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 institu- tion 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 2016-17 dollars1
Total
1977-78	12,410	6,681	6,738	6,552	2,018	371	5,462	3,434	3,484	421	405	309	—	1,114
1982-83	14,336	6,751	6,776	6,683	2,748	372	4,927	4,052	4,232	362	342	283	—	2,261
1987-88	15,138	7,702	7,319	8,438	3,524	277	3,320	4,198	4,983	281	373	397	—	1,499
1989-90	15,749	7,736	7,595	8,012	4,470	280	3,957	5,052	5,282	232	348	94	—	1,217
1992-93	17,830	7,486	7,476	7,509	5,561	304	3,740	4,382	5,393	243	403	585	—	1,489
1997-98	18,398	7,935	7,793	8,248	5,304	327	4,149	6,151	5,345	236	292	510	2,252	1,564
1998-99	18,552	7,751	7,769	7,709	5,494	314	4,442	5,453	5,409	224	281	512	1,868	1,247
1999-2000	18,958	7,586	7,689	7,346	5,717	340	4,819	6,001	5,437	210	272	492	2,167	1,868
2001-02	19,620	7,545	7,814	6,981	6,525	341	4,749	6,715	5,555	224	314	548	909	1,725
2002-03	20,723	7,704	8,048	6,940	7,191	352	4,408	5,768	5,540	226	281	547	1,062	1,683
2003-04	21,433	7,687	8,033	6,886	7,719	340	4,572	7,956	5,555	249	280	568	1,240	1,893
2004-05	21,860	7,863	8,138	7,193	7,992	345	5,155	5,287	5,512	285	252	608	1,080	2,072
2005-06	22,050	7,807	8,013	7,329	8,369	341	5,501	6,828	5,427	278	256	577	1,335	1,777
2006-07	22,327	7,976	8,143	7,561	8,579	333	5,978	8,218	5,500	210	258	576	1,457	1,859
2007-08	22,645	8,061	8,187	7,756	8,752	324	6,427	8,523	5,471	193	246	583	1,344	1,956
2008-09	22,984	8,164	8,360	7,684	8,930	329	6,326	10,175	5,560	191	241	563	1,307	1,740
2009-10	23,487	8,164	8,365	7,665	9,392	309	6,736	9,773	5,590	201	236	559	1,293	1,747
2010-11	23,865	8,162	8,420	7,554	9,706	309	7,020	9,956	5,534	241	230	551	1,307	1,697
Public
1977-78	12,598	6,938	7,101	6,679	2,171	385	1,665	3,279	3,530	383	407	342	—	363
1982-83	14,637	7,037	7,121	6,863	2,939	378	1,424	2,539	4,305	343	346	284	—	2,424
1987-88	14,969	7,991	7,546	8,559	3,681	294	847	2,455	5,024	229	377	403	—	1,281
1989-90	15,978	7,999	7,888	8,139	4,635	295	1,157	3,376	5,295	184	348	114	—	1,150
1992-93	17,503	7,606	7,609	7,600	5,707	319	1,180	1,933	5,315	198	426	542	—	1,408
1997-98	18,174	8,150	7,954	8,428	5,470	329	1,245	3,921	5,224	200	281	511	2,464	1,764
1998-99	17,981	7,740	7,713	7,780	5,648	297	1,221	2,692	5,239	187	269	514	1,846	1,046
1999-2000	18,285	7,536	7,592	7,453	5,922	340	1,379	3,272	5,247	173	253	498	2,297	1,823
2001-02	18,954	7,403	7,681	7,024	6,722	346	1,354	934	5,352	187	318	548	945	1,582
2002-03	20,116	7,599	7,953	7,093	7,415	366	1,304	3,218	5,337	189	264	535	1,163	1,697
2003-04	20,753	7,507	7,881	6,950	7,989	342	1,332	5,983	5,311	225	269	554	1,175	1,740
2004-05	21,227	7,726	8,002	7,292	8,225	347	1,621	4,626	5,267	256	240	606	1,096	2,184
2005-06	21,454	7,692	7,875	7,412	8,690	340	1,808	5,387	5,167	256	247	544	1,474	1,585
2006-07	21,752	7,869	8,016	7,630	8,851	334	1,913	468	5,240	177	240	587	1,549	1,811
2007-08	22,058	8,017	8,105	7,877	9,007	332	2,080	3,877	5,206	156	226	596	1,386	1,737
2008-09	22,357	8,090	8,243	7,846	9,132	328	2,121	5,239	5,264	156	219	577	1,408	1,668
2009-10	22,879	8,103	8,270	7,835	9,643	309	2,207	4,788	5,281	166	212	570	1,421	1,728
2010-11	23,306	8,078	8,358	7,658	9,936	295	2,543	5,270	5,214	215	210	564	1,375	1,451
Private
1977-78	11,900	5,845	5,974	3,507	1,567	345	7,847	3,447	3,380	506	401	233	—	3,246
1982-83	13,504	5,786	5,943	3,203	2,191	361	8,413	4,445	4,074	420	332	279	—	525
1987-88	15,580	6,871	6,926	6,088	3,117	251	7,680	4,825	4,896	413	366	385	—	2,047
1989-90	15,201	6,989	7,105	4,735	4,036	256	8,139	5,794	5,256	360	348	47	—	1,361
1992-93	18,657	7,161	7,251	4,899	5,174	278	7,700	5,032	5,563	361	353	684	—	1,629
1997-98	18,946	7,375	7,536	3,796	4,883	324	8,270	6,344	5,604	334	314	509	1,810	1,346
1998-99	19,937	7,778	7,857	5,720	5,114	340	9,912	5,804	5,773	323	303	509	1,936	1,505
1999-2000	20,592	7,711	7,842	4,807	5,214	340	9,963	6,234	5,840	305	309	480	1,908	1,923
2001-02	21,303	7,922	8,031	6,153	6,014	333	9,749	6,922	6,011	329	307	548	855	1,975
2002-03	22,200	7,970	8,198	3,975	6,615	331	9,252	5,794	5,983	329	315	572	838	1,663
2003-04	23,063	8,143	8,274	5,509	7,034	338	9,755	7,960	6,086	311	302	596	1,378	2,065
2004-05	23,374	8,207	8,359	5,181	7,405	341	9,621	5,640	6,045	360	275	612	1,040	1,933
2005-06	23,484	8,094	8,238	6,142	7,554	343	10,480	7,318	5,992	335	272	643	1,049	2,022
2006-07	23,705	8,243	8,353	6,398	7,884	330	11,424	9,212	6,059	295	292	552	1,247	1,924
2007-08	24,052	8,173	8,319	5,551	8,095	312	11,884	8,567	6,047	290	284	558	1,258	2,229
2008-09	24,480	8,348	8,550	4,742	8,413	330	11,238	10,193	6,205	284	283	534	1,114	1,840
2009-10	24,920	8,315	8,518	4,424	8,760	308	12,097	9,797	6,259	296	280	536	1,029	1,769
2010-11	25,164	8,370	8,518	5,265	9,134	328	12,436	9,978	6,217	309	267	525	1,163	1,996

—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 August 2017.)