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Table 300. 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: 2011-12
[In current dollars]
State or jurisdiction All insti-tutions Public institutions Nonprofit 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 $76,570 $73,503 $77,843 $82,543 $68,572 $61,201 $62,568 $83,825 $83,945 $96,129 $66,948 $67,333 $48,969 $54,413
Alabama 65,998 67,603 73,069 76,105 61,123 69,121 53,336 57,427 57,427 65,816 52,881 43,572 54,540
Alaska 73,864 74,716 74,716 76,825 73,263 74,654 54,664 54,664 54,664
Arizona 77,222 77,781 83,012 83,399 51,679 68,210 57,495 57,495 41,179 70,730 29,279 65,245
Arkansas 56,191 56,375 61,170 65,354 51,621 56,694 44,254 55,150 55,150 60,060 60,431 48,768 60,000
California 92,320 89,985 94,427 99,851 78,574 75,641 84,743 100,640 100,640 106,429 80,449 94,136 77,013
                             
Colorado 70,383 68,966 73,709 79,032 54,907 61,728 45,945 79,384 79,384 81,572 78,582 58,243 70,509
Connecticut 93,210 85,603 90,678 102,544 79,868 70,106 101,225 101,381 108,908 84,534 79,625 60,264 45,641
Delaware 92,312 92,411 98,408 103,974 63,587 64,295 91,901 91,901 94,077 75,522 52,357
District of Columbia 99,141 87,476 87,476 126,712 83,182 100,214 100,214 101,256 57,898 64,695
Florida 71,329 69,713 71,196 78,970 76,541 57,476 53,194 76,052 76,052 87,963 65,812 58,655 85,127
                             
Georgia 68,530 66,670 69,349 75,676 56,970 53,920 44,630 74,312 74,324 93,226 64,155 56,159 36,400 54,730
Hawaii 78,370 79,282 84,877 86,682 68,200 66,731 74,040 74,040 72,181 88,337
Idaho 58,903 59,579 61,458 62,797 48,221 50,021 51,915 51,915 50,855 52,830
Illinois 80,111 74,374 77,311 80,724 61,367 69,216 88,313 88,352 102,329 66,599 61,019 44,999 41,026
Indiana 73,459 72,971 77,961 82,753 62,736 54,853 44,767 74,457 74,602 84,416 59,193 64,643 43,078
                             
Iowa 69,902 74,901 85,500 85,500 54,134 61,878 61,878 68,674 55,276 63,341 46,114
Kansas 63,848 66,240 73,031 78,024 56,774 65,393 51,152 48,713 48,880 51,923 50,981 44,000 44,410 71,165
Kentucky 61,554 62,835 68,162 77,349 59,403 49,028 56,501 56,501 60,012 50,254 61,710 56,235
Louisiana 64,453 61,589 65,220 69,132 54,847 47,601 48,134 76,827 76,827 83,493 55,679 55,832 55,000
Maine 71,775 67,807 71,857 77,471 57,121 57,764 53,330 77,875 78,285 62,684 53,039 88,904 61,232
                             
Maryland 75,721 72,927 76,475 79,129 65,983 66,086 85,108 85,108 99,943 67,632 77,495 61,150
Massachusetts 96,523 77,019 83,420 91,796 70,752 60,050 105,250 105,273 115,966 84,533 85,240 45,879 64,943
Michigan 81,359 84,022 85,875 87,639 71,157 54,400 75,607 65,892 65,892 80,820 62,005 63,116
Minnesota 71,060 71,111 78,419 87,180 70,285 59,411 60,401 71,480 71,544 74,334 62,851 72,986 43,860 41,043
Mississippi 56,368 56,548 61,952 64,284 51,475 49,037 55,080 55,080 66,222 53,891 39,843 46,960
                             
