Table 316.70.

Average benefit expenditure for full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by type of benefit and control of institution: Selected years, 1977-78 through 2010-11

Control of institution and year	Average total benefit per full-time faculty member	Average benefit expenditure per full-time faculty member receiving benefit
		Retirement plans			Medical/ dental plans	Guaranteed disability income protection	Tuition plan for depen- dents	Housing plan	Social Security taxes	Unemploy- ment compensa-tion taxes	Group life insur- ance	Worker's compen- sation taxes	Other insur- ance	Other benefits
		Total	Vested within 5 years	Vested after 5 years
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Current dollars
Total
1977-78	$3,203	$1,725	$1,739	$1,691	$521	$96	$1,410	$886	$899	$109	$105	$80	—	$288
1982-83	5,799	2,731	2,741	2,703	1,111	151	1,993	1,639	1,712	146	138	114	—	915
1987-88	7,227	3,677	3,494	4,028	1,682	132	1,585	2,004	2,379	134	178	190	—	716
1989-90	8,241	4,048	3,974	4,192	2,339	147	2,070	2,643	2,764	121	182	49	—	637
1992-93	10,473	4,397	4,391	4,410	3,266	179	2,196	2,574	3,168	143	237	344	—	874
1997-98	12,263	5,289	5,195	5,498	3,535	218	2,765	4,100	3,562	158	195	340	$1,501	1,043
1998-99	12,580	5,256	5,268	5,228	3,726	213	3,012	3,698	3,668	152	190	347	1,267	845
1999-2000	13,227	5,292	5,365	5,125	3,989	237	3,362	4,187	3,793	146	190	343	1,512	1,303
2001-02	14,408	5,541	5,738	5,126	4,792	250	3,487	4,931	4,079	164	231	402	668	1,267
2002-03	15,552	5,781	6,039	5,208	5,396	264	3,308	4,329	4,158	170	211	411	797	1,263
2003-04	16,437	5,895	6,161	5,281	5,919	261	3,506	6,101	4,260	191	215	435	951	1,452
2004-05	17,269	6,211	6,429	5,682	6,314	272	4,072	4,176	4,354	225	199	481	853	1,637
2005-06	18,082	6,402	6,571	6,010	6,863	280	4,511	5,599	4,451	228	210	473	1,095	1,457
2006-07	18,783	6,710	6,851	6,361	7,217	280	5,029	6,914	4,627	176	217	484	1,226	1,564
2007-08	19,756	7,033	7,142	6,767	7,635	282	5,607	7,436	4,773	168	215	509	1,172	1,706
2008-09	20,332	7,222	7,396	6,797	7,900	291	5,596	9,001	4,918	169	213	498	1,156	1,540
2009-10	20,978	7,292	7,472	6,846	8,389	276	6,016	8,729	4,993	180	211	499	1,155	1,561
2010-11	21,744	7,436	7,672	6,883	8,843	281	6,396	9,071	5,042	219	210	502	1,191	1,546
Public
1977-78	3,252	1,791	1,833	1,724	560	99	430	846	911	99	105	88	—	94
1982-83	5,920	2,846	2,880	2,776	1,189	153	576	1,027	1,741	139	140	115	—	980
1987-88	7,146	3,815	3,602	4,086	1,757	140	404	1,172	2,399	109	180	192	—	611
1989-90	8,361	4,186	4,128	4,259	2,425	154	605	1,767	2,771	97	182	60	—	602
1992-93	10,280	4,467	4,469	4,464	3,352	188	693	1,135	3,122	117	250	318	—	827
1997-98	12,114	5,432	5,302	5,617	3,646	219	830	2,614	3,482	133	187	340	1,643	1,175
1998-99	12,192	5,249	5,230	5,276	3,830	202	828	1,826	3,553	127	183	348	1,252	709
1999-2000	12,756	5,258	5,297	5,200	4,131	237	962	2,283	3,660	121	176	347	1,603	1,272
2001-02	13,919	5,437	5,641	5,158	4,936	254	994	686	3,930	137	233	402	694	1,162
2002-03	15,097	5,703	5,968	5,323	5,565	274	978	2,415	4,005	142	198	402	872	1,274
2003-04	15,916	5,757	6,044	5,330	6,127	262	1,022	4,589	4,073	173	206	425	901	1,334
2004-05	16,769	6,104	6,321	5,760	6,498	274	1,280	3,655	4,161	202	189	479	866	1,725
2005-06	17,594	6,308	6,458	6,078	7,126	279	1,483	4,418	4,237	210	202	446	1,209	1,299
2006-07	18,299	6,620	6,743	6,419	7,446	281	1,609	393	4,409	149	202	494	1,303	1,523
