Table 304.

Average benefit expenditure for full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by type of benefit and control of institution: Selected years, 1977-78 through 2010-11

Control of institu- tion and year	Average total benefit per full-time faculty member	Average benefit expenditure per full-time faculty member receiving benefit
		Retirement plans			Medical/ dental plans	Guaranteed disability income protection	Tuition plan for depen- dents	Housing plan	Social Security taxes	Unemploy- ment compensa- tion taxes	Group life insur- ance	Worker's compen- sation taxes	Other insur- ance	Other benefits
		Total	Vested within 5 years	Vested after 5 years
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Current dollars
Total
1977-78	$3,203	$1,725	$1,739	$1,691	$521	$96	$1,410	$886	$899	$109	$105	$80	—	$288
1982-83	5,799	2,731	2,741	2,703	1,111	151	1,993	1,639	1,712	146	138	114	—	915
1987-88	7,227	3,677	3,494	4,028	1,682	132	1,585	2,004	2,379	134	178	190	—	716
1989-90	8,241	4,048	3,974	4,192	2,339	147	2,070	2,643	2,764	121	182	49	—	637
1992-93	10,473	4,397	4,391	4,410	3,266	179	2,196	2,574	3,168	143	237	344	—	874
1997-98	12,263	5,289	5,195	5,498	3,535	218	2,765	4,100	3,562	158	195	340	$1,501	1,043
1998-99	12,580	5,256	5,268	5,228	3,726	213	3,012	3,698	3,668	152	190	347	1,267	845
1999-2000	13,227	5,292	5,365	5,125	3,989	237	3,362	4,187	3,793	146	190	343	1,512	1,303
2001-02	14,408	5,541	5,738	5,126	4,792	250	3,487	4,931	4,079	164	231	402	668	1,267
2002-03	15,552	5,781	6,039	5,208	5,396	264	3,308	4,329	4,158	170	211	411	797	1,263
2003-04	16,437	5,895	6,161	5,281	5,919	261	3,506	6,101	4,260	191	215	435	951	1,452
2004-05	17,269	6,211	6,429	5,682	6,314	272	4,072	4,176	4,354	225	199	481	853	1,637
2005-06	18,082	6,402	6,571	6,010	6,863	280	4,511	5,599	4,451	228	210	473	1,095	1,457
2006-07	18,783	6,710	6,851	6,361	7,217	280	5,029	6,914	4,627	176	217	484	1,226	1,564
2007-08	19,756	7,033	7,142	6,767	7,635	282	5,607	7,436	4,773	168	215	509	1,172	1,706
2008-09	20,332	7,222	7,396	6,797	7,900	291	5,596	9,001	4,918	169	213	498	1,156	1,540
2009-10	20,978	7,292	7,472	6,846	8,389	276	6,016	8,729	4,993	180	211	499	1,155	1,561
2010-11	21,744	7,436	7,672	6,883	8,843	281	6,396	9,071	5,042	219	210	502	1,191	1,546
Public
1977-78	3,252	1,791	1,833	1,724	560	99	430	846	911	99	105	88	—	94
1982-83	5,920	2,846	2,880	2,776	1,189	153	576	1,027	1,741	139	140	115	—	980
1987-88	7,146	3,815	3,602	4,086	1,757	140	404	1,172	2,399	109	180	192	—	611
1989-90	8,361	4,186	4,128	4,259	2,425	154	605	1,767	2,771	97	182	60	—	602
1992-93	10,280	4,467	4,469	4,464	3,352	188	693	1,135	3,122	117	250	318	—	827
1997-98	12,114	5,432	5,302	5,617	3,646	219	830	2,614	3,482	133	187	340	1,643	1,175
1998-99	12,192	5,249	5,230	5,276	3,830	202	828	1,826	3,553	127	183	348	1,252	709
1999-2000	12,756	5,258	5,297	5,200	4,131	237	962	2,283	3,660	121	176	347	1,603	1,272
2001-02	13,919	5,437	5,641	5,158	4,936	254	994	686	3,930	137	233	402	694	1,162
2002-03	15,097	5,703	5,968	5,323	5,565	274	978	2,415	4,005	142	198	402	872	1,274
2003-04	15,916	5,757	6,044	5,330	6,127	262	1,022	4,589	4,073	173	206	425	901	1,334
2004-05	16,769	6,104	6,321	5,760	6,498	274	1,280	3,655	4,161	202	189	479	866	1,725
2005-06	17,594	6,308	6,458	6,078	7,126	279	1,483	4,418	4,237	210	202	446	1,209	1,299
2006-07	18,299	6,620	6,743	6,419	7,446	281	1,609	393	4,409	149	202	494	1,303	1,523
2007-08	19,245	6,994	7,071	6,872	7,858	289	1,815	3,382	4,542	136	197	520	1,209	1,516
