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| Table 234. | Average base salary of full-time faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and field of instruction: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2003-04 |
[In 2004-05 dollars] | |
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| Institutions | Research | Doctoral | Comprehensive | | |
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Program area | All| Public| Private| Public| Private| Public| Private| Public| Private| liberal arts| Public 2-year| Other
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1987-88 salaries ...|$65,071 --- |$65,670 --- |$63,733 --- |$78,166 --- |$85,632 --- |$72,666 --- |$76,952 --- |$60,984 --- |$53,212 --- |$47,696 --- |$53,593 --- |$50,703 ---
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics ..........| 65,167 --- | 65,517 --- | ‡ (†) | 73,209 --- | ‡ (†) | 58,508 --- | ‡ (†) | 63,125 --- | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Business ..............| 60,851 --- | 61,580 --- | 59,284 --- | 78,302 --- | ‡ (†) | 66,121 --- | ‡ (†) | 58,389 --- | 60,953 --- | ‡ (†) | 54,750 --- | 47,466 ---
Education .............| 54,468 --- | 57,184 --- | 45,096 --- | 61,682 --- | ‡ (†) | 58,258 --- | ‡ (†) | 56,174 --- | 45,055 --- | 39,543 --- | 55,323 --- | ‡ (†)
Engineering ...........| 70,225 --- | 69,147 --- | 74,101 --- | 82,532 --- | ‡ (†) | 71,463 --- | ‡ (†) | 67,674 --- | 69,240 --- | ‡ (†) | 49,487 --- | ‡ (†)
Fine arts .............| 50,894 --- | 53,189 --- | 46,224 --- | 54,199 --- | ‡ (†) | 51,318 --- | ‡ (†) | 52,947 --- | 44,612 --- | 46,380 --- | 54,089 --- | ‡ (†)
Health ................| 87,235 --- | 86,679 --- | 88,349 --- | 98,793 --- |103,757 --- | 95,580 --- | 90,486 --- | 76,830 --- | 64,132 --- | ‡ (†) | 49,787 --- | ‡ (†)
Humanities ............| 57,053 --- | 59,303 --- | 53,620 --- | 62,307 --- | 65,887 --- | 52,894 --- | 62,290 --- | 59,987 --- | 49,883 --- | 51,279 --- | 58,454 --- | 46,782 ---
Natural sciences ......| 64,304 --- | 65,095 --- | 62,534 --- | 77,937 --- | 83,026 --- | 67,136 --- | 63,095 --- | 62,788 --- | 52,134 --- | 50,786 --- | 53,385 --- | 50,435 ---
Social sciences .......| 62,183 --- | 62,549 --- | 61,506 --- | 71,071 --- | 82,100 --- | 64,476 --- | ‡ (†) | 60,434 --- | 51,933 --- | 48,053 --- | 55,213 --- | ‡ (†)
Other .................| 60,136 --- | 59,501 --- | 61,645 --- | 70,808 --- | ‡ (†) | 61,098 --- | ‡ (†) | 56,291 --- | 48,060 --- | ‡ (†) | 50,788 --- | 59,624 ---
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1992-93 salaries ...| 62,989 --- | 62,900 --- | 63,204 --- | 75,914 --- | 86,033 --- | 69,263 --- | 75,333 --- | 58,488 --- | 58,177 --- | 50,601 --- | 52,925 --- | 54,415 ---
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics ..........| 64,301 --- | 65,215 --- | ‡ (†) | 73,617 --- | ‡ (†) | 59,825 --- | ‡ (†) | 58,341 --- | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 53,513 --- | ‡ (†)
Business ..............| 66,203 --- | 67,188 --- | 63,642 --- | 87,704 --- | ‡ (†) | 79,095 --- | 73,125 --- | 64,207 --- | 72,341 --- | 43,472 --- | 56,511 --- | 45,174 ---
Education .............| 56,551 --- | 58,182 --- | 50,595 --- | 67,009 --- | ‡ (†) | 56,761 --- | 66,245 --- | 55,757 --- | 51,057 --- | 43,603 --- | 55,445 --- | ‡ (†)
