Digest of Education Statistics: 2017
Digest of Education Statistics: 2017

NCES 2018-070
January 2018


Table 316.10. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by academic rank, control and level of institution, and sex: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2016-17
Sex and academic year All faculty Academic rank Public institutions Private institutions
Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Instructor Lecturer No rank Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  Current dollars
Total                          
1970-71 $12,710 $17,958 $13,563 $11,176 $9,360 $11,196 $12,333 $12,953 $13,121 $12,644 $11,619 $11,824 $8,664
1975-76 16,659 22,649 17,065 13,986 13,672 12,906 15,196 16,942 17,400 15,820 15,921 16,116 10,901
1980-81 23,302 30,753 23,214 18,901 15,178 17,301 22,334 23,745 24,373 22,177 22,093 22,325 15,065
1982-83 27,196 35,540 26,921 22,056 17,601 20,072 25,557 27,488 28,293 25,567 26,393 26,691 16,595
1984-85 30,447 39,743 29,945 24,668 20,230 22,334 27,683 30,646 31,764 27,864 29,910 30,247 18,510
                           
1985-86 32,392 42,268 31,787 26,277 20,918 23,770 29,088 32,750 34,033 29,590 31,402 31,732 19,436
1987-88 35,897 47,040 35,231 29,110 22,728 25,977 31,532 36,231 37,840 32,209 35,049 35,346 21,867
1989-90 40,133 52,810 39,392 32,689 25,030 28,990 34,559 40,416 42,365 35,516 39,464 39,817 24,601
1990-91 42,165 55,540 41,414 34,434 26,332 30,097 36,395 42,317 44,510 37,055 41,788 42,224 24,088
1991-92 43,851 57,433 42,929 35,745 30,916 30,456 37,783 43,641 45,638 38,959 44,376 44,793 25,673
                           
1992-93 44,714 58,788 43,945 36,625 28,499 30,543 37,771 44,197 46,515 38,935 45,985 46,427 26,105
1993-94 46,364 60,649 45,278 37,630 28,828 32,729 40,584 45,920 48,019 41,040 47,465 47,880 28,435
1994-95 47,811 62,709 46,713 38,756 29,665 33,198 41,227 47,432 49,738 42,101 48,741 49,379 25,613
1995-96 49,309 64,540 47,966 39,696 30,344 34,136 42,996 48,837 51,172 43,295 50,466 50,819 31,915
1996-97 50,829 66,659 49,307 40,687 31,193 34,962 44,200 50,303 52,718 44,584 52,112 52,443 32,628
                           
1997-98 52,335 68,731 50,828 41,830 32,449 35,484 45,268 51,638 54,114 45,919 54,039 54,379 33,592
1998-99 54,097 71,322 52,576 43,348 33,819 36,819 46,250 53,319 55,948 47,285 55,981 56,284 34,821
1999-2000 55,888 74,410 54,524 44,978 34,918 38,194 47,389 55,011 57,950 48,240 58,013 58,323 35,925
2001-02 59,742 80,792 58,724 48,796 46,959 41,798 46,569 58,524 62,013 50,837 62,818 63,088 33,139
2002-03 61,330 83,466 60,471 50,552 48,304 42,622 46,338 60,014 63,486 52,330 64,533 64,814 34,826
                           
2003-04 62,579 85,333 61,746 51,798 49,065 43,648 47,725 60,874 64,340 53,076 66,666 66,932 36,322
2004-05 64,234 88,158 63,558 53,308 49,730 44,514 48,942 62,346 66,053 53,932 68,755 68,995 37,329
2005-06 66,172 91,208 65,714 55,106 50,883 45,896 50,425 64,158 67,951 55,405 71,016 71,263 38,549
2006-07 68,585 94,870 68,153 57,143 53,278 47,478 52,161 66,566 70,460 57,466 73,419 73,636 41,138
2007-08 71,085 98,548 70,826 59,294 55,325 49,392 54,405 68,981 72,857 59,646 76,133 76,341 43,402
                           