2008-09	19,778	7,156	7,292	6,941	8,079	291	1,876	4,635	4,657	138	194	511	1,245	1,475
2009-10	20,435	7,237	7,387	6,998	8,613	276	1,972	4,276	4,717	148	189	509	1,269	1,543
2010-11	21,234	7,360	7,616	6,977	9,053	269	2,317	4,802	4,750	196	192	514	1,253	1,322
Private
1977-78	3,071	1,509	1,542	905	404	89	2,025	890	873	131	103	60	—	838
1982-83	5,462	2,340	2,404	1,295	886	146	3,403	1,798	1,648	170	134	113	—	212
1987-88	7,438	3,280	3,306	2,906	1,488	120	3,666	2,303	2,337	197	175	184	—	977
1989-90	7,954	3,657	3,718	2,478	2,112	134	4,259	3,032	2,750	188	182	25	—	712
1992-93	10,958	4,206	4,259	2,877	3,039	163	4,523	2,956	3,267	212	207	402	—	957
1997-98	12,629	4,915	5,023	2,531	3,255	216	5,513	4,228	3,735	222	209	339	1,207	897
1998-99	13,519	5,274	5,327	3,879	3,468	231	6,722	3,936	3,915	219	205	345	1,313	1,020
1999-2000	14,366	5,380	5,471	3,354	3,638	237	6,951	4,349	4,074	213	215	335	1,331	1,342
2001-02	15,644	5,818	5,897	4,518	4,416	245	7,159	5,083	4,414	242	225	403	628	1,450
2002-03	16,660	5,981	6,153	2,983	4,964	249	6,943	4,348	4,490	247	236	429	629	1,248
2003-04	17,687	6,245	6,346	4,225	5,395	259	7,481	6,104	4,667	239	231	457	1,057	1,584
2004-05	18,465	6,483	6,603	4,092	5,849	269	7,600	4,455	4,775	284	217	484	821	1,527
2005-06	19,258	6,637	6,756	5,037	6,195	281	8,594	6,001	4,914	275	223	528	860	1,658
2006-07	19,942	6,935	7,027	5,382	6,632	278	9,610	7,750	5,097	248	246	465	1,049	1,619
2007-08	20,984	7,131	7,257	4,843	7,062	272	10,368	7,474	5,275	253	248	487	1,098	1,944
2008-09	21,656	7,385	7,564	4,195	7,442	292	9,941	9,017	5,489	251	251	472	985	1,628
2009-10	22,258	7,426	7,608	3,951	7,824	275	10,805	8,750	5,590	265	250	479	919	1,580
2010-11	22,927	7,626	7,761	4,797	8,323	299	11,330	9,091	5,664	281	244	479	1,059	1,819
	Constant 2011-12 dollars1
Total
1977-78	11,638	6,266	6,319	6,145	1,892	348	5,122	3,221	3,268	395	380	290	—	1,045
1982-83	13,445	6,332	6,355	6,267	2,577	349	4,621	3,800	3,969	339	321	265	—	2,121
1987-88	14,197	7,223	6,863	7,913	3,304	260	3,113	3,937	4,673	263	350	373	—	1,406
1989-90	14,770	7,255	7,122	7,513	4,192	263	3,711	4,738	4,954	218	327	88	—	1,141
1992-93	16,721	7,021	7,012	7,042	5,215	285	3,507	4,110	5,058	228	378	549	—	1,396
1997-98	17,254	7,441	7,309	7,735	4,974	307	3,891	5,768	5,012	222	274	478	2,112	1,467
1998-99	17,398	7,269	7,286	7,230	5,153	295	4,166	5,114	5,072	210	263	480	1,752	1,169
1999-2000	17,779	7,114	7,211	6,889	5,362	319	4,519	5,628	5,099	197	255	462	2,032	1,751
2001-02	18,400	7,076	7,328	6,547	6,119	320	4,453	6,298	5,209	210	295	514	853	1,618
2002-03	19,434	7,225	7,547	6,508	6,743	330	4,134	5,409	5,196	212	264	513	996	1,578
2003-04	20,100	7,209	7,533	6,457	7,239	319	4,288	7,461	5,210	233	263	532	1,163	1,775
2004-05	20,500	7,374	7,632	6,746	7,495	323	4,834	4,958	5,169	267	236	571	1,012	1,943
2005-06	20,679	7,321	7,515	6,873	7,849	320	5,159	6,403	5,090	261	240	541	1,252	1,666
2006-07	20,939	7,480	7,637	7,091	8,045	312	5,606	7,707	5,158	197	242	540	1,367	1,743
2007-08	21,237	7,560	7,677	7,274	8,208	304	6,027	7,993	5,131	181	231	547	1,260	1,834
2008-09	21,554	7,656	7,840	7,206	8,375	309	5,933	9,543	5,214	179	226	528	1,226	1,632
2009-10	22,026	7,656	7,845	7,188	8,808	289	6,317	9,165	5,242	189	221	524	1,212	1,638
2010-11	22,381	7,654	7,897	7,084	9,102	290	6,583	9,337	5,190	226	216	517	1,226	1,591
Public
1977-78	11,815	6,506	6,659	6,264	2,036	361	1,562	3,075	3,311	360	382	320	—	340
