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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 2015-16
Academic year, control and level of institution Constant 2015-16 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 $78,662 $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 77,428 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 81,563 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 87,620 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 74,277 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 67,372 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 67,898 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 81,876 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 82,232 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 101,160 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 70,193 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 65,837 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 52,898 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 41,582 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 82,037 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 79,352 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 83,715 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 89,985 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 75,025 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 67,285 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 68,453 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 88,597 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 88,763 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 104,969 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 72,313 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 71,036 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 50,277 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 60,293 54,842 56,689 52,925 79,574 81,765 75,817 71,376 72,429 70,199 66,027 41,742 53,705
                             
2014-15                            
All institutions 80,698 80,157 87,199 71,792 112,825 118,573 100,783 80,335 82,954 77,115 67,589 59,208 55,335 58,305
Public 77,329 76,811 83,291 69,384 106,429 112,203 94,826 78,917 81,614 75,601 67,323 60,983 52,684 57,036
4-year 81,921 81,372 88,393 72,288 112,375 116,624 102,224 81,046 83,445 77,897 69,197 49,871 52,895 56,288
Doctoral2 87,776 87,187 95,213 76,017 121,710 125,475 111,369 84,773 87,376 81,221 73,111 48,622 53,932 56,110
Master's3 70,539 70,066 73,315 66,414 89,096 90,311 86,971 72,688 73,807 71,329 62,546 47,074 49,712 51,501
Other 4-year 62,883 62,461 64,605 60,262 76,752 79,570 72,693 67,580 69,478 65,508 57,168 57,042 49,472 57,800
2-year 64,549 64,116 65,513 62,971 74,275 76,075 72,702 63,302 64,028 62,747 55,890 66,737 45,229 57,320
Nonprofit 88,826 88,230 96,083 78,067 124,627 129,897 112,683 83,067 85,540 80,024 68,109 48,722 62,527 67,727
4-year 89,242 88,643 96,493 78,459 124,687 129,949 112,753 83,078 85,546 80,039 68,142 50,495 63,907 67,984
Doctoral2 104,221 103,522 113,660 88,887 149,613 154,793 135,703 93,770 96,989 89,540 77,690 54,673 65,540 70,613
Master's3 71,298 70,820 73,705 67,507 87,313 88,127 85,823 71,587 72,685 70,325 59,948 48,754 57,611 69,742
Other 4-year 70,462 69,989 72,618 67,019 92,069 92,794 90,772 70,533 70,917 70,097 57,451 43,952 58,930 57,193
2-year 24,991 24,824 21,204 28,094 53,597 51,613 56,021 47,930 41,621 50,033 45,975 23,163 10,199 47,971
For-profit 50,254 49,916 50,704 49,195 67,647 65,843 70,788 67,678 68,129 67,262 60,028 43,524 70,788 45,996
                             
2015-16                            
All institutions 82,101 82,101 89,190 73,782 115,392 121,363 103,272 82,101 84,713 78,954 69,315 60,844 57,270 60,738
Public 78,856 78,856 85,349 71,475 108,925 114,770 97,498 80,856 83,546 77,610 69,165 62,686 55,158 59,107
4-year 83,398 83,398 90,459 74,386 115,061 119,372 105,085 83,064 85,449 79,999 71,074 51,090 54,996 60,546
Doctoral2 89,539 89,539 97,713 78,320 125,109 128,914 114,964 87,099 89,743 83,555 75,244 50,090 56,010 61,821
Master's3 72,521 72,521 75,814 68,821 92,202 93,512 89,926 75,044 76,128 73,757 64,414 47,882 52,509 56,395
Other 4-year 63,576 63,576 65,622 61,500 77,444 80,127 73,766 68,312 69,687 66,821 58,866 57,581 51,090 59,871
2-year 65,965 65,965 67,300 64,870 75,878 77,478 74,493 65,124 66,059 64,402 57,994 69,002 57,970 58,483
Nonprofit 90,019 90,019 98,145 79,739 127,815 133,595 115,191 84,551 87,012 81,588 69,662 51,320 63,722 69,458
4-year 90,384 90,384 98,518 80,077 127,894 133,664 115,283 84,577 87,025 81,624 69,702 52,795 65,040 69,624
Doctoral2 105,262 105,262 115,822 90,428 152,903 158,546 138,235 95,253 98,629 90,958 78,976 57,761 66,664 74,661
Master's3 71,905 71,905 74,913 68,541 89,304 90,486 87,237 72,579 73,564 71,447 61,346 49,483 58,810 68,046
Other 4-year 71,724 71,724 74,166 69,007 94,812 95,272 94,031 72,274 72,475 72,050 58,807 45,885 60,131 55,388
2-year 28,919 28,919 26,522 31,191 64,286 64,892 63,541 65,998 65,341 66,211 49,618 21,405 4,541 56,968
For-profit 52,364 52,364 51,753 53,069 81,269 79,804 83,596 70,381 70,623 70,204 57,442 38,914 63,571 51,849
‡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.
NOTE: 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 2015, and Spring 2016, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared December 2016.)

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