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Table 234. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and selected characteristics: Fall 1992 and fall 1998

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                         |Number|                       Fall 1998
        Selected         |  in  |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     characteristic      |thou- | Number |            |  Public    |  Private   |   Public   |  Private   | Public     |  Private   |  Private   |  Public    |   Other
                         |sands,|in thou-|  Total     |  research  |  research  |  doctoral  |  doctoral  | comprehen- | comprehen- |  liberal   |  2-year    |
                         | 1992 | sands  |            |            |            |            |            |  sive      |  sive      |  arts      |            |
_________________________|______|________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
            1            |  2   |   3    |    4       |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |    10      |    11      |    12      |    13
_________________________|______|________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
                         |                             Full-time instructional faculty
                         |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Total (in thousands) ...|   528|     560| 560.4 (4.8)| 137.5 (2.3)|  39.0 (1.7)|  58.1 (1.6)|  20.7 (0.6)|  83.0 (1.9)|  37.5 (1.1)|  47.6 (1.3)| 102.5 (1.7)|  34.6 (1.5)
 Percent ................|     †|       †| 100.0     †|  24.5 (0.4)|   7.0 (0.3)|  10.4 (0.3)|   3.7 (0.1)|  14.8 (0.3)|   6.7 (0.2)|   8.5 (0.2)|  18.3 (0.3)|   6.2 (0.3)
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                         |      |        |                                         Percentage distribution
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 Total ..................|     †|       †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0     †| 100.0    †
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Sex                      |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Male ..................|   353|     357|  63.7 (0.6)|  70.5 (1.0)|  73.9 (2.0)|  66.7 (1.7)|  63.6 (2.9)|  61.7 (1.4)|  63.3 (2.1)|  62.2 (1.9)|  50.1 (1.3)|  67.9 (3.6)
  Female ................|   176|     203|  36.3 (0.6)|  29.5 (1.0)|  26.2 (2.0)|  33.3 (1.7)|  36.4 (2.9)|  38.3 (1.4)|  36.7 (2.1)|  37.9 (1.9)|  49.9 (1.3)|  32.1 (3.6)
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Race                     |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  White, non-Hispanic ...|   457|     477|  85.1 (0.5)|  84.5 (0.9)|  85.6 (2.4)|  85.8 (1.4)|  81.8 (2.0)|  82.6 (1.7)|  87.8 (1.8)|  88.1 (2.1)|  85.3 (1.2)|  86.4 (2.6)
