 $61,202 $62,265 $80,593 $80,744 $95,483 $65,777 $64,644 $45,731 $54,842
Alabama 63,395 64,994 69,596 74,579 59,380 68,661 53,376 54,793 54,793 62,400 45,315 48,349 24,226
Alaska 70,760 71,403 71,335 72,465 70,567 79,991 55,619 55,619 55,619
Arizona 76,399 76,729 81,227 81,593 51,729 68,259 56,630 56,630 44,564 65,885 82,929
Arkansas 54,663 54,848 59,296 65,468 51,972 55,151 43,820 53,608 53,608 56,463 51,495
California 89,690 88,011 91,779 106,873 78,974 73,197 83,684 96,616 96,711 104,411 72,821 90,127 64,586 67,920
                             
Colorado 69,185 68,250 72,137 78,708 58,474 56,673 50,118 76,085 76,085 77,478 76,546 53,637 48,928
Connecticut 90,321 83,084 87,823 99,890 76,851 68,850 97,966 97,966 107,580 85,187 76,537 45,225
Delaware 88,007 88,505 94,579 98,068 67,987 62,317 83,488 83,488 85,114 72,269
District of Columbia 88,096 77,787 77,787 92,224 76,409 91,090 91,090 91,843 79,748 53,529
Florida 69,160 67,966 70,775 76,554 66,565 57,985 53,183 72,558 72,558 83,079 66,024 53,629 92,469
                             
Georgia 68,420 67,151 69,182 82,950 58,313 51,765 47,303 72,011 72,023 90,008 61,714 55,497 35,000
Hawaii 78,970 81,036 86,718 91,616 71,594 69,640 68,213 68,480 68,480 65,596 86,446
Idaho 58,357 59,104 61,158 63,161 61,365 48,055 48,241 50,859 50,859 50,447 51,176
Illinois 76,844 71,870 74,809 78,521 64,436 66,575 84,351 84,525 102,289 64,676 59,134 39,416 33,370
Indiana 70,229 69,462 73,399 78,789 59,571 54,480 44,060 71,857 72,011 84,055 58,647 60,729 43,283 41,085
                             
Iowa 67,913 72,580 82,260 86,781 65,584 53,095 60,021 60,021 69,525 52,706 60,768
Kansas 62,813 65,410 72,428 77,521 55,696 66,164 49,869 46,545 46,920 49,925 41,667 37,815 60,734
Kentucky 60,082 61,391 66,277 74,811 58,300 48,856 54,885 54,885 59,879 49,737 56,856
Louisiana 63,584 61,972 64,612 71,210 56,414 47,544 49,280 71,406 71,406 77,694 50,451 57,747 21,571
Maine 71,261 68,209 71,807 77,614 57,521 55,223 76,309 76,379 59,011 53,365 87,179 70,705
                             
Maryland 75,087 72,793 76,330 83,300 65,205 65,944 82,984 82,984 105,776 69,969
Massachusetts 92,335 74,583 80,247 89,736 70,783 60,046 100,193 100,221 112,633 80,114 80,386 42,846 61,796
Michigan 78,811 81,410 82,667 85,216 71,093 55,497 75,813 63,853 63,853 80,864 61,143 61,230
Minnesota 70,307 71,382 78,161 93,673 70,056 59,197 61,151 68,338 68,371 70,887 61,286 69,834 42,993 42,230
Mississippi 54,953 55,163 59,811 61,951 50,733 48,607 53,086 53,086 62,283 54,407 40,108
                             
Missouri 66,607 63,821 66,776 73,245 58,634 56,936 54,486 72,146 72,423 89,360 56,112 50,508 51,111 57,576
Montana 56,825 58,510 61,245 64,293 54,585 48,415 42,452 46,058 47,381 46,190 48,222 34,248
Nebraska 65,774 68,749 74,212 85,125 64,289 50,927 57,872 57,924 70,704 53,665 47,815 41,732
Nevada 79,986 80,427 81,873 89,657 66,295 63,398 63,854 63,854 63,854 46,922
New Hampshire 79,431 77,204 84,032 92,936 70,384 80,136 54,120 83,005 83,005 100,989 65,319 61,142 58,360
                             