2008-09 73,570 102,346 73,439 61,550 56,918 51,188 56,370 71,237 75,245 61,433 79,147 79,410 43,542
2009-10 74,620 103,682 74,125 62,245 57,791 52,185 56,803 72,178 76,147 62,264 80,379 80,597 44,748
2010-11 75,481 104,961 75,107 63,136 58,003 52,584 56,549 72,715 76,857 62,359 81,897 82,098 45,146
2011-12 76,567 107,090 76,177 64,011 58,350 53,359 56,898 73,496 77,843 62,553 83,540 83,701 47,805
2012-13 77,278 108,074 77,029 64,673 57,674 53,072 58,752 73,877 78,012 62,907 84,932 85,096 44,978
                           
2013-14 78,733 109,998 78,693 66,093 58,240 54,566 59,161 75,491 79,897 63,714 86,178 86,390 44,598
2014-15 80,157 112,825 80,335 67,589 59,208 55,335 58,305 76,811 81,372 64,116 87,605 88,212 38,168
2015-16 82,224 115,539 82,147 69,378 60,911 57,306 60,341 78,869 83,389 66,018 89,867 90,309 31,296
2016-17 84,630 118,914 84,179 71,626 63,644 58,749 61,687 81,211 85,612 67,684 92,455 92,639 53,017
                           
Males                          
1975-76 17,414 22,902 17,209 14,174 14,430 13,579 15,761 17,661 18,121 16,339 16,784 16,946 11,378
1980-81 24,499 31,082 23,451 19,227 15,545 18,281 23,170 24,873 25,509 22,965 23,493 23,669 16,075
1982-83 28,664 35,956 27,262 22,586 18,160 21,225 26,541 28,851 29,661 26,524 28,159 28,380 17,346
1984-85 32,182 40,269 30,392 25,330 21,159 23,557 28,670 32,240 33,344 28,891 32,028 32,278 19,460
                           
1985-86 34,294 42,833 32,273 27,094 21,693 25,238 30,267 34,528 35,786 30,758 33,656 33,900 20,412
1987-88 38,112 47,735 35,823 30,086 23,645 27,652 32,747 38,314 39,898 33,477 37,603 37,817 22,641
1989-90 42,763 53,650 40,131 33,781 25,933 31,162 35,980 42,959 44,834 37,081 42,312 42,595 25,218
1990-91 45,065 56,549 42,239 35,636 27,388 32,398 38,036 45,084 47,168 38,787 45,019 45,319 25,937
1991-92 46,848 58,494 43,814 36,969 33,359 32,843 39,422 46,483 48,401 40,811 47,733 48,042 26,825
                           
1992-93 47,866 59,972 44,855 37,842 29,583 32,512 39,365 47,175 49,392 40,725 49,518 49,837 27,402
1993-94 49,579 61,857 46,229 38,794 29,815 34,796 42,251 48,956 50,989 42,938 51,076 51,397 30,783
1994-95 51,228 64,046 47,705 39,923 30,528 35,082 43,103 50,629 52,874 44,020 52,653 53,036 29,639
1995-96 52,814 65,949 49,037 40,858 30,940 36,135 44,624 52,163 54,448 45,209 54,364 54,649 33,301
1996-97 54,465 68,214 50,457 41,864 31,738 36,932 45,688 53,737 56,162 46,393 56,185 56,453 34,736
                           
1997-98 56,115 70,468 52,041 43,017 33,070 37,481 46,822 55,191 57,744 47,690 58,293 58,576 36,157
1998-99 58,048 73,260 53,830 44,650 34,741 38,976 47,610 57,038 59,805 48,961 60,392 60,641 38,040
1999-2000 60,084 76,478 55,939 46,414 35,854 40,202 48,788 58,984 62,030 50,033 62,631 62,905 38,636
2001-02 64,320 83,356 60,300 50,518 48,844 44,519 48,049 62,835 66,577 52,360 67,871 68,100 33,395
2002-03 66,126 86,191 62,226 52,441 50,272 45,469 47,412 64,564 68,322 53,962 69,726 69,976 34,291
                           
2003-04 67,485 88,262 63,466 53,649 50,985 46,214 48,973 65,476 69,248 54,623 72,021 72,250 35,604
2004-05 69,337 91,290 65,394 55,215 51,380 46,929 50,102 67,130 71,145 55,398 74,318 74,540 34,970
2005-06 71,569 94,733 67,654 57,099 52,519 48,256 51,811 69,191 73,353 56,858 76,941 77,143 38,215
2006-07 74,167 98,563 70,168 59,150 55,061 49,641 53,665 71,797 76,072 58,971 79,491 79,663 41,196
2007-08 76,935 102,555 72,940 61,368 57,116 51,804 56,196 74,389 78,673 61,166 82,681 82,850 42,995
                           