  Black, non-Hispanic ...|    27|      28|   5.1 (0.4)|   3.2 (0.4)|   3.7 (2.0)|   3.9 (0.7)|   4.4 (1.2)|   7.4 (1.3)|   4.5 (1.3)|   6.4 (1.6)|   6.0 (0.7)|   7.1 (2.2)
  Hispanic ..............|    14|      19|   3.3 (0.2)|   3.4 (0.5)|   3.5 (0.9)|   3.0 (0.8)|   3.9 (0.9)|   3.6 (0.6)|   2.7 (0.9)|   1.6 (0.5)|   4.6 (0.8)|   1.3 (0.4)
  Asian/Pacific Islander |    28|      33|   5.8 (0.3)|   8.5 (0.8)|   7.0 (0.9)|   6.0 (0.6)|   9.2 (1.3)|   5.9 (0.6)|   3.7 (0.7)|   2.9 (0.5)|   3.4 (0.6)|   4.6 (1.3)
  American Indian/Alaska |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
    Native ..............|     3|       4|   0.7 (0.1)|   0.5 (0.1)|   0.2 (0.2)|   1.3 (0.6)|   0.7 (0.4)|   0.5 (0.2)|   1.2 (0.4)|   1.1 (0.4)|   0.8 (0.2)|   0.6 (0.3)
                         |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
Age                      |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  29 or younger .........|     8|       9|   1.6 (0.2)|   1.4 (0.3)|   0.8 (0.3)|   1.5 (0.6)|   1.3 (0.7)|   1.4 (0.4)|   1.8 (0.9)|   1.7 (0.4)|   1.4 (0.3)|   4.3 (2.4)
  30 to 34 ..............|    35|      32|   5.8 (0.3)|   6.3 (0.6)|   7.3 (1.6)|   5.6 (0.8)|   7.5 (1.1)|   4.8 (0.7)|   6.3 (1.0)|   7.0 (1.2)|   5.2 (0.6)|   2.9 (0.8)
  35 to 39 ..............|    67|      60|  10.7 (0.4)|  10.8 (0.8)|  15.3 (3.0)|  13.1 (1.4)|  10.8 (1.5)|   9.2 (0.8)|   9.8 (1.3)|  11.6 (1.5)|   9.1 (0.8)|   9.6 (2.0)
  40 to 44 ..............|    90|      82|  14.6 (0.5)|  16.6 (1.0)|  13.0 (2.1)|  15.4 (1.7)|  18.8 (3.1)|  12.6 (0.9)|  12.2 (1.2)|  18.0 (1.8)|  12.8 (0.9)|  13.3 (1.8)
  45 to 49 ..............|    98|      97|  17.3 (0.5)|  17.3 (0.8)|  14.0 (1.8)|  16.7 (1.4)|  20.1 (3.0)|  15.9 (1.2)|  17.2 (1.5)|  17.2 (1.3)|  18.4 (1.1)|  20.2 (2.6)
  50 to 54 ..............|    95|     105|  18.7 (0.5)|  17.3 (1.0)|  18.3 (1.5)|  17.2 (1.3)|  16.3 (2.4)|  18.2 (1.1)|  20.2 (2.3)|  15.8 (1.8)|  22.8 (1.1)|  20.0 (2.7)
  55 to 59 ..............|    67|      90|  16.1 (0.5)|  15.5 (1.0)|  16.1 (2.7)|  14.8 (1.4)|  12.1 (1.7)|  18.2 (1.6)|  17.7 (2.2)|  13.8 (1.6)|  18.4 (1.0)|  12.8 (1.3)
  60 to 64 ..............|    45|      55|   9.8 (0.4)|   8.7 (0.7)|   7.9 (1.4)|   9.5 (1.2)|   8.8 (1.5)|  13.1 (1.3)|  10.9 (1.3)|  10.3 (1.4)|   8.7 (0.8)|  10.9 (1.8)
  65 or older ...........|    24|      31|   5.5 (0.3)|   6.1 (0.7)|   7.5 (1.3)|   6.4 (1.3)|   4.2 (0.9)|   6.7 (0.9)|   4.1 (0.9)|   4.6 (0.9)|   3.2 (0.5)|   6.0 (2.1)
                         |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
Highest degree           |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Less than bachelor's ..|     6|       7|   1.2 (0.1)|   0.1 (0.1)|     #   (#)|   0.2 (0.1)|   0.5 (0.3)|   0.2 (0.1)|   0.1 (0.1)|   0.3 (0.2)|   5.6 (0.7)|   0.7 (0.3)
  Bachelor's ............|    21|      23|   4.0 (0.3)|   1.8 (0.4)|   1.6 (0.8)|   1.4 (0.3)|   1.2 (0.5)|   2.1 (0.5)|   2.3 (0.8)|   2.0 (0.6)|  12.7 (1.1)|   5.3 (1.3)
