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Table 316.50. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution, academic rank of faculty, and state or jurisdiction: 2014-15
[In current dollars]
State or jurisdiction Public doctoral1 Public master's2 Nonprofit doctoral1 Nonprofit master's2
Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Professor Associate professor Assistant professor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States $121,703 $84,740 $73,284 $91,025 $73,921 $63,226 $149,557 $93,935 $77,580 $87,310 $71,700 $59,946
Alabama 120,615 83,192 68,986 79,783 66,346 57,854 81,319 71,201 65,152 60,732 51,763 45,368
Alaska 106,721 84,932 68,928 105,035 81,494 67,505 58,050 56,843 44,961
Arizona 126,064 86,334 74,984 115,551 87,543 78,780 51,791 47,664 48,874
Arkansas 97,262 73,399 65,578 71,002 59,232 51,626 79,132 66,915 60,312 66,723 62,828 54,063
California 142,154 92,562 83,933 91,297 75,276 69,731 157,411 100,512 87,633 103,633 80,556 68,652
                         
Colorado 117,632 87,687 76,391 78,027 64,025 56,725 128,979 90,316 79,512 112,079 80,535 64,560
Connecticut 148,152 99,675 80,479 102,625 83,564 67,297 165,781 89,769 80,293 130,117 92,286 76,681
Delaware 143,824 100,736 85,424 80,845 68,477 54,520 155,301 122,560 74,623 66,564 54,545
District of Columbia 139,420 118,450 94,673 102,609 75,252 61,765 150,218 98,130 82,458 36,103 72,747 60,420
Florida 117,432 82,969 73,912 124,213 85,380 64,999 128,360 87,161 73,392 90,741 74,565 61,071
                         
Georgia 112,413 80,098 68,660 77,113 63,917 56,475 132,761 86,126 70,273 74,930 61,264 52,162
Hawaii 119,253 88,987 77,610 87,800 84,756 69,679
Idaho 87,371 69,222 60,053 60,802 53,785 47,362
Illinois 124,118 85,525 78,561 95,041 74,793 64,737 163,584 95,456 84,638 80,989 69,352 58,509
Indiana 122,173 86,048 74,633 87,760 68,879 60,379 140,001 89,521 73,492 75,705 62,929 53,522
                         
Iowa 121,109 86,190 76,458 92,784 71,310 60,714 68,220 58,029 53,156
Kansas 112,453 78,007 67,283 75,776 61,185 59,308 63,695 55,788 50,433
Kentucky 102,581 73,032 64,063 79,776 64,925 55,947 78,398 62,766 57,100 62,049 54,261 47,098
Louisiana 101,360 74,834 68,614 72,796 60,623 50,318 126,654 84,581 72,855 62,121 57,053 54,270
Maine 106,550 82,239 63,696 87,972 75,778 68,184 70,834 56,707 49,421
                         
Maryland 124,781 91,513 91,100 92,029 74,697 67,197 135,363 87,039 77,875 86,981 70,706 60,693
Massachusetts 133,659 98,527 82,800 91,564 73,805 64,881 174,766 109,314 93,231 100,709 86,905 69,213
Michigan 124,805 87,566 73,733 92,142 79,195 64,653 100,525 78,665 64,547 74,399 62,698 57,392
Minnesota 131,933 92,060 80,948 84,943 71,137 61,134 98,170 76,181 61,338 78,412 66,723 58,819
Mississippi 96,772 74,846 67,232 68,398 57,782 53,741 74,703 68,787 55,750 73,171 58,734 55,353
                         
Missouri 105,730 76,051 65,098 77,630 62,921 53,511 140,395 88,772 76,671 76,471 63,630 52,065
Montana 90,218 71,308 66,387 75,976 68,391 56,534 60,999 51,484 48,140
Nebraska 109,128 82,087 73,136 79,565 63,360 52,888 103,301 81,448 67,633 65,378 57,006 51,870
Nevada 121,793 88,460 71,075 73,157 66,686 51,840
New Hampshire 123,880 95,734 78,792 90,844 75,680 62,512 164,481 106,458 74,330 82,556 69,743 59,140
                         
New Jersey 147,764 101,896 80,693 122,407 97,032 79,822 178,675 97,242 87,567 100,705 85,612 67,347
New Mexico 102,364 75,590 68,533 74,373 62,966 54,569
New York 135,330 94,964 79,050 106,808 82,102 70,356 158,765 101,492 83,859 96,081 76,983 66,643
North Carolina 117,789 80,958 71,797 88,449 69,808 63,170 158,316 95,485 78,073 75,100 63,116 57,228
North Dakota 106,104 81,431 67,075 79,176 64,920 54,363 21,301
                         
Ohio 113,660 81,341 70,251 73,059 63,424 53,601 110,879 76,411 65,410 78,643 67,367 56,313
Oklahoma 107,969 75,966 67,373 79,561 66,917 56,726 101,123 73,340 71,717 68,340 59,655 52,044
Oregon 113,524 85,167 75,019 75,338 60,433 49,559 100,720 76,942 63,248 76,544 70,346 58,967
Pennsylvania 136,477 93,478 72,799 108,525 87,534 70,462 148,347 94,417 81,269 93,412 74,065 62,525
Rhode Island 108,353 80,039 73,127 77,387 66,023 57,152 166,274 110,863 91,739 119,124 92,546 74,579
                         
South Carolina 126,492 88,590 79,129 86,671 69,649 60,965 72,514 66,605 64,249 74,406 59,739 53,205
South Dakota 90,489 71,132 65,096 85,549 72,718 62,415 59,895 56,298 51,026
Tennessee 100,290 75,048 63,851 74,904 62,550 54,409 138,351 89,852 74,172 71,204 56,747 49,844
Texas 122,683 84,319 72,045 88,089 72,689 62,599 134,060 91,986 80,810 84,754 69,161 58,326
Utah 105,748 77,010 66,084 80,725 66,964 59,726 117,391 85,497 70,580 90,182 75,885 60,473
                         
Vermont 118,736 88,571 72,597 70,723 52,775 44,060 101,829 75,967 67,687
Virginia 123,255 84,990 71,802 86,755 70,775 61,183 113,154 81,654 44,778 71,505 58,095 50,246
Washington 120,986 88,680 82,968 94,250 79,908 73,376 110,196 82,424 66,804 79,341 65,816 58,715
West Virginia 99,242 76,987 65,455 70,123 62,826 53,397 67,180 58,505 52,903 65,009 54,346 45,668
Wisconsin 110,888 79,077 72,873 74,227 62,742 60,252 103,884 77,330 67,402 76,069 64,534 55,592
Wyoming 112,269 79,174 72,412
                         
U.S. Service Academies
                         
Other jurisdictions 53,510 84,892 68,061 52,247 38,771
American Samoa
Federated States of
      Micronesia
Guam 89,059 70,570 54,299
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas
Palau
Puerto Rico 53,510 71,880 47,771 38,771
U.S. Virgin Islands 81,906 64,446 50,873
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
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), Spring 2015, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2015.)

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