2008-09 79,706 106,759 75,634 63,726 58,819 53,777 58,341 76,897 81,394 62,870 86,008 86,205 43,871
2009-10 80,881 108,225 76,400 64,451 59,793 54,947 58,647 77,948 82,423 63,697 87,382 87,546 44,500
2010-11 81,873 109,656 77,429 65,391 59,851 55,457 58,392 78,609 83,279 63,745 89,000 89,160 44,542
2011-12 83,150 112,066 78,560 66,303 60,066 56,367 58,807 79,544 84,444 63,918 90,840 90,976 45,250
2012-13 83,979 113,311 79,423 67,085 59,350 55,759 61,086 80,016 84,700 64,282 92,385 92,530 42,906
                           
2013-14 85,545 115,466 81,178 68,492 59,777 57,218 61,511 81,703 86,646 65,076 93,898 94,065 44,277
2014-15 87,199 118,573 82,954 70,260 60,707 58,441 60,310 83,291 88,393 65,513 95,455 96,041 37,389
2015-16 89,361 121,535 84,781 72,272 62,390 60,428 62,468 85,367 90,464 67,352 98,016 98,466 30,050
2016-17 91,944 125,067 86,868 74,826 65,381 61,397 64,363 87,860 92,826 69,006 100,874 101,049 51,866
                           
Females                          
1975-76 14,308 20,308 16,364 13,522 12,572 11,901 14,094 14,762 14,758 14,769 13,030 13,231 10,201
1980-81 19,996 27,959 22,295 18,302 14,854 16,168 20,843 20,673 20,608 20,778 18,073 18,326 13,892
1982-83 23,261 32,221 25,738 21,130 17,102 18,830 23,855 23,892 23,876 23,917 21,451 21,785 15,845
1984-85 25,941 35,824 28,517 23,575 19,362 21,004 26,050 26,566 26,813 26,172 24,186 24,560 17,575
                           
1985-86 27,576 38,252 30,300 24,966 20,237 22,273 27,171 28,299 28,680 27,693 25,523 25,889 18,504
1987-88 30,499 42,371 33,528 27,600 21,962 24,370 29,605 31,215 31,820 30,228 28,621 28,946 21,215
1989-90 34,183 47,663 37,469 31,090 24,320 26,995 32,528 34,796 35,704 33,307 32,650 33,010 24,002
1990-91 35,881 49,728 39,329 32,724 25,534 28,111 34,179 36,459 37,573 34,720 34,359 34,898 22,585
1991-92 37,534 51,621 40,766 34,063 28,873 28,550 35,622 37,800 38,634 36,517 36,828 37,309 24,683
                           
1992-93 38,385 52,755 41,861 35,032 27,700 28,922 35,792 38,356 39,470 36,710 38,460 38,987 25,068
1993-94 40,058 54,746 43,178 36,169 28,136 31,048 38,474 40,118 41,031 38,707 39,902 40,378 26,142
1994-95 41,369 56,555 44,626 37,352 29,072 31,677 38,967 41,548 42,663 39,812 40,908 41,815 22,851
1995-96 42,871 58,318 45,803 38,345 29,940 32,584 41,085 42,871 43,986 41,086 42,871 43,236 30,671
1996-97 44,325 60,160 47,101 39,350 30,819 33,415 42,474 44,306 45,402 42,531 44,374 44,726 30,661
                           
1997-98 45,775 61,965 48,597 40,504 32,011 33,918 43,491 45,648 46,709 43,943 46,106 46,466 30,995
1998-99 47,421 64,236 50,347 41,894 33,152 35,115 44,723 47,247 48,355 45,457 47,874 48,204 31,524
1999-2000 48,997 67,079 52,091 43,367 34,228 36,607 45,865 48,714 50,168 46,340 49,737 50,052 32,951
2001-02 52,662 72,542 56,186 46,824 45,262 39,538 45,003 52,123 53,895 49,290 54,149 54,434 32,921
2002-03 54,105 75,028 57,716 48,380 46,573 40,265 45,251 53,435 55,121 50,717 55,881 56,158 35,296
                           