  Master's ..............|   156|     156|  27.8 (0.7)|  13.3 (1.1)|   6.6 (1.1)|  15.3 (1.5)|  11.0 (1.5)|  25.1 (1.3)|  30.4 (2.7)|  34.4 (2.9)|  61.7 (1.6)|  34.6 (4.0)
  First-professional ....|    58|      52|   9.2 (0.6)|  12.1 (1.2)|  22.7 (3.4)|  18.9 (2.7)|  25.2 (4.5)|   2.3 (0.6)|   5.1 (1.0)|   2.6 (0.7)|   1.9 (0.4)|   9.0 (2.8)
  Doctoral ..............|   284|     324|  57.7 (0.8)|  72.7 (1.6)|  69.1 (3.4)|  64.2 (2.6)|  62.1 (4.2)|  70.3 (1.4)|  62.1 (2.7)|  60.7 (2.8)|  18.2 (1.2)|  50.3 (4.3)
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Academic rank            |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Full professor ........|   161|     172|  30.7 (0.7)|  36.1 (1.5)|  41.9 (2.7)|  29.9 (2.1)|  27.6 (2.4)|  33.0 (1.8)|  31.4 (2.5)|  24.9 (2.0)|  21.7 (1.5)|  28.4 (3.4)
  Associate professor ...|   124|     132|  23.6 (0.6)|  27.2 (1.3)|  24.0 (3.2)|  27.6 (1.8)|  28.2 (2.6)|  26.3 (1.6)|  26.6 (1.9)|  26.3 (2.3)|  12.1 (1.1)|  19.3 (2.3)
  Assistant professor ...|   124|     125|  22.3 (0.6)|  21.9 (0.9)|  22.5 (2.5)|  28.3 (1.9)|  26.3 (2.1)|  25.6 (1.4)|  25.6 (1.9)|  30.4 (2.2)|  10.8 (1.1)|  23.0 (3.2)
  Instructor ............|    74|      75|  13.4 (0.6)|   5.4 (0.8)|   4.1 (1.2)|   7.2 (1.1)|  11.7 (2.4)|   7.9 (1.0)|   9.3 (1.5)|  10.5 (1.6)|  38.9 (2.1)|  12.7 (2.2)
  Lecturer ..............|    12|      14|   2.5 (0.3)|   3.5 (0.7)|   3.9 (0.9)|   2.6 (0.9)|   1.1 (0.6)|   4.1 (0.7)|   1.7 (0.5)|   0.9 (0.4)|   0.5 (0.2)|   3.1 (2.4)
  Other .................|    17|      26|   4.7 (0.3)|   5.6 (0.8)|   3.6 (0.9)|   3.7 (0.6)|   4.0 (0.8)|   2.8 (0.4)|   4.4 (1.3)|   4.9 (1.2)|   6.5 (0.6)|   3.8 (0.9)
  No rank ...............|    17|      16|   2.8 (0.4)|   0.3 (0.2)|   0.1 (0.1)|   0.6 (0.2)|   1.1 (0.5)|   0.3 (0.2)|   1.2 (0.4)|   2.2 (1.9)|   9.5 (0.9)|   9.7 (3.8)
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Base salary              |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Under $10,000 .........|    14|      10|   1.7 (0.2)|   0.9 (0.3)|   0.9 (0.3)|   2.2 (1.1)|   1.8 (0.8)|   1.8 (0.4)|   2.9 (1.0)|   2.3 (0.5)|   1.9 (0.3)|   2.7 (0.7)
  $10,000 to 24,999 .....|    29|      19|   3.4 (0.3)|   3.7 (0.6)|   3.6 (0.9)|   3.1 (0.7)|   1.8 (0.6)|   3.3 (0.6)|   4.4 (1.1)|   5.0 (1.0)|   2.9 (0.5)|   2.8 (0.9)
  $25,000 to 39,999 .....|   182|     124|  22.1 (0.8)|  11.3 (1.0)|   5.5 (1.2)|  16.6 (1.7)|  11.3 (1.7)|  23.5 (1.8)|  23.0 (2.2)|  37.9 (3.1)|  35.0 (1.8)|  34.9 (4.2)
  $40,000 to 54,999 .....|   164|     171|  30.5 (0.7)|  24.2 (1.2)|  20.2 (2.8)|  24.8 (1.7)|  26.3 (2.3)|  36.5 (1.8)|  34.6 (2.3)|  35.5 (2.5)|  36.4 (1.4)|  36.6 (3.5)
  $55,000 to 69,999 .....|    77|     106|  19.0 (0.6)|  21.6 (1.1)|  17.4 (2.4)|  20.1 (1.7)|  20.7 (2.8)|  21.9 (1.4)|  21.3 (2.0)|  11.6 (1.6)|  17.1 (1.2)|  12.8 (2.5)