New Jersey 91,058 89,403 97,021 104,384 89,190 70,224 95,303 95,303 110,531 73,149 65,602 52,470
New Mexico 62,567 62,508 68,555 74,081 56,252 44,980 48,298 77,244 77,244 77,244 25,482
New York 84,784 78,663 82,814 96,516 79,747 71,922 69,854 90,853 91,081 102,363 73,340 75,479 50,241 40,996
North Carolina 68,053 65,373 78,123 83,179 68,569 68,324 47,331 76,717 76,891 98,957 55,039 55,589 38,929 90,410
North Dakota 58,355 59,901 61,838 67,630 55,653 47,535 46,191 46,865 46,865 49,990 44,349
                             
Ohio 70,423 72,538 75,783 78,322 58,276 59,533 66,025 66,066 75,592 59,247 64,620 58,334 35,862
Oklahoma 61,291 61,393 64,954 70,211 57,311 47,938 47,649 60,850 60,850 73,159 53,173 42,679
Oregon 67,065 66,312 69,343 73,552 55,402 56,994 61,941 69,395 69,395 72,764 60,334 71,289
Pennsylvania 79,084 76,860 80,024 87,584 76,694 62,967 59,890 81,593 81,835 95,100 66,186 73,598 44,023 38,183
Rhode Island 83,902 73,372 77,174 83,955 65,200 62,212 90,538 90,538 94,909 85,411
                             
South Carolina 59,911 61,712 69,333 76,889 63,140 53,408 46,308 52,543 52,786 53,282 52,054 41,027 111,136
South Dakota 56,359 58,192 60,538 61,177 61,914 41,645 44,986 48,523 48,523 46,856 49,357 45,265
Tennessee 63,539 61,233 65,841 67,612 58,191 46,497 68,209 68,209 91,880 55,469 51,152 42,944
Texas 70,018 68,676 75,324 80,637 61,774 52,587 54,011 76,428 76,716 88,249 64,708 51,182 31,361 65,205
Utah 72,095 64,944 67,948 76,569 59,416 58,960 49,955 91,513 91,874 95,027 67,786 56,163
                             
Vermont 71,869 72,528 72,528 78,697 64,726 57,878 71,247 74,255 79,512 58,510 43,154
Virginia 72,597 74,432 79,044 83,296 64,617 66,271 57,503 66,665 66,665 75,223 58,077 57,449
Washington 68,322 67,918 74,163 82,430 67,524 56,105 55,770 70,181 70,181 74,285 61,359 67,444 49,267
West Virginia 57,809 59,415 61,736 68,184 55,905 51,131 45,870 46,922 46,922 49,707 46,319 46,471
Wisconsin 69,370 71,121 70,926 80,632 58,695 92,789 71,496 62,639 62,639 74,097 57,061 55,275
Wyoming 70,106 70,106 79,487 79,487 59,133
                             
U.S. Service Academies 118,643 118,643 118,643 118,643
                             
Other jurisdictions 58,910 59,186 64,039 69,567 63,841 58,784 31,539 34,826 34,826 36,109 33,819
American Samoa 28,862 28,862 28,862
Federated States of
   Micronesia
19,849 19,849 19,849
Guam 57,874 57,874 64,240 64,240 48,975
Marshall Islands 26,150 26,150 26,150
Northern Marianas 41,979 41,979 41,979 41,979
Palau 17,079 17,079 17,079
Puerto Rico 64,042 64,507 64,507 69,567 59,447 34,826 34,826 36,109 33,819
U.S. Virgin Islands 63,318 63,318 63,318 63,318
†Not applicable.
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. Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2009-10, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared August 2011.)

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