Table 316.20.

Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by academic rank, sex, and control and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2018-19

Academic year, control and level of institution	Constant 2018-19 dollars1	Current dollars
	All faculty, total	All faculty			Academic rank
		Total	Males	Females	Professor			Associate professor			Assistant professor	Instruc- tor	Lecturer	No aca- demic rank
					Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1999-2000
All institutions	$83,611	$55,888	$60,084	$48,997	$74,410	$76,478	$67,079	$54,524	$55,939	$52,091	$44,978	$34,918	$38,194	$47,389
Public	82,299	55,011	58,984	48,714	72,475	74,501	65,568	54,641	55,992	52,305	45,285	35,007	37,403	47,990
4-year	86,695	57,950	62,030	50,168	75,204	76,530	69,619	55,681	56,776	53,599	45,822	33,528	37,261	40,579
Doctoral2	93,133	62,253	66,882	52,287	81,182	82,445	74,653	57,744	58,999	55,156	48,190	33,345	38,883	39,350
Master's3	78,951	52,773	55,565	48,235	66,588	67,128	64,863	53,048	53,686	51,977	43,396	33,214	34,448	43,052
Other 4-year	71,611	47,867	49,829	44,577	60,360	60,748	59,052	49,567	50,133	48,548	42,306	35,754	36,088	38,330
2-year	72,170	48,240	50,033	46,340	57,806	59,441	55,501	48,056	49,425	46,711	41,984	37,634	40,061	48,233
Nonprofit	87,027	58,172	62,788	49,881	78,512	80,557	70,609	54,300	55,836	51,687	44,423	34,670	40,761	41,415
4-year	87,406	58,425	63,028	50,117	78,604	80,622	70,774	54,388	55,898	51,809	44,502	34,813	40,783	41,761
Doctoral2	107,525	71,873	77,214	59,586	95,182	96,768	87,342	62,503	63,951	59,536	52,134	39,721	42,693	45,887
Master's3	74,610	49,871	52,642	45,718	62,539	63,603	59,353	50,176	51,470	48,165	41,447	33,991	37,923	44,153
Other 4-year	69,979	46,776	48,847	43,544	60,200	60,757	58,364	46,822	47,135	46,365	38,775	31,574	33,058	35,120
2-year	56,226	37,583	39,933	34,733	39,454	38,431	40,571	36,349	37,342	35,608	31,818	27,696	25,965	40,373
For-profit	44,198	29,543	30,023	28,942	45,505	44,248	49,693	48,469	53,548	43,389	33,043	29,894	‡	27,958
2009-10
All institutions	87,198	74,620	80,881	66,647	103,682	108,225	92,830	74,125	76,400	71,017	62,245	57,791	52,185	56,803
Public	84,345	72,178	77,948	65,139	99,208	103,746	88,815	73,379	75,687	70,256	62,160	59,310	50,228	55,864
4-year	88,982	76,147	82,423	67,276	103,948	107,191	95,048	75,251	77,282	72,298	63,442	46,028	50,104	54,005
Doctoral2	95,647	81,850	89,186	70,307	113,063	115,829	103,793	78,539	80,830	74,963	66,902	44,406	50,313	53,135
Master's3	79,746	68,243	71,574	64,239	87,917	88,929	85,883	70,332	71,340	69,036	59,396	44,422	49,746	55,765
Other 4-year	71,519	61,202	63,678	58,349	76,448	79,143	72,073	65,003	66,297	63,338	55,055	54,050	49,432	54,487
2-year	72,760	62,264	63,697	61,047	72,377	74,423	70,429	60,632	61,565	59,852	54,161	65,503	53,548	56,239
Nonprofit	94,171	80,587	87,600	70,676	112,146	116,401	101,119	75,565	77,764	72,502	62,395	47,842	57,508	62,242
4-year	94,347	80,738	87,720	70,834	112,252	116,472	101,290	75,664	77,827	72,642	62,465	47,885	57,520	62,542
Doctoral2	111,574	95,480	104,514	80,888	134,776	138,354	123,283	85,864	88,699	81,499	71,973	53,825	58,932	66,634
Master's3	76,863	65,776	68,776	62,128	82,516	84,062	79,452	66,524	67,508	65,309	55,469	45,305	53,637	60,591
Other 4-year	75,506	64,614	67,178	61,326	84,869	85,528	83,480	64,747	64,949	64,478	53,130	42,145	52,422	52,775
2-year	53,440	45,731	44,417	46,529	53,063	55,046	51,310	45,768	45,863	45,717	42,706	46,010	32,393	43,562
For-profit	64,087	54,842	56,689	52,925	79,574	81,765	75,817	71,376	72,429	70,199	66,027	41,742	‡	53,705
2017-18
All institutions	88,670	86,870	94,444	78,153	122,069	128,467	109,605	86,130	88,936	82,814	73,474	65,176	60,816	62,748