  $70,000 to 84,999 .....|    32|      58|  10.3 (0.5)|  15.9 (1.0)|  14.6 (2.2)|  13.2 (1.4)|  13.4 (2.4)|   9.2 (0.9)|   7.3 (1.5)|   5.2 (1.0)|   5.5 (0.8)|   3.8 (1.1)
  $85,000 to 99,999 .....|    11|      28|   5.0 (0.3)|   9.0 (0.7)|  10.1 (1.5)|   6.8 (1.0)|   6.3 (1.3)|   2.6 (0.6)|   3.9 (1.7)|   1.6 (0.7)|   0.8 (0.3)|   4.0 (2.3)
  $100,000 or more ......|    20|      44|   7.9 (0.6)|  13.5 (1.2)|  27.7 (3.4)|  13.3 (2.3)|  18.4 (3.5)|   1.2 (0.4)|   2.5 (0.7)|   0.9 (0.3)|   0.3 (0.1)|   2.5 (1.1)
                         |______|________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________
                         |                                                        Part-time instructional faculty
                         |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Total (in thousands) ...|   377|     416| 416.0 (5.9)|  35.8 (1.5)|  14.8 (1.5)|  25.5 (1.6)|  18.0 (0.5)|  48.4 (2.1)|  36.7 (1.4)|  33.0 (2.1)| 170.1 (3.9)|  33.8 (1.5)
 Percent ................|     †|       †| 100.0     †|   8.6 (0.4)|   3.6 (0.4)|   6.1 (0.4)|   4.3 (0.1)|  11.6 (0.5)|   8.8 (0.3)|   7.9 (0.5)|  40.9 (0.9)|   8.1 (0.4)
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                         |      |        |                                      Percentage distribution
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 Total ..................|     †|       †| 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    †
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Sex                      |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Male ..................|   209|     217|  52.2 (1.1)|  55.2 (3.5)|  60.3 (4.6)|  49.6 (5.6)|  58.6 (3.5)|  46.5 (3.0)|  59.1 (3.2)|  44.0 (4.3)|  51.8 (1.6)|  54.3 (3.8)
  Female ................|   168|     199|  47.9 (1.1)|  44.8 (3.5)|  39.8 (4.6)|  50.4 (5.6)|  41.4 (3.5)|  53.5 (3.0)|  40.9 (3.2)|  56.1 (4.3)|  48.2 (1.6)|  45.8 (3.8)
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Race                     |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  White, non-Hispanic ...|   333|     364|  87.6 (0.7)|  87.1 (2.1)|  89.9 (3.6)|  87.9 (2.3)|  86.8 (2.5)|  85.5 (2.8)|  93.1 (1.1)|  86.7 (2.4)|  86.6 (1.2)|  90.3 (1.9)
  Black, non-Hispanic ...|    18|      19|   4.5 (0.4)|   2.9 (1.1)|   3.3 (1.7)|   3.6 (1.3)|   3.4 (0.8)|   4.1 (0.8)|   2.7 (0.8)|   6.9 (1.9)|   5.3 (0.7)|   4.6 (1.2)
  Hispanic ..............|    11|      16|   3.7 (0.4)|   3.5 (0.9)|   4.3 (2.1)|   3.1 (1.2)|   2.3 (0.7)|   3.8 (1.0)|   2.0 (0.6)|   3.1 (1.1)|   4.8 (0.8)|   2.0 (0.7)
  Asian/Pacific Islander |    12|      13|   3.2 (0.4)|   4.6 (1.2)|   2.5 (1.0)|   3.1 (0.9)|   7.1 (2.3)|   5.5 (2.5)|   1.7 (0.5)|   3.2 (1.4)|   2.3 (0.4)|   2.9 (1.1)
  American Indian/Alaska |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
    Native ..............|     2|       4|   1.0 (0.2)|   1.9 (1.2)|     #   (#)|   2.3 (1.5)|   0.4 (0.4)|   1.2 (0.6)|   0.5 (0.3)|   0.2 (0.2)|   1.0 (0.3)|   0.2 (0.2)
