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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: 2015-16
[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 Doctoral1 Master's2 Other Total Doctoral1 Master's2 Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States $82,224 $78,869 $83,389 $89,496 $72,562 $63,591 $66,018 $90,312 $90,676 $105,643 $72,130 $71,698 $28,919 $53,438
Alabama 69,672 71,726 77,556 84,303 63,094 70,802 53,241 57,742 57,742 66,619 49,095 48,951 45,752
Alaska 78,853 80,034 80,094 83,199 78,096 74,594 49,112 48,795 48,795
Arizona 82,147 83,220 86,514 87,806 77,344 50,219 74,707 63,491 63,491 44,983 74,524 54,805
Arkansas 59,482 59,737 64,658 68,848 56,131 56,155 45,653 57,951 58,485 65,340 61,562 53,463 20,000
California 96,946 93,876 100,940 113,526 79,081 76,587 85,137 109,330 109,352 118,130 85,797 95,442 50,958 54,887
                             
Colorado 79,658 78,593 82,792 88,178 60,297 67,434 57,386 86,358 86,358 88,888 82,857 71,691 38,180
Connecticut 102,633 96,611 102,091 113,421 90,443 79,115 108,859 108,859 116,890 93,938 84,492 53,787
Delaware 95,888 97,088 103,449 110,416 65,472 68,283 82,892 83,992 129,687 66,417 55,186
District of Columbia 96,496 75,315 75,315 124,569 63,288 97,280 107,016 108,417 79,383 570 66,732
Florida 76,970 75,746 76,575 87,683 72,730 60,111 55,215 80,512 80,512 93,508 70,873 61,564 77,926
                             
Georgia 74,162 72,825 74,084 80,972 59,383 54,997 46,936 78,499 78,725 99,079 67,505 62,118 68,461 56,536
Hawaii 85,460 86,744 93,931 96,545 75,211 71,559 76,693 76,693 74,430 94,641
Idaho 63,174 63,833 66,688 69,282 66,332 51,909 51,990 55,755 55,755 50,185 60,998
Illinois 86,503 80,939 84,807 87,967 71,811 74,265 94,069 94,096 108,675 69,424 63,540 42,178 55,842
Indiana 79,557 78,626 83,380 89,805 65,180 57,690 49,433 81,441 81,441 98,495 62,659 70,646
                             
Iowa 74,837 80,393 90,417 93,696 75,529 58,951 65,325 65,325 73,031 58,514 66,350 45,951
Kansas 67,141 69,502 75,907 80,405 60,307 53,571 51,660 51,660 52,978 57,016 44,717 61,914
Kentucky 65,271 67,034 72,412 77,507 62,250 51,485 58,308 58,308 62,062 52,687 60,739
Louisiana 66,470 62,757 67,829 72,071 55,827 48,638 43,654 81,935 81,935 89,213 57,878 53,205
Maine 76,236 70,034 74,547 81,185 61,418 62,396 56,032 85,043 85,486 68,732 55,690 96,820 59,655
                             
Maryland 80,400 81,190 86,329 90,165 74,411 71,025 77,479 77,479 84,087 72,230 73,144 60,302
Massachusetts 106,179 86,204 94,063 102,103 81,022 63,576 115,885 115,885 131,098 89,551 90,954 64,511
Michigan 86,714 89,679 91,808 93,862 76,605 72,523 78,195 67,789 67,789 81,810 65,500 66,559 29,542
Minnesota 77,774 79,099 85,485 96,264 75,709 61,923 68,085 74,799 74,799 77,379 66,187 77,831 61,605
Mississippi 60,256 60,568 68,325 70,852 56,683 49,155 57,654 57,654 64,020 60,402 42,332 58,906
                             
Missouri 73,394 68,751 72,202 79,984 61,885 49,501 56,310 81,043 81,177 96,655 63,768 53,133 40,024 60,806
Montana 63,243 66,014 68,465 71,773 60,878 55,739 49,102 47,015 52,405 50,504 53,681 20,709
Nebraska 72,862 75,069 78,687 84,380 64,295 59,839 66,361 66,551 83,408 57,278 56,394 42,697
Nevada 82,818 83,132 83,954 89,864 69,165 72,682 59,288 59,288 59,288
New Hampshire 94,327 85,767 91,818 99,812 79,597 87,550 62,896 104,890 104,890 134,288 70,743 69,621
                             