Engineering ...........| 74,739 --- | 75,214 --- | 72,884 --- | 89,819 --- | 82,156 --- | 72,059 --- | 74,027 --- | 65,504 --- | 61,674 --- | ‡ (†) | 51,980 --- | 75,367 ---
Fine arts .............| 54,571 --- | 52,837 --- | 57,196 --- | 55,597 --- |115,964 --- | 52,964 --- | 50,939 --- | 52,648 --- | 48,166 --- | 50,791 --- | 50,468 --- | 45,863 ---
Health ................| 74,812 --- | 72,759 --- | 80,322 --- | 98,811 --- | 98,291 --- | 85,862 --- | 88,930 --- | 51,527 --- | 61,435 --- | 56,976 --- | 48,136 --- | 56,355 ---
Humanities ............| 55,106 --- | 55,952 --- | 53,306 --- | 59,203 --- | 60,113 --- | 53,342 --- | 57,737 --- | 54,787 --- | 55,202 --- | 50,661 --- | 55,390 --- | 49,155 ---
Natural sciences ......| 64,816 --- | 63,886 --- | 67,158 --- | 74,554 --- | 90,341 --- | 69,523 --- | 76,213 --- | 61,763 --- | 62,765 --- | 50,482 --- | 53,329 --- | 56,681 ---
Social sciences .......| 61,815 --- | 62,007 --- | 61,421 --- | 71,470 --- | 79,752 --- | 65,512 --- | 66,583 --- | 58,757 --- | 53,580 --- | 54,460 --- | 54,219 --- | 59,702 ---
Other .................| 59,977 --- | 58,414 --- | 63,254 --- | 68,602 --- | 88,344 --- | 58,879 --- | 83,192 --- | 61,003 --- | 56,115 --- | 49,005 --- | 50,663 --- | 52,722 ---
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1998-99 salaries ...| 66,232 (459.3)| 65,310 (504.8)| 68,880(1,012.2)| 77,356 (951.2)| 95,034(2,920.9)| 76,268 (2,156.8)| 81,830 (2,312.2)| 58,417 (671.1)| 57,521 (1,306.7)| 50,794 (828.1)| 52,001 (493.4)| 55,019(1,862.7)
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics ..........| 68,076(2,756.4)| 70,713(2,056.5)| ‡ (†) | 78,446(2,741.2)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 51,525(2,431.8)| ‡ (†)
Business ..............| 65,051(1,172.1)| 63,608(1,336.7)| 68,453(2,321.9)| 80,666(3,909.7)| 94,305(9,222.1)| 64,352 (5,631.9)| 80,797 (6,647.4)| 68,295(1,826.1)| 69,021 (2,167.9)| 49,312(3,409.6)| 53,755(1,442.5)| 49,442(5,732.5)
Education .............| 55,674(1,053.4)| 56,226(1,211.8)| 53,816(2,128.8)| 62,225(2,059.8)| ‡ (†) | 54,038 (3,322.7)| ‡ (†) | 57,389(2,091.3)| 50,884 (2,234.3)| 47,598(2,366.6)| 50,472(1,516.1)| 48,271(4,327.1)
Engineering ...........| 73,862(1,517.0)| 72,539(1,659.6)| 78,833(3,481.3)| 81,395(2,796.0)| 88,627(5,804.4)| 74,963 (2,791.8)| ‡ (†) | 61,308(5,815.9)| 67,464 (6,806.4)| ‡ (†) | 52,544(1,969.7)| ‡ (†)
Fine arts .............| 53,188(1,352.6)| 52,552(1,339.6)| 54,826(3,264.9)| 57,484(3,287.9)| ‡ (†) | 48,822 (1,486.7)| ‡ (†) | 52,162(1,712.1)| 58,050 (8,066.3)| 50,644(1,954.0)| 53,540(2,693.6)| 42,630(3,730.8)
Health ................| 87,652(1,765.7)| 83,595(1,806.2)| 98,882(4,316.5)| 99,628(3,233.9)|116,579(8,822.0)|100,006 (5,123.8)|108,349 (5,776.6)| 61,954(3,183.0)| 55,194 (4,741.9)| 51,945(4,280.7)| 50,814(1,330.9)| 62,191(3,943.5)
Humanities ............| 55,568 (753.1)| 55,762 (892.7)| 55,093(1,400.8)| 62,828(2,312.6)| 66,444(4,952.2)| 54,798 (2,968.8)| 57,476 (3,040.9)| 54,263(1,240.6)| 54,130 (2,070.4)| 50,327(1,843.8)| 52,478(1,399.2)| 50,331(2,200.7)
Natural sciences ......| 66,790 (837.7)| 66,322 (905.6)| 68,209(1,947.2)| 76,833(1,608.7)| 92,949(4,638.1)| 75,076 (2,160.6)| 71,908 (3,560.8)| 59,589(1,546.7)| 55,646 (2,316.7)| 49,670(1,551.0)| 51,408(1,022.8)| 64,734(6,064.8)
