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Table 316.40. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2014-15
[In current dollars]
State or jurisdiction All insti-
tutions
Public institutions Nonprofit 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 $80,157 $76,811 $81,372 $87,187 $70,066 $62,461 $64,116 $88,230 $88,643 $103,522 $70,820 $69,989 $24,824 $49,916
Alabama 68,645 69,968 76,223 83,107 62,522 68,764 53,185 61,408 61,408 75,302 49,298 49,145
Alaska 77,679 78,727 78,905 82,390 76,662 65,616 51,007 50,774 52,329
Arizona 81,138 82,568 85,269 86,600 74,523 51,909 75,872 64,203 64,203 45,348 76,909 49,935
Arkansas 58,894 59,092 64,240 68,787 53,784 59,516 45,035 57,999 58,271 65,248 59,985 53,852 28,193 17,894
California 94,096 90,833 97,637 109,686 76,502 74,420 82,453 106,804 106,804 116,505 83,631 92,586 54,712
                             
Colorado 76,469 75,171 79,544 84,995 61,192 71,223 51,598 86,354 86,354 89,116 83,643 69,109 30,609
Connecticut 99,668 92,615 98,488 109,408 87,202 74,805 107,193 107,193 114,084 94,278 84,580 47,596
Delaware 93,986 95,117 102,293 109,361 63,974 64,342 80,725 82,122 128,368 62,853 53,000
District of Columbia 91,819 80,551 80,551 123,188 76,597 92,523 103,509 104,382 51,645 9,000
Florida 75,239 74,363 75,053 85,139 76,996 59,322 51,986 78,822 78,822 92,234 68,357 61,861 56,733
                             
Georgia 72,133 71,090 72,523 79,669 60,304 54,747 45,891 75,653 75,694 92,989 65,981 60,468 30,863 39,010
Hawaii 82,085 83,443 90,127 92,369 71,801 69,005 77,853 77,853 76,529 88,571 49,377
Idaho 61,190 61,651 64,716 66,090 50,302 49,331 56,110 56,110 52,445 59,458
Illinois 84,657 79,199 83,276 86,735 69,733 72,196 92,337 92,398 108,937 67,619 62,160 36,028 46,041
Indiana 77,163 76,090 81,412 87,618 64,221 53,980 44,347 79,330 79,330 95,068 61,653 70,125
                             
Iowa 73,891 79,571 90,103 90,103 57,538 64,278 64,278 72,855 57,111 64,619 47,087
Kansas 65,503 67,870 74,892 79,536 60,086 56,169 51,288 50,600 50,765 54,696 43,759 46,291
Kentucky 64,116 65,575 71,019 72,393 60,627 50,656 58,095 58,095 60,489 52,918 61,166 68,328
Louisiana 65,696 62,079 66,994 75,204 55,946 47,303 43,592 81,613 81,613 88,661 57,219 58,552 36,642
Maine 76,344 72,324 77,957 85,336 63,079 54,915 82,337 82,862 67,610 55,207 93,557 56,734
                             
Maryland 79,795 79,489 84,780 88,929 72,436 68,829 81,098 81,098 90,007 69,746 71,413 21,113
Massachusetts 101,312 83,509 90,595 99,032 77,208 63,881 109,951 109,956 125,155 84,792 87,530 67,961
Michigan 84,788 87,880 89,844 91,803 75,245 67,436 78,100 66,180 66,180 78,789 64,200 65,101 23,494
Minnesota 76,100 76,874 84,060 99,372 75,022 60,454 64,952 74,326 74,326 75,957 67,698 76,284
Mississippi 60,034 60,534 66,369 68,713 55,549 51,515 56,000 56,000 61,883 57,166 43,687
                             