2003-04 55,378 76,652 59,095 49,689 47,404 41,536 46,519 54,408 56,117 51,591 57,921 58,192 36,896
2004-05 56,926 79,160 60,809 51,154 48,351 42,455 47,860 55,780 57,714 52,566 59,919 60,143 39,291
2005-06 58,665 81,514 62,860 52,901 49,533 43,934 49,172 57,462 59,437 54,082 61,830 62,092 38,786
2006-07 61,016 85,090 65,237 54,974 51,832 45,693 50,812 59,781 61,875 56,127 64,246 64,481 41,099
2007-08 63,347 88,301 67,816 57,111 53,889 47,407 52,837 62,129 64,226 58,318 66,528 66,745 43,670
                           
2008-09 65,638 91,522 70,375 59,286 55,424 49,078 54,649 64,231 66,393 60,195 69,300 69,593 43,344
2009-10 66,647 92,830 71,017 59,997 56,239 49,957 55,206 65,139 67,276 61,047 70,507 70,746 44,892
2010-11 67,473 94,041 72,003 60,888 56,566 50,270 54,985 65,632 67,935 61,193 72,091 72,306 45,518
2011-12 68,468 95,845 73,057 61,763 57,013 50,994 55,299 66,368 68,897 61,417 73,629 73,788 49,382
2012-13 69,124 96,563 73,966 62,321 56,361 50,963 56,777 66,703 69,083 61,774 74,987 75,149 46,407
                           
2013-14 70,589 98,374 75,592 63,782 57,043 52,497 57,196 68,335 71,059 62,597 76,127 76,358 44,789
2014-15 71,792 100,783 77,115 65,009 58,020 52,901 56,616 69,384 72,288 62,971 77,504 78,089 38,841
2015-16 73,850 103,364 78,977 66,603 59,726 54,825 58,562 71,493 74,378 64,924 79,549 79,959 32,495
2016-17 76,121 106,651 80,985 68,567 62,252 56,624 59,462 73,708 76,570 66,601 81,951 82,122 53,866
  Constant 2016-17 dollars1
Total                          
1970-71 $77,635 $109,692 $82,850 $68,268 $57,173 $68,390 $75,336 $79,124 $80,151 $77,235 $70,970 $72,227 $52,923
1975-76 72,889 99,101 74,669 61,196 59,823 56,469 66,490 74,130 76,134 69,219 69,661 70,517 47,696
1980-81 65,274 86,146 65,028 52,946 42,517 48,464 62,563 66,515 68,274 62,123 61,887 62,537 42,200
1982-83 67,237 87,865 66,557 54,529 43,515 49,624 63,185 67,959 69,949 63,209 65,251 65,988 41,028
1984-85 69,853 91,180 68,701 56,595 46,413 51,240 63,512 70,310 72,875 63,927 68,621 69,394 42,467
                           
1985-86 72,232 94,255 70,883 58,596 46,646 53,006 64,865 73,031 75,892 65,984 70,025 70,761 43,341
1987-88 75,194 98,536 73,799 60,977 47,608 54,414 66,051 75,894 79,264 67,469 73,418 74,040 45,805
1989-90 76,696 100,922 75,281 62,471 47,834 55,402 66,043 77,237 80,961 67,873 75,417 76,093 47,014
1990-91 76,403 100,638 75,041 62,394 47,713 54,536 65,948 76,679 80,651 67,143 75,719 76,510 43,647
1991-92 76,991 100,836 75,371 62,759 54,280 53,472 66,337 76,622 80,127 68,402 77,912 78,644 45,075
                           
1992-93 76,128 100,089 74,818 62,356 48,521 52,001 64,307 75,248 79,194 66,289 78,292 79,045 44,445
1993-94 76,945 100,651 75,141 62,449 47,842 54,315 67,352 76,208 79,691 68,108 78,771 79,459 47,190
1994-95 77,135 101,169 75,363 62,526 47,858 53,559 66,512 76,523 80,243 67,922 78,634 79,664 41,321
1995-96 77,445 101,366 75,335 62,347 47,659 53,613 67,529 76,703 80,371 67,999 79,261 79,816 50,125
1996-97 77,618 101,790 75,293 62,130 47,633 53,387 67,495 76,814 80,501 68,081 79,576 80,082 49,824
                           