Public	85,162	83,433	90,319	75,716	115,675	121,960	103,855	85,030	87,868	81,670	73,503	66,561	58,433	60,605
4-year	89,721	87,900	95,363	78,689	122,122	126,856	111,746	87,498	89,986	84,359	75,507	58,699	58,372	61,519
Doctoral2	96,259	94,305	102,935	82,930	132,004	136,342	121,379	91,828	94,614	88,200	79,942	53,367	59,479	60,723
Master's3	76,795	75,236	78,724	71,382	96,212	97,611	93,833	78,316	79,301	77,145	67,252	49,820	55,529	58,318
Other 4-year	70,607	69,173	70,967	67,421	80,794	83,274	77,490	70,240	71,706	68,646	61,212	74,216	52,801	62,706
2-year	70,147	68,723	69,908	67,755	79,170	80,694	77,865	67,430	68,273	66,795	60,343	72,741	60,610	60,167
Nonprofit	97,168	95,195	103,979	84,411	134,378	140,602	121,408	88,307	91,064	85,057	73,531	58,117	68,198	75,680
4-year	97,257	95,282	104,059	84,492	134,437	140,638	121,497	88,323	91,076	85,075	73,566	58,237	68,205	75,824
Doctoral2	113,020	110,726	122,121	95,349	160,179	166,375	144,995	99,148	102,838	94,590	84,103	63,983	69,754	81,783
Master's3	76,138	74,593	77,835	71,075	92,484	93,658	90,537	74,409	75,698	72,958	63,298	53,927	62,123	75,222
Other 4-year	76,563	75,008	77,176	72,641	98,505	98,427	98,635	75,740	75,898	75,568	61,552	48,098	63,604	59,277
2-year	58,221	57,039	54,468	58,676	70,019	71,602	68,984	72,127	71,674	72,362	54,995	50,491	62,508	52,523
For-profit	57,318	56,155	59,043	53,543	70,020	69,939	70,218	65,084	62,200	67,616	53,762	49,334	‡	57,206
2018-19
All institutions	88,703	88,703	96,369	79,995	124,671	131,403	111,945	87,841	90,721	84,488	75,102	67,789	62,542	63,153
Public	85,148	85,148	92,098	77,450	117,969	124,480	106,060	86,469	89,441	83,006	75,061	69,162	59,871	61,467
4-year	89,641	89,641	97,208	80,437	124,169	129,276	113,465	89,025	91,662	85,753	77,107	60,529	59,834	61,870
Doctoral2	95,942	95,942	104,629	84,700	134,213	138,903	123,296	93,266	96,135	89,578	81,563	54,719	60,750	62,179
Master's3	76,321	76,321	79,871	72,439	97,246	98,841	94,604	79,107	80,215	77,829	68,215	50,896	56,853	56,557
Other 4-year	70,858	70,858	72,706	69,088	81,276	84,316	77,514	72,126	73,849	70,335	62,406	77,157	54,627	62,577
2-year	70,404	70,404	71,606	69,425	80,480	81,994	79,180	68,067	68,680	67,611	60,956	75,441	61,278	61,275
Nonprofit	97,338	97,338	106,353	86,474	137,539	144,262	123,986	90,503	93,211	87,354	75,213	60,132	70,481	76,366
4-year	97,447	97,447	106,459	86,570	137,587	144,299	124,045	90,523	93,226	87,376	75,251	60,374	70,501	76,569
Doctoral2	112,794	112,794	124,378	97,525	163,299	169,943	147,610	101,284	104,875	96,946	86,034	66,825	72,311	81,379
Master's3	75,367	75,367	78,459	72,054	92,990	94,243	90,993	75,515	76,821	74,049	64,279	54,067	63,482	76,307
Other 4-year	76,487	76,487	78,890	73,936	100,460	100,635	100,182	77,412	77,643	77,162	62,770	49,352	64,320	61,071
2-year	57,120	57,120	54,179	59,181	77,990	75,217	80,234	76,058	73,806	76,991	57,190	46,528	59,064	54,550
For-profit	53,692	53,692	53,816	53,553	82,216	84,096	79,253	72,399	71,922	72,834	65,524	61,083	82,871	44,335

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

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.

2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.

3 Institutions that awarded 20 or more master's degrees, but less than 20 doctor's degrees, during the previous academic year. This definition differs from the definition of master's institutions that is used in some Digest tables that present postsecondary finance data.

NOTE: Data exclude instructional faculty at medical schools. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:99); and IPEDS, Winter 2009-10, Spring 2018, and Spring 2019, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2019.)