1982-83	13,726	6,599	6,678	6,437	2,756	355	1,335	2,381	4,037	321	325	267	—	2,273
1987-88	14,038	7,494	7,077	8,027	3,452	276	794	2,302	4,712	215	353	378	—	1,201
1989-90	14,985	7,502	7,398	7,633	4,346	277	1,085	3,166	4,965	173	327	107	—	1,078
1992-93	16,414	7,133	7,136	7,127	5,352	299	1,106	1,812	4,985	186	400	508	—	1,321
1997-98	17,044	7,643	7,460	7,904	5,130	309	1,167	3,678	4,899	188	263	479	2,311	1,654
1998-99	16,862	7,259	7,234	7,296	5,297	279	1,145	2,525	4,913	175	253	482	1,731	981
1999-2000	17,147	7,067	7,120	6,990	5,553	319	1,293	3,068	4,920	162	237	467	2,154	1,710
2001-02	17,775	6,943	7,204	6,587	6,304	324	1,269	876	5,019	176	298	514	886	1,484
2002-03	18,865	7,127	7,458	6,652	6,954	343	1,223	3,018	5,005	177	248	502	1,090	1,591
2003-04	19,463	7,040	7,391	6,517	7,492	321	1,249	5,611	4,981	211	252	520	1,102	1,632
2004-05	19,907	7,246	7,504	6,838	7,714	326	1,520	4,339	4,940	240	225	569	1,028	2,048
2005-06	20,120	7,214	7,385	6,951	8,150	319	1,695	5,052	4,845	240	231	510	1,383	1,486
2006-07	20,399	7,379	7,517	7,155	8,301	314	1,794	439	4,915	166	225	551	1,453	1,698
2007-08	20,687	7,518	7,601	7,387	8,447	311	1,951	3,636	4,882	146	212	559	1,300	1,629
2008-09	20,967	7,587	7,730	7,358	8,564	308	1,989	4,914	4,937	147	205	541	1,320	1,564
2009-10	21,457	7,599	7,756	7,347	9,043	290	2,070	4,490	4,952	156	199	535	1,333	1,621
2010-11	21,856	7,576	7,839	7,182	9,318	277	2,384	4,942	4,890	202	197	529	1,289	1,361
Private
1977-78	11,160	5,481	5,602	3,289	1,469	323	7,359	3,232	3,170	475	376	218	—	3,044
1982-83	12,664	5,426	5,573	3,004	2,055	338	7,889	4,169	3,821	394	312	262	—	492
1987-88	14,611	6,444	6,495	5,709	2,923	235	7,202	4,525	4,591	388	344	361	—	1,919
1989-90	14,256	6,555	6,663	4,441	3,785	240	7,633	5,434	4,929	338	327	44	—	1,276
1992-93	17,496	6,716	6,800	4,594	4,853	261	7,221	4,719	5,217	338	331	641	—	1,528
1997-98	17,768	6,916	7,068	3,560	4,579	304	7,756	5,949	5,256	313	294	477	1,698	1,262
1998-99	18,697	7,295	7,368	5,365	4,796	319	9,296	5,443	5,414	303	284	477	1,815	1,411
1999-2000	19,311	7,232	7,354	4,508	4,890	319	9,343	5,846	5,477	286	289	450	1,789	1,803
2001-02	19,978	7,430	7,532	5,770	5,640	312	9,143	6,491	5,637	309	288	514	802	1,852
2002-03	20,819	7,474	7,688	3,728	6,203	311	8,676	5,434	5,611	308	295	536	786	1,559
2003-04	21,629	7,637	7,760	5,167	6,597	317	9,149	7,465	5,707	292	283	559	1,293	1,937
2004-05	21,920	7,696	7,839	4,858	6,944	320	9,022	5,289	5,669	338	258	574	975	1,813
2005-06	22,023	7,590	7,726	5,760	7,084	322	9,828	6,863	5,620	315	255	603	984	1,896
2006-07	22,231	7,730	7,833	6,000	7,394	309	10,713	8,639	5,682	277	274	518	1,169	1,805
2007-08	22,556	7,665	7,801	5,206	7,591	293	11,145	8,034	5,671	272	266	523	1,180	2,090
2008-09	22,958	7,829	8,018	4,447	7,889	309	10,539	9,559	5,819	266	266	501	1,045	1,726
2009-10	23,370	7,798	7,988	4,149	8,215	288	11,345	9,188	5,869	278	263	503	965	1,659
2010-11	23,599	7,850	7,988	4,938	8,566	307	11,662	9,358	5,830	290	251	493	1,090	1,872

—Not available.

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to an academic-year basis.

NOTE: Data through 1992-93 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. 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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits" surveys, 1977-78 and 1982-83; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:87-99); and IPEDS Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2010-11, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared July 2012.)