1997-98 78,517 103,116 76,255 62,756 48,682 53,236 67,914 77,470 81,186 68,891 81,073 81,583 50,396
1998-99 79,778 105,182 77,535 63,927 49,874 54,298 68,207 78,632 82,508 69,732 82,558 83,004 51,351
1999-2000 80,108 106,657 78,152 64,470 50,050 54,746 67,925 78,851 83,062 69,146 83,153 83,598 51,493
2001-02 81,354 110,020 79,969 66,448 63,947 56,920 63,416 79,696 84,447 69,228 85,543 85,912 45,127
2002-03 81,721 111,218 80,576 67,360 64,364 56,794 61,745 79,968 84,594 69,729 85,990 86,364 46,405
                           
2003-04 81,600 111,271 80,514 67,542 63,978 56,915 62,232 79,377 83,897 69,209 86,929 87,276 47,362
2004-05 81,312 111,596 80,456 67,480 62,951 56,349 61,954 78,921 83,614 68,271 87,034 87,339 47,253
2005-06 80,692 111,221 80,133 67,197 62,048 55,967 61,489 78,236 82,861 67,562 86,599 86,900 47,007
2006-07 81,526 112,770 81,012 67,925 63,330 56,437 62,004 79,126 83,755 68,309 87,272 87,530 48,901
2007-08 81,478 112,957 81,181 67,964 63,415 56,613 62,359 79,068 83,509 68,367 87,264 87,503 49,748
                           
2008-09 83,166 115,695 83,018 69,578 64,342 57,865 63,723 80,529 85,059 69,446 89,470 89,767 49,221
2009-10 83,545 116,082 82,990 69,689 64,702 58,426 63,597 80,811 85,254 69,711 89,992 90,236 50,100
2010-11 82,845 115,201 82,435 69,296 63,661 57,714 62,066 79,809 84,355 68,443 89,887 90,108 49,550
2011-12 81,645 114,192 81,229 68,256 62,220 56,898 60,671 78,370 83,005 66,701 89,080 89,252 50,975
2012-13 81,054 113,354 80,793 67,833 60,492 55,665 61,623 77,486 81,824 65,981 89,082 89,254 47,176
                           
2013-14 81,310 113,598 81,268 68,256 60,146 56,352 61,097 77,962 82,512 65,799 88,999 89,218 46,058
2014-15 82,182 115,676 82,365 69,297 60,704 56,733 59,778 78,751 83,427 65,736 89,818 90,441 39,133
2015-16 83,737 117,665 83,658 70,654 62,032 58,360 61,451 80,320 84,922 67,232 91,520 91,970 31,871
2016-17 84,630 118,914 84,179 71,626 63,644 58,749 61,687 81,211 85,612 67,684 92,455 92,639 53,017
                           
Males                          
1975-76 76,193 100,207 75,296 62,020 63,138 59,414 68,961 77,277 79,287 71,493 73,440 74,146 49,783
1980-81 68,627 87,068 65,691 53,859 43,545 51,209 64,904 69,675 71,456 64,330 65,809 66,302 45,030
1982-83 70,866 88,894 67,400 55,839 44,897 52,475 65,617 71,328 73,331 65,575 69,617 70,164 42,884
1984-85 73,834 92,387 69,727 58,113 48,544 54,046 65,776 73,967 76,499 66,283 73,480 74,054 44,646
                           
1985-86 76,474 95,515 71,967 60,418 48,374 56,279 67,494 76,996 79,801 68,589 75,051 75,595 45,518
1987-88 79,833 99,990 75,039 63,022 49,529 57,924 68,595 80,257 83,575 70,125 78,768 79,216 47,426
1989-90 81,723 102,528 76,692 64,557 49,559 59,552 68,760 82,096 85,681 70,865 80,861 81,400 48,194
1990-91 81,658 102,466 76,536 64,571 49,628 58,704 68,920 81,692 85,467 70,282 81,574 82,118 46,997
1991-92 82,252 102,699 76,926 64,907 58,570 57,664 69,214 81,611 84,979 71,654 83,806 84,348 47,097
                           