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Age                      |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  29 or younger .........|    20|      15|   3.6 (0.4)|   6.2 (1.5)|   1.3 (0.6)|   2.2 (1.0)|   1.1 (0.6)|   4.3 (1.0)|   4.5 (1.7)|   3.9 (1.7)|   3.7 (0.6)|   2.1 (0.8)
  30 to 34 ..............|    36|      37|   8.9 (0.7)|   9.6 (2.2)|   6.5 (2.4)|   8.3 (2.0)|   6.2 (1.3)|   8.1 (1.5)|  12.1 (2.9)|  11.8 (4.2)|   8.4 (0.9)|   8.5 (1.8)
  35 to 39 ..............|    59|      47|  11.4 (0.7)|  12.7 (2.6)|  11.7 (3.3)|  14.0 (4.5)|  15.2 (2.2)|   7.9 (1.3)|   9.2 (1.4)|  11.2 (1.9)|  12.1 (1.1)|   9.5 (2.1)
  40 to 44 ..............|    70|      60|  14.5 (0.8)|  14.3 (1.9)|  11.8 (4.1)|  17.3 (3.6)|  14.9 (2.4)|  15.1 (2.9)|  14.4 (2.1)|  15.4 (3.0)|  13.8 (1.1)|  15.8 (2.6)
  45 to 49 ..............|    68|      72|  17.3 (0.8)|  10.8 (1.5)|  14.3 (3.7)|  19.5 (3.5)|  19.5 (2.6)|  17.2 (2.5)|  13.7 (2.0)|  13.8 (2.2)|  19.8 (1.4)|  17.9 (2.2)
  50 to 54 ..............|    45|      70|  16.8 (0.8)|  13.1 (2.1)|  10.7 (3.5)|  16.2 (2.3)|  13.4 (2.7)|  17.7 (2.3)|  16.8 (2.0)|  16.9 (3.5)|  17.5 (1.2)|  20.6 (2.7)
  55 to 59 ..............|    29|      47|  11.3 (0.6)|  16.4 (2.7)|  12.9 (4.5)|   6.1 (1.7)|  10.1 (1.6)|  12.0 (2.0)|  10.6 (1.8)|   9.0 (1.7)|  11.8 (1.1)|   9.6 (1.3)
  60 to 64 ..............|    23|      29|   6.9 (0.5)|   5.4 (1.4)|  10.8 (3.3)|   6.5 (1.7)|   6.6 (1.6)|   8.0 (1.3)|   8.0 (1.7)|   8.0 (2.5)|   6.4 (0.7)|   6.2 (2.1)
  65 or older ...........|    27|      38|   9.2 (0.6)|  11.5 (1.8)|  20.1 (5.9)|   9.8 (1.8)|  13.1 (2.6)|   9.7 (1.8)|  10.6 (2.5)|  10.1 (1.9)|   6.5 (0.7)|   9.9 (1.8)
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Highest degree           |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Less than bachelor's ..|    17|      20|   4.9 (0.5)|   0.5 (0.2)|     #   (#)|   0.6 (0.6)|   0.6 (0.4)|   0.9 (0.4)|   0.5 (0.3)|   1.3 (0.6)|  10.8 (1.2)|   1.3 (0.6)
  Bachelor's ............|    63|      59|  14.1 (0.7)|   8.4 (1.9)|  10.7 (3.9)|   5.4 (1.5)|   9.3 (4.5)|  10.8 (1.5)|   8.1 (1.5)|  13.6 (3.5)|  19.8 (1.3)|  14.5 (2.6)
  Master's ..............|   190|     225|  54.1 (1.2)|  43.4 (3.5)|  29.8 (6.5)|  40.0 (6.8)|  41.1 (3.0)|  60.0 (2.7)|  62.7 (2.9)|  57.3 (4.3)|  58.6 (1.8)|  50.2 (4.4)
  First-professional ....|    40|      36|   8.7 (0.8)|  15.2 (2.4)|  17.2 (4.2)|  30.3 (7.9)|  19.3 (4.0)|   6.8 (1.5)|   6.5 (1.2)|   4.6 (0.8)|   2.7 (0.4)|  15.2 (4.4)
  Doctoral ..............|    59|      76|  18.2 (0.8)|  32.5 (2.8)|  42.3 (5.2)|  23.7 (3.3)|  29.6 (3.5)|  21.5 (2.4)|  22.2 (2.7)|  23.1 (3.1)|   8.2 (0.9)|  18.8 (3.2)
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Academic rank            |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Full professor ........|    32|      30|   7.3 (0.7)|  11.8 (1.9)|  21.2 (6.1)|   7.8 (1.7)|  12.5 (2.8)|   6.2 (1.7)|   7.3 (1.9)|   4.4 (1.0)|   4.9 (1.2)|   9.5 (2.7)
