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Table 273. 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: 2010-11
[In current dollars]  
State or jurisdiction All insti-
tutions
Public institutions Not-for-profit 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 $75,472 $72,704 $76,861 $81,647 $68,178 $61,039 $62,301 $82,191 $82,351 $95,028 $65,735 $65,697 $46,347 $53,736
Alabama 64,000 65,575 70,330 74,336 59,433 68,219 53,267 55,309 55,309 63,158 47,495 47,364 58,566
Alaska 72,433 73,092 73,040 74,712 71,888 79,053 56,908 56,908 56,908
Arizona 76,991 77,494 82,298 82,687 50,130 68,401 56,586 56,586 58,367 19,191 68,038
Arkansas 55,004 55,144 59,852 63,943 50,637 55,087 43,792 54,186 54,186 59,017 47,900 65,000
California 90,657 88,592 92,769 100,670 78,584 74,126 83,814 98,387 98,387 105,544 75,829 91,688 75,705
                             
Colorado 68,957 67,790 72,336 77,240 55,243 58,584 47,721 76,910 76,910 78,550 77,380 54,998 43,530
Connecticut 91,881 84,513 90,198 95,055 75,910 68,272 99,820 99,952 107,770 82,711 78,295 59,400 45,595
Delaware 89,538 89,721 95,700 95,700 63,816 88,420 88,420 90,519 73,833 59,931
District of Columbia 94,498 83,359 83,359 110,002 79,981 95,625 95,625 96,574 56,313 63,314
Florida 70,085 68,986 70,826 78,233 66,607 57,557 54,235 73,308 73,308 83,360 64,517 56,975 78,233
                             
Georgia 68,200 66,666 68,821 78,584 58,067 52,438 46,291 72,689 72,700 90,740 62,272 55,606 35,000 58,831
Hawaii 74,136 75,018 80,357 84,946 66,803 64,348 63,412 69,856 69,856 67,969 82,178
Idaho 58,426 59,081 61,089 62,400 48,164 48,862 51,407 51,407 50,817 51,912
Illinois 78,399 72,905 75,701 80,110 62,656 67,902 86,329 86,505 99,783 65,777 58,681 39,497 37,475
Indiana 71,651 71,020 75,515 81,335 60,819 54,575 44,145 73,003 73,141 84,112 59,231 62,450 44,351 41,910
                             
Iowa 68,813 73,707 84,294 84,294 53,442 61,012 61,012 68,282 54,715 61,629 45,796
Kansas 62,787 65,173 71,980 77,171 55,780 56,907 50,093 47,688 47,997 52,454 49,753 43,497 40,318 69,288
Kentucky 60,471 61,689 66,877 75,544 58,594 48,439 55,563 55,563 61,482 50,675 59,017 59,204
Louisiana 64,072 61,835 65,144 70,415 56,215 47,669 48,099 74,272 74,272 80,765 53,055 56,012 40,667
Maine 71,239 68,071 72,078 77,773 57,587 53,825 76,120 76,466 60,240 51,016 87,563 61,382
                             
Maryland 74,828 72,438 75,706 79,289 65,249 66,105 83,053 83,053 99,551 65,908 61,437
Massachusetts 93,549 74,880 80,902 90,610 71,029 59,353 101,803 101,825 111,567 83,212 83,773 45,863 64,196
Michigan 80,122 82,814 84,314 85,996 68,707 76,016 64,785 64,785 77,955 61,197 63,003
Minnesota 70,472 71,111 77,909 93,136 69,839 60,505 60,806 69,497 69,548 72,716 61,746 70,866 43,314 45,529
Mississippi 54,986 55,054 60,154 62,255 51,086 48,341 54,495 54,495 65,158 53,630 39,831 50,785
                             