2007-08	19,245	6,994	7,071	6,872	7,858	289	1,815	3,382	4,542	136	197	520	1,209	1,516
2008-09	19,778	7,156	7,292	6,941	8,079	291	1,876	4,635	4,657	138	194	511	1,245	1,475
2009-10	20,435	7,237	7,387	6,998	8,613	276	1,972	4,276	4,717	148	189	509	1,269	1,543
2010-11	21,234	7,360	7,616	6,977	9,053	269	2,317	4,802	4,750	196	192	514	1,253	1,322
Private
1977-78	3,071	1,509	1,542	905	404	89	2,025	890	873	131	103	60	—	838
1982-83	5,462	2,340	2,404	1,295	886	146	3,403	1,798	1,648	170	134	113	—	212
1987-88	7,438	3,280	3,306	2,906	1,488	120	3,666	2,303	2,337	197	175	184	—	977
1989-90	7,954	3,657	3,718	2,478	2,112	134	4,259	3,032	2,750	188	182	25	—	712
1992-93	10,958	4,206	4,259	2,877	3,039	163	4,523	2,956	3,267	212	207	402	—	957
1997-98	12,629	4,915	5,023	2,531	3,255	216	5,513	4,228	3,735	222	209	339	1,207	897
1998-99	13,519	5,274	5,327	3,879	3,468	231	6,722	3,936	3,915	219	205	345	1,313	1,020
1999-2000	14,366	5,380	5,471	3,354	3,638	237	6,951	4,349	4,074	213	215	335	1,331	1,342
2001-02	15,644	5,818	5,897	4,518	4,416	245	7,159	5,083	4,414	242	225	403	628	1,450
2002-03	16,660	5,981	6,153	2,983	4,964	249	6,943	4,348	4,490	247	236	429	629	1,248
2003-04	17,687	6,245	6,346	4,225	5,395	259	7,481	6,104	4,667	239	231	457	1,057	1,584
2004-05	18,465	6,483	6,603	4,092	5,849	269	7,600	4,455	4,775	284	217	484	821	1,527
2005-06	19,258	6,637	6,756	5,037	6,195	281	8,594	6,001	4,914	275	223	528	860	1,658
2006-07	19,942	6,935	7,027	5,382	6,632	278	9,610	7,750	5,097	248	246	465	1,049	1,619
2007-08	20,984	7,131	7,257	4,843	7,062	272	10,368	7,474	5,275	253	248	487	1,098	1,944
2008-09	21,656	7,385	7,564	4,195	7,442	292	9,941	9,017	5,489	251	251	472	985	1,628
2009-10	22,258	7,426	7,608	3,951	7,824	275	10,805	8,750	5,590	265	250	479	919	1,580
2010-11	22,927	7,626	7,761	4,797	8,323	299	11,330	9,091	5,664	281	244	479	1,059	1,819
	Constant 2015-16 dollars1
Total
1977-78	12,186	6,561	6,617	6,434	1,981	365	5,363	3,372	3,422	413	398	303	—	1,094
1982-83	14,077	6,630	6,654	6,562	2,698	365	4,838	3,978	4,156	355	336	278	—	2,220
1987-88	14,865	7,563	7,186	8,285	3,460	272	3,260	4,122	4,893	276	367	390	—	1,472
1989-90	15,465	7,596	7,458	7,867	4,389	275	3,885	4,961	5,187	228	342	92	—	1,195
1992-93	17,508	7,351	7,342	7,373	5,461	299	3,672	4,303	5,296	239	396	575	—	1,462
1997-98	18,066	7,791	7,653	8,099	5,208	321	4,074	6,040	5,248	232	287	501	2,211	1,536
1998-99	18,217	7,611	7,629	7,570	5,395	309	4,362	5,355	5,311	220	276	503	1,834	1,224
1999-2000	18,616	7,449	7,551	7,213	5,614	334	4,732	5,893	5,339	206	267	483	2,128	1,834
2001-02	19,266	7,409	7,673	6,855	6,407	335	4,663	6,594	5,454	220	309	538	893	1,694
2002-03	20,349	7,565	7,902	6,814	7,061	345	4,328	5,664	5,440	222	276	537	1,043	1,652
2003-04	21,046	7,548	7,888	6,761	7,579	334	4,490	7,812	5,455	244	275	558	1,218	1,859
2004-05	21,465	7,721	7,991	7,063	7,848	338	5,062	5,191	5,413	280	247	597	1,060	2,035
2005-06	21,652	7,666	7,869	7,197	8,218	335	5,401	6,705	5,329	273	251	566	1,311	1,745
2006-07	21,924	7,832	7,996	7,425	8,424	327	5,870	8,070	5,400	206	253	565	1,431	1,825
2007-08	22,236	7,916	8,039	7,616	8,594	318	6,311	8,369	5,372	190	242	573	1,319	1,921
2008-09	22,569	8,016	8,209	7,545	8,769	323	6,212	9,992	5,459	187	237	553	1,283	1,709
2009-10	23,063	8,016	8,214	7,527	9,223	303	6,614	9,597	5,489	198	232	549	1,269	1,716
2010-11	23,435	8,014	8,268	7,418	9,531	303	6,893	9,776	5,434	236	226	541	1,284	1,666
Public
