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Table 316.60. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution, academic rank of faculty, and state or jurisdiction: 2016-17
[In current dollars]
State or jurisdiction Public doctoral1 Public master's2 Nonprofit doctoral1 Nonprofit master's2
Profes-
sor
Associate professor Assistant professor Profes-
sor
Associate professor Assistant professor Profes-
sor
Associate professor Assistant professor Profes-
sor
Associate professor Assistant professor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States $128,962 $89,461 $77,990 $93,950 $76,483 $65,901 $156,720 $97,465 $82,842 $91,852 $74,041 $62,480
Alabama 125,407 87,741 72,807 82,672 69,042 60,256 99,757 73,881 39,483 66,017 56,225 48,321
Alaska 106,757 88,097 72,907 106,042 87,497 69,066 60,702 53,600 44,935
Arizona 129,027 91,607 80,122 130,005 94,489 71,307 61,255 77,325 70,390
Arkansas 102,728 75,954 67,971 72,981 62,365 55,377 80,727 66,801 59,288 70,023 64,211 56,454
California 151,841 102,484 89,122 102,834 86,907 77,878 166,846 105,694 90,765 106,294 85,522 71,285
                         
Colorado 122,754 91,191 80,544 81,621 65,813 56,713 135,189 94,707 82,873 112,623 81,519 61,364
Connecticut 139,354 99,020 81,003 105,890 86,864 69,468 182,124 97,396 85,607 136,343 96,337 79,748
Delaware 142,469 99,178 85,687 79,631 67,988 60,703
District of Columbia 151,153 118,383 99,428 105,626 76,509 64,323 160,563 104,569 86,660 114,036 80,214 69,849
Florida 125,717 88,918 79,832 104,309 79,872 66,986 134,523 91,891 78,086 94,052 77,853 65,087
                         
Georgia 115,703 83,561 72,284 76,586 65,632 59,516 143,074 90,533 80,534 78,156 63,040 54,276
Hawaii 127,093 95,419 81,949 82,502 76,675 71,899
Idaho 94,296 75,599 65,002 87,715 72,471 68,526 64,094 56,697 51,192
Illinois 122,795 85,166 81,178 95,325 75,942 67,278 175,819 101,434 90,783 84,045 71,474 61,734
Indiana 129,602 89,131 78,807 88,480 71,586 63,280 140,481 90,251 74,395 80,969 66,077 57,710
                         
Iowa 133,798 95,052 81,450 93,593 73,248 65,430 90,993 73,654 61,009 69,710 60,249 54,850
Kansas 114,290 80,627 71,575 74,910 62,835 59,137 67,097 51,009 56,160 65,911 59,131 52,273
Kentucky 105,579 75,136 67,916 80,714 65,062 58,033 78,455 61,954 54,037 63,314 55,745 49,423
Louisiana 103,733 75,243 69,356 73,050 57,472 53,333 129,963 82,948 80,647 66,624 57,564 54,083
Maine 107,148 83,439 63,549 90,469 74,033 60,501 67,408 57,101 48,658
                         
Maryland 135,950 97,037 81,290 93,995 76,803 69,037 134,485 96,397 96,842 87,433 70,990 61,518
Massachusetts 144,396 106,644 88,611 101,873 80,045 68,485 181,485 109,765 97,187 123,496 89,551 74,372
Michigan 135,544 93,873 80,848 94,349 81,845 70,579 103,526 83,519 73,066 78,441 66,453 60,566
Minnesota 146,844 98,052 89,299 94,593 79,135 67,790 97,239 77,280 63,358 80,941 67,345 61,442
Mississippi 101,968 76,978 69,012 69,285 60,894 52,917 83,752 68,262 57,554 78,253 61,219 59,146
                         
Missouri 109,880 77,846 68,945 79,823 65,187 57,035 142,986 90,127 78,787 79,995 65,215 55,765
Montana 93,378 73,596 67,455 76,784 68,168 57,273 61,260 49,241 53,639
Nebraska 119,791 75,236 81,988 81,998 66,202 55,539 113,826 83,452 66,968 65,013 56,709 53,418
Nevada 124,584 91,141 72,944 79,310 68,314 52,143
New Hampshire 129,285 101,178 82,327 95,951 79,635 65,685 189,458 121,683 102,226 95,252 70,966 63,794
                         
New Jersey 152,700 105,365 84,482 121,452 94,579 77,994 183,047 101,564 89,129 105,493 90,772 68,693
New Mexico 104,668 75,497 70,452 77,010 65,874 57,804
New York 131,489 95,249 81,032 103,986 81,242 69,018 165,534 104,784 87,781 99,559 79,369 68,306
North Carolina 124,958 85,208 76,894 92,144 73,870 68,501 165,230 97,435 78,983 74,695 64,263 56,514
North Dakota 108,195 84,321 73,024 75,516 58,993 49,199 69,667 63,373 48,270
                         
Ohio 122,433 87,627 76,598 76,551 62,856 55,781 114,399 78,699 69,122 80,435 68,221 60,217
Oklahoma 110,174 79,073 71,487 80,037 66,689 56,862 110,572 77,094 77,532 68,242 62,477 53,086
Oregon 123,219 89,005 78,604 80,163 64,756 51,889 102,603 79,672 64,525 62,333 58,068 50,641
Pennsylvania 145,215 100,220 81,207 110,791 89,639 72,369 154,914 98,367 85,134 95,546 78,190 64,366
Rhode Island 119,979 87,239 82,775 81,465 71,267 60,533 176,083 115,561 95,719 116,248 87,077 74,329
                         
South Carolina 130,745 92,457 86,150 90,193 73,098 64,523 64,591 61,417 52,243 79,550 63,400 55,377
South Dakota 95,821 78,230 70,171 89,186 72,704 69,277 68,149 58,795 54,529
Tennessee 108,939 79,424 68,299 84,755 68,568 60,673 144,494 94,136 77,776 75,077 61,319 53,375
Texas 131,463 89,802 76,780 91,368 76,192 66,982 143,604 96,753 83,540 88,400 72,803 61,275
Utah 120,295 86,818 77,459 85,636 71,373 63,483 141,777 106,818 72,036 88,705 76,793 54,362
                         
Vermont 123,337 92,839 77,850 77,603 55,240 47,230 105,083 80,206 70,776
Virginia 129,329 89,856 75,703 88,710 72,915 64,428 117,792 87,562 69,106 71,404 59,753 52,949
Washington 129,100 94,140 90,158 98,969 82,607 72,096 113,360 84,245 68,903 78,671 64,630 62,965
West Virginia 97,237 76,489 67,161 68,390 61,527 53,353 58,257 56,859 47,062 60,002 55,772 45,624
Wisconsin 117,899 82,433 76,449 74,353 63,242 61,929 105,053 79,612 72,218 76,978 63,454 55,422
Wyoming 116,819 82,747 78,606
                         
U.S. Service Academies
                         
Other jurisdictions 83,744 71,462 52,284 89,161 72,779 55,985 50,633 14,627 47,903
American Samoa
Federated States of
   Micronesia
Guam 92,523 73,666 54,053
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas
Palau
Puerto Rico 83,744 71,462 52,284 50,633 14,627 47,903
U.S. Virgin Islands 85,024 71,125 57,423
†Not applicable.
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 in 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2017, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2018.)

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