1992-93 81,493 102,105 76,369 64,428 50,367 55,354 67,021 80,318 84,093 69,336 84,307 84,850 46,652
1993-94 82,279 102,655 76,720 64,380 49,480 57,746 70,118 81,245 84,619 71,258 84,764 85,297 51,087
1994-95 82,648 103,327 76,964 64,408 49,252 56,598 69,539 81,681 85,302 71,019 84,946 85,564 47,818
1995-96 82,949 103,579 77,018 64,171 48,594 56,753 70,087 81,927 85,516 71,005 85,383 85,832 52,302
1996-97 83,169 104,164 77,048 63,928 48,465 56,396 69,767 82,058 85,761 70,843 85,796 86,205 53,042
                           
1997-98 84,188 105,721 78,075 64,537 49,614 56,232 70,245 82,801 86,632 71,548 87,455 87,880 54,245
1998-99 85,605 108,040 79,384 65,847 51,234 57,479 70,213 84,116 88,197 72,205 89,062 89,429 56,099
1999-2000 86,121 109,620 80,180 66,527 51,392 57,623 69,930 84,545 88,911 71,716 89,773 90,165 55,379
2001-02 87,589 113,511 82,114 68,793 66,514 60,625 65,432 85,566 90,662 71,302 92,424 92,736 45,476
2002-03 88,112 114,848 82,915 69,876 66,986 60,586 63,176 86,030 91,038 71,903 92,908 93,242 45,692
                           
2003-04 87,997 115,090 82,757 69,955 66,482 60,261 63,859 85,377 90,296 71,226 93,913 94,210 46,427
2004-05 87,772 115,561 82,779 69,895 65,040 59,406 63,422 84,977 90,060 70,127 94,077 94,358 44,267
2005-06 87,273 115,520 82,499 69,628 64,043 58,845 63,180 84,373 89,449 69,334 93,824 94,070 46,601
2006-07 88,161 117,160 83,407 70,311 65,451 59,007 63,791 85,344 90,425 70,098 94,490 94,694 48,969
2007-08 88,184 117,550 83,605 70,341 65,467 59,378 64,412 85,266 90,177 70,109 94,771 94,964 49,282
                           
2008-09 90,102 120,684 85,499 72,038 66,491 60,791 65,950 86,927 92,010 71,070 97,226 97,449 49,593
2009-10 90,555 121,168 85,538 72,159 66,944 61,518 65,661 87,270 92,280 71,315 97,833 98,016 49,822
2010-11 89,861 120,354 84,983 71,770 65,690 60,868 64,089 86,278 91,404 69,964 97,683 97,858 48,888
2011-12 88,665 119,497 83,769 70,700 64,049 60,104 62,706 84,819 90,044 68,157 96,864 97,009 48,251
2012-13 88,082 118,847 83,303 70,363 62,249 58,484 64,070 83,925 88,838 67,423 96,899 97,051 45,003
                           
2013-14 88,345 119,245 83,835 70,734 61,734 59,091 63,524 84,377 89,481 67,206 96,971 97,143 45,726
2014-15 89,401 121,568 85,050 72,035 62,241 59,918 61,833 85,395 90,626 67,168 97,866 98,467 38,333
2015-16 91,005 123,771 86,341 73,602 63,537 61,539 63,617 86,938 92,128 68,591 99,819 100,277 30,603
2016-17 91,944 125,067 86,868 74,826 65,381 61,397 64,363 87,860 92,826 69,006 100,874 101,049 51,866
                           
Females                          
1975-76 62,603 88,857 71,600 59,165 55,008 52,071 61,668 64,593 64,576 64,621 57,015 57,891 44,632
1980-81 56,013 78,319 62,453 51,268 41,609 45,290 58,386 57,910 57,728 58,204 50,627 51,335 38,915
1982-83 57,508 79,660 63,632 52,240 42,281 46,553 58,977 59,068 59,029 59,130 53,033 53,859 39,174
1984-85 59,515 82,189 65,425 54,087 44,421 48,188 59,765 60,949 61,516 60,045 55,489 56,347 40,321
                           