Social sciences .......| 68,401(2,071.0)| 69,260(2,626.8)| 66,155(2,854.2)| 80,472(3,637.2)| 91,499(7,778.5)| 81,071(15,915.0)| 68,645 (3,591.3)| 62,234(1,305.2)| 54,096 (2,090.3)| 55,125(2,751.8)| 54,977(1,849.3)| 57,355(4,533.8)
Other .................| 60,755(1,022.4)| 58,741(1,069.0)| 67,099(2,431.6)| 69,780(2,372.9)| 93,952(7,604.0)| 65,762 (2,800.5)| 75,871 (4,176.9)| 53,420(2,066.2)| 61,533 (3,505.3)| 50,262(2,187.8)| 50,867(1,188.3)| 54,351(4,501.0)
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2003-04 salaries ...| 69,430 (389.5)| 72,908 (917.1)| 67,915 (365.3)| 81,143 (663.3)| 92,546(1,385.6)| 64,875 (808.4)| 75,741 (1,959.8)| 59,788 (844.1)| 59,659 (1,592.7)| 56,550(1,072.2)| 61,346 (732.1)| 67,839(3,167.4)
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics ..........| 66,477(1,605.4)| 67,627(1,721.2)| 54,179(5,084.1)| 72,480(2,054.8)| ‡ (†) | 66,287 (5,494.2)| ‡ (†) | 58,787(3,193.0)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | 55,293(3,352.9)| ‡ (†)
Business ..............| 76,216(1,276.7)| 73,928(1,322.8)| 81,859(2,786.7)| 93,577(3,813.3)|114,195(7,861.1)| 78,847 (3,977.4)| 90,200 (5,998.3)| 73,249(1,628.1)| 70,385 (2,405.2)| 62,402(2,779.4)| 57,315(1,608.0)| 64,300(5,985.6)
Education .............| 58,801 (888.5)| 59,524(1,130.6)| 56,855(1,753.1)| 67,325(2,198.8)| 75,330(9,141.9)| 58,447 (2,453.4)| 57,085 (5,625.3)| 58,100(2,310.6)| 55,573 (2,177.6)| 55,924(2,747.3)| 56,177(1,965.0)| 51,118(2,810.2)
Engineering ...........| 78,967(1,494.0)| 75,097(1,337.3)| 91,895(3,780.7)| 86,388(2,485.5)|101,285(4,393.8)| 75,423 (3,286.9)| ‡ (†) | 65,412(3,039.2)| 78,336(14,714.6)| ‡ (†) | 54,963(1,550.1)| ‡ (†)
Fine arts .............| 55,093 (748.3)| 55,713 (770.3)| 54,213(1,347.6)| 60,353(1,530.5)| 60,238(3,744.8)| 54,563 (1,650.5)| ‡ (†) | 52,049(1,744.0)| 50,572 (2,817.1)| 50,729(1,573.1)| 54,552(2,223.1)| 57,126(3,008.4)
Health ................| 92,472(1,629.6)| 89,889(1,562.2)| 98,081(3,850.6)|111,022(2,045.8)|109,109(3,472.1)| 79,412 (6,102.2)| 95,080(14,367.6)| 56,542(1,436.8)| 63,217 (4,858.0)| 51,636(4,510.1)| 81,211(3,207.4)| 96,770(8,164.9)
Humanities ............| 56,313 (764.8)| 54,871 (883.8)| 59,298(1,422.1)| 58,070(1,761.9)| 65,425(3,527.2)| 51,872 (2,147.7)| 69,894 (3,823.4)| 56,569(1,870.0)| 54,622 (2,031.4)| 57,083(2,009.3)| 52,626(1,489.4)| 50,794(2,909.9)
Natural sciences ......| 72,816 (889.7)| 69,761 (839.7)| 80,116(1,969.3)| 81,770(1,275.7)| 93,777(3,567.7)| 67,369 (1,740.0)| 83,954 (3,565.3)| 59,375(1,269.1)| 63,536 (5,431.1)| 57,426(1,914.7)| 61,868(1,554.2)| 79,547(7,366.7)
Social sciences .......| 66,532 (628.1)| 65,053 (639.5)| 69,525(1,384.0)| 74,488(1,506.2)| 90,471(2,890.5)| 62,157 (1,965.8)| 65,392 (1,916.2)| 62,150(1,392.6)| 56,897 (3,324.6)| 60,823(2,255.1)| 56,119(1,494.8)| 61,070(2,694.5)
Other .................| 61,734 (682.1)| 60,656 (772.8)| 64,215(1,315.7)| 70,527(1,920.0)| 85,518(2,669.6)| 61,595 (1,317.0)| 68,218 (2,852.2)| 57,403(1,417.8)| 58,535 (1,737.6)| 53,397(1,372.9)| 56,312(1,185.9)| 58,443(2,624.9)
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†Not applicable. ‡Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1988, 1993, 1999, and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:88;93;99;04). (This table was prepared February 2006.) |