New Jersey 102,961 99,862 107,374 111,100 98,083 75,274 110,484 110,484 127,986 83,876 73,036 58,328
New Mexico 66,453 66,212 72,583 77,780 62,257 47,898 52,124 85,155 85,155 85,155 61,450
New York 93,703 83,711 88,067 102,723 83,187 72,360 74,331 103,118 103,236 112,588 79,003 85,395 62,164 44,805
North Carolina 74,168 68,925 79,947 83,835 69,642 70,656 48,955 87,874 88,138 110,396 60,810 62,370 42,986 81,983
North Dakota 64,274 66,046 67,683 73,934 60,936 55,089 55,566 54,516 54,516 58,575 51,139
                             
Ohio 75,881 78,020 81,720 84,208 59,602 65,305 61,538 71,451 71,467 80,298 62,846 73,436 40,000 41,328
Oklahoma 67,995 67,304 71,792 78,182 61,727 50,414 49,000 71,079 71,079 85,949 60,145 37,630 37,121
Oregon 75,581 75,447 78,119 82,168 60,612 69,801 76,009 76,009 79,819 66,208 80,072
Pennsylvania 88,064 84,876 88,747 95,996 83,500 72,810 63,642 91,540 91,989 104,957 74,681 80,942 47,480 45,231
Rhode Island 95,719 75,647 80,665 87,995 66,875 59,980 109,444 109,444 131,664 93,229
                             
South Carolina 66,516 68,628 78,398 89,750 68,257 57,807 48,635 60,000 60,163 69,334 61,954 55,830 50,965 44,140
South Dakota 62,895 64,415 67,590 68,376 70,804 37,628 50,396 55,801 55,801 57,306 45,032
Tennessee 73,154 68,929 74,511 76,981 64,863 51,113 82,452 82,452 101,905 63,096 49,351 55,482
Texas 76,947 75,066 82,864 87,646 68,678 55,637 57,611 86,230 86,361 99,755 67,918 55,700 31,286 42,631
Utah 74,732 74,458 76,342 89,187 65,998 57,315 55,746 80,411 80,759 97,921 75,263 62,820 57,093
                             
Vermont 78,447 79,106 79,106 88,637 58,776 56,586 77,818 77,818 81,257 53,246
Virginia 76,674 82,356 87,675 90,236 70,170 75,949 62,836 63,005 63,039 63,528 57,288 63,891 54,386 46,501
Washington 76,405 76,752 80,629 95,315 77,649 58,743 59,071 75,173 75,173 81,738 66,341 73,264 72,415
West Virginia 63,853 65,511 68,083 75,328 58,576 55,621 48,790 51,532 51,532 55,675 49,351 49,894
Wisconsin 74,109 75,633 75,823 86,267 62,135 92,963 75,209 68,258 68,258 76,598 62,079 62,699
Wyoming 73,581 73,977 87,193 87,193 58,775 60,618 60,618
                             
U.S. Service Academies 99,303 99,303 99,303 99,303
                             
Other jurisdictions 59,484 63,398 68,149 73,878 66,704 62,707 32,021 28,102 28,451 30,082 32,816 15,036 15,381 26,526
American Samoa 30,776 30,776 30,776 30,776
Federated States of
      Micronesia
26,496 26,496 26,496
Guam 65,034 65,034 69,386 69,386 54,308
Marshall Islands 25,258 25,258 25,258
Northern Marianas 41,944 41,944 41,944 41,944
Palau
Puerto Rico 63,080 69,154 70,724 73,878 66,954 25,014 28,102 28,451 30,082 32,816 15,036 15,381 26,526
U.S. Virgin Islands 63,338 63,338 63,338 63,338
†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. This definition differs from the definition of master's institutions that is used some Digest tables that present postsecondary finance data.
NOTE: Data exclude instructional faculty at medical schools. 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 2016, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2017.)

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