1985-86 61,493 85,300 67,567 55,673 45,127 49,668 60,590 63,105 63,955 61,754 56,915 57,731 41,263
1987-88 63,888 88,755 70,232 57,815 46,004 51,048 62,014 65,387 66,654 63,319 59,953 60,634 44,439
1989-90 65,325 91,086 71,605 59,414 46,476 51,590 62,163 66,497 68,233 63,651 62,395 63,084 45,869
1990-91 65,015 90,107 71,264 59,296 46,267 50,938 61,931 66,064 68,082 62,912 62,258 63,234 40,924
1991-92 65,899 90,632 71,574 59,805 50,693 50,126 62,543 66,367 67,831 64,114 64,660 65,504 43,337
                           
1992-93 65,352 89,819 71,270 59,644 47,161 49,242 60,937 65,302 67,199 62,501 65,480 66,377 42,679
1993-94 66,479 90,854 71,656 60,024 46,694 51,526 63,850 66,578 68,093 64,236 66,220 67,009 43,384
1994-95 66,742 91,241 71,996 60,261 46,903 51,104 62,866 67,030 68,829 64,229 65,997 67,461 36,866
1995-96 67,333 91,593 71,938 60,225 47,024 51,176 64,527 67,333 69,084 64,530 67,333 67,906 48,172
1996-97 67,685 91,865 71,924 60,089 47,062 51,026 64,859 67,656 69,330 64,946 67,759 68,298 46,820
                           
1997-98 68,675 92,964 72,909 60,766 48,025 50,886 65,248 68,484 70,075 65,927 69,172 69,712 46,501
1998-99 69,933 94,731 74,249 61,782 48,891 51,786 65,954 69,677 71,310 67,037 70,602 71,088 46,489
1999-2000 70,230 96,148 74,665 62,161 49,060 52,471 65,741 69,825 71,909 66,422 71,291 71,743 47,230
2001-02 71,713 98,785 76,512 63,764 61,636 53,841 61,283 70,979 73,393 67,121 73,738 74,127 44,831
2002-03 72,093 99,974 76,906 64,465 62,058 53,652 60,296 71,202 73,448 67,580 74,461 74,830 47,032
                           
2003-04 72,210 99,951 77,058 64,793 61,813 54,161 60,659 70,946 73,175 67,273 75,527 75,880 48,111
2004-05 72,061 100,206 76,976 64,754 61,206 53,742 60,584 70,610 73,058 66,542 75,849 76,132 49,737
2005-06 71,537 99,400 76,653 64,509 60,402 53,574 59,962 70,071 72,479 65,950 75,397 75,717 47,297
2006-07 72,529 101,146 77,547 65,347 61,612 54,315 60,399 71,061 73,550 66,717 76,369 76,647 48,854
2007-08 72,609 101,212 77,732 65,462 61,768 54,339 60,563 71,213 73,616 66,845 76,255 76,505 50,056
                           
2008-09 74,200 103,459 79,554 67,019 62,653 55,479 61,777 72,609 75,052 68,047 78,339 78,670 48,997
2009-10 74,618 103,933 79,510 67,173 62,966 55,932 61,808 72,930 75,322 68,348 78,939 79,207 50,261
2010-11 74,056 103,216 79,028 66,828 62,084 55,175 60,349 72,035 74,563 67,163 79,124 79,360 49,959
2011-12 73,009 102,201 77,902 65,859 60,794 54,376 58,966 70,769 73,466 65,490 78,512 78,682 52,657
2012-13 72,501 101,281 77,580 65,366 59,114 53,453 59,552 69,963 72,458 64,793 78,651 78,821 48,674
                           
2013-14 72,900 101,593 78,066 65,870 58,910 54,215 59,068 70,572 73,385 64,645 78,618 78,857 46,255
2014-15 73,606 103,329 79,063 66,651 59,486 54,237 58,046 71,137 74,114 64,562 79,462 80,062 39,823
2015-16 75,208 105,266 80,430 67,829 60,825 55,833 59,639 72,808 75,747 66,118 81,012 81,430 33,093
2016-17 76,121 106,651 80,985 68,567 62,252 56,624 59,462 73,708 76,570 66,601 81,951 82,122 53,866
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 exclude instructional faculty at medical schools. Data through 1995-96 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. Data for 1987-88 and later years 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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; 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 2011-12 and Spring 2013 through Spring 2017, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2017.)