Missouri 67,031 63,838 66,855 73,549 58,533 55,376 54,583 73,064 73,319 88,532 55,868 51,584 53,621 55,970
Montana 56,769 58,274 60,933 63,952 54,189 47,850 42,613 47,077 48,048 45,993 49,462 37,444
Nebraska 67,292 69,688 75,297 80,505 62,298 51,763 60,059 60,096 71,194 51,575 54,407 49,762
Nevada 79,873 80,045 81,384 89,937 65,278 64,965 62,953 62,953 62,953
New Hampshire 80,817 78,870 85,926 94,649 72,768 81,906 54,149 84,593 84,593 97,448 58,203 62,903 44,704
                             
New Jersey 93,506 92,160 99,988 102,568 93,802 72,532 97,109 97,109 111,043 75,489 66,295 58,205
New Mexico 62,456 62,129 68,549 73,452 52,612 48,596 47,492 79,473 79,473 79,473
New York 87,077 81,185 86,191 101,353 82,512 72,712 70,870 92,729 92,777 100,590 72,779 76,695 67,467 40,808
North Carolina 67,827 64,899 77,821 79,927 67,864 67,939 47,505 77,375 77,573 97,255 56,031 55,894 38,508 71,008
North Dakota 60,027 62,630 64,593 70,658 55,832 49,609 48,886 44,154 47,745 50,660 45,447 30,124
                             
Ohio 71,407 73,515 76,943 79,623 56,555 59,442 60,275 67,040 67,091 74,786 61,121 63,906 58,219 46,490
Oklahoma 61,324 61,426 64,957 69,700 57,533 48,147 47,511 60,878 60,878 68,012 49,766 37,859
Oregon 67,897 67,199 69,479 73,344 55,909 58,912 63,906 70,115 70,115 73,527 67,178 63,268
Pennsylvania 80,874 79,050 82,470 88,521 79,949 65,110 60,709 82,983 83,283 93,361 65,487 75,142 44,154 49,558
Rhode Island 85,486 73,029 76,738 76,738 61,819 93,420 93,420 98,478 87,495
                             
South Carolina 60,212 61,906 69,836 77,869 61,731 54,392 46,180 56,174 56,460 54,614 58,747 53,691 43,397 43,626
South Dakota 56,196 57,677 59,758 61,166 57,938 46,623 49,917 49,917 50,701 43,508 47,783
Tennessee 63,852 60,811 65,394 66,797 54,878 46,166 70,229 70,229 95,198 54,784 45,652 51,184
Texas 70,722 69,230 75,824 78,825 62,858 51,552 54,285 77,974 78,297 87,267 65,990 51,671 33,654 66,575
Utah 72,914 65,605 68,868 78,971 59,138 57,710 49,211 93,414 93,792 97,016 70,424 56,967 68,000
                             
Vermont 73,040 74,519 74,519 82,053 58,802 56,624 71,656 74,008 76,400 49,394 49,879
Virginia 72,425 74,165 78,942 82,456 64,233 66,039 57,159 67,280 67,280 75,403 57,699 58,938 60,312
Washington 68,462 67,858 74,234 82,335 68,034 56,167 55,489 70,860 70,860 75,939 59,512 68,568
West Virginia 57,994 59,652 62,058 68,502 55,767 51,112 45,776 47,203 47,203 48,963 47,155 45,309 58,000
Wisconsin 70,645 72,463 71,904 81,873 58,821 99,657 73,574 63,738 63,897 71,998 57,115 58,553 49,920
Wyoming 69,880 69,880 80,026 80,026 57,937
                             
U.S. Service Academies 105,651 105,651 105,651 105,651
                             
Other jurisdictions 60,213 60,632 65,108 71,285 64,051 59,622 35,069 28,141 28,141 36,720 24,348 13,126
American Samoa 30,129 30,129 30,129
Federated States of
   Micronesia
22,045 22,045 22,045
Guam 59,493 59,493 64,862 64,862 51,515
Marshall Islands 31,924 31,924 31,924
Northern Marianas 42,165 42,165 42,165 42,165
Palau
Puerto Rico 65,114 65,803 65,803 71,285 60,366 28,141 28,141 36,720 24,348 13,126
U.S. Virgin Islands 63,031 63,031 63,031 63,031
†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 2010-11, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared February 2012.)

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