  Associate professor ...|    23|      19|   4.7 (0.5)|  10.4 (2.6)|   8.1 (3.4)|  10.4 (2.0)|   9.4 (2.9)|   4.4 (1.3)|   6.5 (1.7)|   3.7 (1.2)|   1.7 (0.4)|   4.3 (1.5)
  Assistant professor ...|    24|      23|   5.6 (0.6)|   8.7 (1.7)|  15.3 (5.2)|  17.4 (5.7)|   8.6 (2.3)|   3.8 (0.9)|  10.3 (2.0)|   5.3 (1.3)|   1.4 (0.3)|   6.1 (1.8)
  Instructor ............|   215|     205|  49.4 (1.2)|  29.5 (3.1)|  12.2 (3.1)|  36.4 (5.0)|  31.2 (5.7)|  36.5 (2.8)|  37.7 (3.6)|  46.2 (4.3)|  68.4 (1.7)|  44.7 (3.9)
  Lecturer ..............|    45|      46|  11.1 (0.8)|  23.1 (3.3)|  26.3 (8.9)|  11.9 (3.6)|  11.2 (3.1)|  21.6 (3.2)|   9.5 (1.9)|  18.4 (3.8)|   4.2 (0.7)|   6.0 (2.1)
  Other .................|    28|      75|  18.1 (0.8)|  15.8 (2.6)|  16.4 (4.4)|  15.3 (2.7)|  24.6 (3.9)|  24.2 (2.5)|  25.1 (2.6)|  18.0 (2.7)|  14.4 (1.2)|  21.9 (2.6)
  No rank ...............|     9|      16|   4.0 (0.4)|   0.9 (0.4)|   0.5 (0.4)|   0.9 (0.5)|   2.6 (1.5)|   3.2 (1.3)|   3.6 (1.4)|   4.0 (1.5)|   5.1 (0.6)|   7.6 (2.0)
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Base salary              |      |        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Under $10,000 .........|   281|     256|  61.6 (1.1)|  50.0 (3.5)|  44.5 (5.6)|  56.9 (4.7)|  54.2 (3.6)|  70.5 (2.6)|  62.0 (3.2)|  63.1 (4.4)|  64.0 (1.8)|  61.9 (4.0)
  $10,000 to 24,999 .....|    68|     112|  27.0 (1.0)|  31.2 (3.7)|  33.0 (6.3)|  20.5 (3.7)|  30.0 (3.3)|  20.1 (1.9)|  29.0 (3.1)|  22.5 (2.9)|  28.0 (1.5)|  30.3 (3.7)
  $25,000 to 39,999 .....|    16|      26|   6.3 (0.6)|  10.7 (1.8)|  10.0 (3.8)|   8.8 (2.6)|  11.9 (3.4)|   6.2 (1.4)|   4.0 (1.0)|   5.7 (1.9)|   5.3 (1.1)|   4.0 (1.1)
  $40,000 to 54,999 .....|     5|      12|   2.8 (0.4)|   1.8 (0.5)|   5.5 (3.0)|   6.6 (2.1)|   1.1 (0.7)|   1.8 (0.5)|   3.0 (0.9)|   7.8 (4.0)|   1.8 (0.4)|   2.7 (1.2)
  $55,000 to 69,999 .....|     2|       4|   1.0 (0.2)|   2.8 (1.2)|   3.8 (2.6)|   1.3 (0.8)|   0.8 (0.5)|   0.8 (0.3)|   1.2 (0.6)|   0.7 (0.4)|   0.6 (0.2)|   0.5 (0.3)
  $70,000 to 84,999 .....|     1|       2|   0.6 (0.1)|   1.5 (0.6)|   0.5 (0.4)|   2.5 (1.2)|   1.0 (0.5)|   0.5 (0.2)|   0.4 (0.3)|     #   (#)|   0.2 (0.1)|   0.5 (0.3)
  $85,000 to 99,999 .....|     1|       #|   0.2 (0.1)|   0.4 (0.3)|   0.9 (0.7)|   1.6 (0.8)|   0.3 (0.3)|     #   (#)|   0.4 (0.3)|   0.1 (0.1)|     #   (#)|    #   (#)
  $100,000 or more ......|     3|       #|   0.4 (0.1)|   1.7 (0.6)|   1.7 (0.9)|   1.8 (0.9)|   0.7 (0.7)|   0.2 (0.1)|     #   (#)|     #   (#)|   0.1 (0.1)|   0.2 (0.2)
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† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93) and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). (This table was prepared June 2001.)


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