Missouri 68,547 65,152 68,506 75,654 58,974 47,691 54,931 74,907 74,907 89,367 54,022 52,669 57,244
Montana 57,198 58,556 61,288 64,140 55,434 47,282 42,491 48,676 49,627 47,732 50,891 38,340
Nebraska 67,684 70,016 75,491 80,881 62,347 52,994 60,784 60,913 71,976 54,618 51,154 48,667
Nevada 79,496 79,723 81,142 89,961 64,610 64,473 60,965 60,965 60,965
New Hampshire 80,698 79,072 86,108 94,514 73,196 83,278 53,996 83,405 83,405 103,350 63,835 61,850 56,157
                             
New Jersey 95,945 94,536 102,292 105,047 95,562 73,679 99,526 99,526 113,518 76,965 68,959 63,170
New Mexico 62,196 61,925 67,894 73,024 52,713 44,484 48,170 73,851 73,851 73,851 60,000
New York 88,638 81,693 86,517 101,986 82,739 72,407 71,696 95,009 95,050 103,169 73,849 78,877 73,175 42,195
North Carolina 68,153 64,798 77,785 79,756 65,911 67,812 47,582 78,909 79,163 99,551 56,020 57,248 38,615 76,386
North Dakota 62,134 63,870 65,581 72,384 56,187 49,416 50,647 49,371 49,371 52,380 46,859
                             
Ohio 72,355 74,339 77,951 80,672 57,579 60,209 60,848 68,317 68,368 76,350 58,396 68,154 59,770 41,619
Oklahoma 62,687 62,619 66,524 71,732 58,160 48,202 47,429 62,980 62,980 69,686 52,687 38,823
Oregon 68,890 68,207 70,507 74,747 55,607 58,972 64,664 71,034 71,034 74,372 67,983 65,020
Pennsylvania 81,942 79,483 82,895 90,063 79,548 65,300 61,319 84,653 84,966 95,744 66,338 77,662 45,373 48,430
Rhode Island 86,931 72,584 76,262 82,535 65,186 61,078 96,354 96,354 99,344 92,012
                             
South Carolina 61,027 62,766 70,967 79,701 61,763 54,782 46,371 56,642 56,901 53,346 60,536 52,758 45,517 44,801
South Dakota 56,633 58,057 60,492 62,541 58,792 43,267 46,050 50,321 50,321 51,216 42,867 53,498
Tennessee 65,592 62,693 67,578 68,998 57,015 47,106 71,431 71,431 91,544 57,766 47,075 53,585
Texas 70,637 68,738 75,971 79,065 62,511 52,330 53,639 79,527 79,873 86,963 67,148 52,994 32,983 48,792
Utah 74,816 67,097 70,213 79,848 60,865 57,712 50,433 95,925 96,383 99,622 72,500 58,873 63,500
                             
Vermont 73,991 74,387 74,387 81,757 58,874 57,083 73,622 75,854 77,690 52,796 50,547
Virginia 71,030 76,004 81,096 85,717 65,090 67,246 58,444 59,377 59,377 59,257 59,486 59,689 57,268
Washington 69,146 68,385 74,562 82,919 67,222 57,330 55,862 72,196 72,196 77,195 58,546 66,922 72,533
West Virginia 60,041 61,928 64,314 70,691 57,029 53,573 47,874 47,673 47,673 49,585 46,665 46,876 52,650
Wisconsin 70,265 72,111 71,416 82,019 58,433 92,742 73,519 63,572 63,572 71,521 57,171 57,761
Wyoming 70,155 70,155 79,618 79,618 59,135
                             
U.S. Service Academies 107,148 107,148 107,148 107,148
                             
Other jurisdictions 59,955 60,586 65,693 71,532 64,830 60,543 35,050 47,777 47,777 51,555 42,800 20,667
American Samoa 30,168 30,168 30,168
Federated States of
     Micronesia
23,762 23,762 23,762
Guam 58,864 59,330 65,915 65,915 50,915 20,667 20,667 20,667
Marshall Islands 29,944 29,944 29,944
Northern Marianas 42,309 42,309 42,309 42,309
Palau
Puerto Rico 65,121 66,321 66,321 71,532 61,262 48,607 48,607 51,555 42,800
U.S. Virgin Islands 63,494 63,494 63,494 63,494
†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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared July 2012.)

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