1977-78	12,371	6,813	6,973	6,558	2,132	378	1,635	3,220	3,466	377	400	335	—	356
1982-83	14,372	6,910	6,992	6,740	2,886	371	1,398	2,493	4,227	336	340	279	—	2,380
1987-88	14,699	7,847	7,410	8,404	3,615	289	832	2,411	4,934	225	370	396	—	1,258
1989-90	15,690	7,855	7,746	7,992	4,551	290	1,136	3,315	5,199	181	342	112	—	1,129
1992-93	17,187	7,468	7,472	7,463	5,604	314	1,158	1,898	5,219	195	419	532	—	1,383
1997-98	17,846	8,003	7,811	8,276	5,371	323	1,222	3,851	5,130	196	276	501	2,420	1,732
1998-99	17,656	7,601	7,574	7,640	5,546	292	1,199	2,644	5,144	184	265	504	1,813	1,027
1999-2000	17,954	7,400	7,455	7,319	5,815	334	1,354	3,213	5,152	170	248	489	2,256	1,790
2001-02	18,612	7,270	7,543	6,897	6,600	340	1,329	918	5,255	184	312	538	928	1,554
2002-03	19,753	7,462	7,809	6,965	7,281	359	1,280	3,160	5,241	186	259	526	1,142	1,666
2003-04	20,379	7,371	7,739	6,824	7,845	336	1,308	5,875	5,215	221	264	544	1,154	1,708
2004-05	20,844	7,587	7,857	7,160	8,077	341	1,591	4,543	5,172	252	235	595	1,076	2,144
2005-06	21,067	7,553	7,732	7,278	8,533	334	1,775	5,290	5,073	252	242	534	1,448	1,556
2006-07	21,359	7,727	7,871	7,492	8,691	328	1,878	459	5,146	174	236	577	1,521	1,778
2007-08	21,660	7,872	7,958	7,735	8,845	326	2,043	3,807	5,112	153	222	585	1,361	1,706
2008-09	21,954	7,944	8,094	7,705	8,967	323	2,083	5,145	5,169	154	215	567	1,382	1,638
2009-10	22,466	7,956	8,121	7,693	9,469	304	2,168	4,701	5,185	163	208	560	1,395	1,697
2010-11	22,885	7,933	8,208	7,520	9,757	290	2,497	5,175	5,120	211	207	554	1,350	1,425
Private
1977-78	11,685	5,739	5,866	3,444	1,538	338	7,705	3,384	3,319	497	394	228	—	3,188
1982-83	13,260	5,681	5,836	3,145	2,152	354	8,261	4,365	4,001	413	326	274	—	516
1987-88	15,299	6,747	6,801	5,978	3,061	246	7,541	4,738	4,808	406	360	378	—	2,010
1989-90	14,927	6,863	6,977	4,650	3,963	251	7,992	5,690	5,161	354	342	46	—	1,336
1992-93	18,320	7,032	7,120	4,811	5,081	273	7,561	4,942	5,462	354	346	672	—	1,600
1997-98	18,604	7,241	7,400	3,728	4,795	318	8,121	6,229	5,503	328	308	500	1,778	1,322
1998-99	19,577	7,638	7,715	5,617	5,022	334	9,734	5,699	5,669	318	297	499	1,901	1,478
1999-2000	20,220	7,572	7,700	4,720	5,120	334	9,783	6,121	5,734	300	303	471	1,874	1,888
2001-02	20,918	7,779	7,886	6,042	5,905	327	9,573	6,797	5,903	323	302	538	839	1,940
2002-03	21,799	7,826	8,050	3,904	6,495	325	9,085	5,690	5,875	323	309	561	823	1,633
2003-04	22,647	7,996	8,125	5,410	6,907	332	9,579	7,816	5,976	305	296	585	1,353	2,028
2004-05	22,952	8,059	8,208	5,087	7,271	335	9,447	5,538	5,936	353	270	601	1,021	1,898
2005-06	23,060	7,948	8,090	6,031	7,417	337	10,290	7,186	5,884	329	267	632	1,030	1,986
2006-07	23,277	8,094	8,202	6,282	7,742	324	11,218	9,046	5,949	290	287	542	1,224	1,890
2007-08	23,618	8,026	8,168	5,451	7,948	306	11,670	8,412	5,937	285	279	548	1,235	2,189
2008-09	24,038	8,197	8,396	4,656	8,261	324	11,035	10,009	6,093	279	278	524	1,094	1,807
2009-10	24,470	8,165	8,364	4,344	8,602	302	11,879	9,620	6,146	291	275	527	1,010	1,737
2010-11	24,710	8,219	8,364	5,170	8,970	322	12,211	9,798	6,105	303	262	516	1,142	1,960

—Not available.

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.

NOTE: Data through 1992-93 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits" surveys, 1977-78 and 1982-83; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:87-99); and IPEDS Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2010-11, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared September 2016.)