Missouri 72,168 67,911 72,000 79,725 61,380 49,419 54,513 79,635 79,711 97,445 61,226 54,053 66,019 51,351
Montana 62,092 66,078 68,488 72,750 59,817 54,772 48,706 42,229 53,232 52,803 53,505 13,986
Nebraska 71,205 73,074 77,101 82,632 63,053 59,378 65,214 65,359 81,555 56,845 55,590 47,847
Nevada 82,430 83,269 84,227 90,469 69,061 71,469 60,926 60,926 60,926 39,949
New Hampshire 90,149 85,546 92,225 102,219 77,492 88,434 62,811 96,854 96,854 130,855 67,569 70,786
                             
New Jersey 99,745 96,801 105,652 108,600 98,428 72,663 107,288 107,288 124,832 81,703 69,498 29,459
New Mexico 65,790 65,537 71,606 77,205 60,744 47,903 51,637 83,973 83,973 83,973 64,025
New York 93,400 78,618 82,570 99,498 72,469 64,844 70,846 102,040 102,099 111,927 78,125 84,478 64,992 39,984
North Carolina 73,206 68,196 78,248 81,965 68,236 69,732 49,357 86,299 86,538 109,027 61,176 59,648 39,340 97,857
North Dakota 66,805 69,080 70,881 77,883 59,302 54,309 54,543 43,241 43,241 25,628 44,778
                             
Ohio 75,089 76,531 80,326 82,726 57,948 64,634 61,880 72,067 72,067 79,140 65,822 72,160 42,872
Oklahoma 67,003 66,808 70,743 76,111 62,460 50,531 49,835 68,166 68,166 80,129 57,938 38,478 16,245
Oregon 74,060 73,916 76,698 80,253 59,525 65,674 68,435 75,072 75,072 77,993 65,679 79,946 50,525
Pennsylvania 86,533 83,650 87,326 94,343 83,884 70,986 63,666 89,866 90,326 102,271 73,449 79,000 47,351 45,270
Rhode Island 93,903 74,350 78,725 84,445 67,705 60,577 107,540 107,540 131,442 91,279
                             
South Carolina 66,654 69,181 77,968 90,361 68,235 57,172 51,045 58,495 58,627 68,716 60,380 54,022 51,029 47,241
South Dakota 62,007 63,487 66,755 67,382 68,684 47,724 49,144 54,926 54,926 54,477 55,311
Tennessee 70,665 67,189 72,563 74,176 60,819 49,593 77,874 77,874 99,763 57,246 55,253 23,459
Texas 75,167 73,058 80,339 84,279 65,724 55,368 57,127 85,616 85,753 98,340 67,396 56,791 33,887 32,028
Utah 72,755 72,869 75,168 87,733 64,904 56,216 51,404 78,643 79,107 92,464 74,849 54,193 27,761
                             
Vermont 77,177 78,025 78,025 88,044 56,627 56,242 76,378 76,378 79,894 54,741
Virginia 73,443 79,044 84,100 87,458 67,473 70,147 60,785 60,414 60,405 59,903 57,700 63,592 62,640 32,714
Washington 73,684 73,456 78,385 90,704 75,618 56,149 57,082 74,654 74,684 81,483 62,626 69,977 65,144
West Virginia 63,622 65,457 68,347 75,849 58,845 55,994 47,660 51,143 51,143 55,234 50,650 48,420 13,521
Wisconsin 71,756 72,881 74,883 85,416 61,487 92,876 68,325 67,481 67,481 76,060 62,526 60,178
Wyoming 70,883 71,387 82,753 82,753 58,577 57,967
                             
U.S. Service Academies 107,888 107,888 107,888 107,888
                             
Other jurisdictions 46,595 52,762 56,908 51,332 65,017 54,439 34,538 29,473 28,986 27,182 34,711 25,905 48,587 18,102
American Samoa 32,891 32,891 32,891 32,891
Federated States of
      Micronesia
26,907 26,907 26,907
Guam 62,781 62,781 66,547 66,547 54,355
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas 42,447 42,447 42,447 42,447
Palau
Puerto Rico 44,418 54,267 56,853 51,332 59,826 58,731 24,964 29,473 28,986 27,182 34,711 25,905 48,587 18,102
U.S. Virgin Islands 63,436 63,436 63,436 63,436
†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. 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), Spring 2015, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared December 2016.)

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