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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: 2017-18
[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 Doc-
toral1
Mas-
ter's2
Other Total Doc-
toral1
Mas-
ter's2
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States $86,870 $83,433 $87,900 $94,305 $75,236 $69,173 $68,723 $95,195 $95,282 $110,726 $74,593 $75,008 $57,039 $56,155
Alabama 72,167 74,350 80,468 87,562 64,825 73,236 54,603 58,509 58,509 62,411 53,586 55,169 62,270
Alaska 82,491 83,508 83,508 86,189 81,961 53,368 53,072 53,072
Arizona 84,946 86,334 89,566 90,939 79,561 48,414 68,673 72,489 72,489 72,489 56,578
Arkansas 63,044 63,594 69,379 75,075 57,018 62,597 46,829 59,965 59,952 66,258 62,139 55,791
California 105,642 103,255 109,258 120,131 87,358 96,667 92,577 114,632 114,632 125,495 84,539 101,013 75,124

Colorado
82,873 81,706 85,017 91,747 62,219 65,181 59,431 91,209 91,209 93,757 87,022 76,947 46,960
Connecticut 104,525 95,096 100,316 110,267 89,458 77,491 113,554 113,554 121,387 98,588 85,724 60,615
Delaware 103,108 103,774 103,774 111,014 69,503 75,646 82,798 82,798 46,016
District of Columbia 117,213 82,418 82,418 127,045 76,558 120,414 120,414 120,970 71,932 69,876
Florida 81,273 80,278 80,725 94,529 77,483 60,986 58,759 84,379 84,379 98,256 75,572 64,631 51,994

Georgia
77,488 76,176 77,423 83,962 63,770 58,079 48,690 81,814 81,971 104,721 69,231 61,907 74,948 65,217
Hawaii 89,453 90,957 98,707 101,800 77,607 74,071 78,961 78,961 75,446 107,605
Idaho 67,824 68,382 71,340 72,987 54,476 55,620 61,427 61,427 56,074 65,728
Illinois 91,514 84,701 88,393 91,399 74,561 78,143 100,240 100,284 116,624 71,178 64,634 40,985 62,203
Indiana 83,164 82,915 87,902 94,677 67,905 54,584 51,614 83,657 83,657 94,512 65,332 74,269

Iowa
77,927 84,578 94,873 98,490 76,834 61,132 66,828 66,828 74,241 59,191 71,708 45,761
Kansas 69,327 71,987 78,798 83,846 62,119 55,136 52,663 52,663 55,121 56,315 45,571 67,506
Kentucky 68,194 70,052 75,581 78,939 60,844 52,908 61,119 61,119 65,580 54,261 64,621 43,222
Louisiana 68,798 64,852 70,572 79,025 58,695 50,444 44,626 85,218 85,218 93,524 56,637 57,092
Maine 78,243 72,116 77,019 82,113 62,874 64,164 57,080 86,219 86,624 68,929 54,864 99,978 56,613

Maryland
84,268 84,390 89,718 93,146 77,957 73,698 83,926 83,926 95,101 74,149 72,564 66,673
Massachusetts 109,765 90,228 97,616 105,951 84,570 57,874 67,053 119,052 119,056 131,561 95,763 94,942 57,240
Michigan 91,816 95,027 97,676 99,848 82,411 81,944 78,810 71,040 71,040 90,641 69,142 67,168
Minnesota 86,538 98,274 98,692 110,195 73,403 65,173 54,015 76,954 76,954 77,055 69,458 80,168 33,333
Mississippi 61,964 62,139 68,798 70,522 56,435 52,268 60,434 60,434 66,858 60,514 44,844 63,980

Missouri
75,936 70,387 73,927 82,229 62,291 59,304 85,402 85,402 100,033 65,483 57,593 51,716
Montana 67,375 70,148 72,685 77,106 62,930 56,992 52,506 52,417 53,256 53,301 53,232 41,696
Nebraska 77,331 79,768 83,975 90,248 66,676 61,143 69,257 69,257 86,491 57,743 58,526
Nevada 85,824 86,035 86,834 92,443 71,542 75,232 79,781 79,781 74,412 45,895
New Hampshire 97,902 89,697 96,522 105,622 81,611 85,808 62,159 108,900 108,900 145,214 72,641 75,768

New Jersey
107,662 104,623 112,573 116,568 102,025 76,645 114,824 114,824 131,702 84,187 73,843 69,458
New Mexico 67,168 67,170 73,202 78,467 64,529 48,592 53,086 67,849 67,849 67,849 61,125
New York 98,061 87,718 91,405 104,532 85,188 75,902 79,684 107,768 107,848 117,835 81,864 88,874 70,954 44,337
North Carolina 78,963 74,907 86,376 89,657 73,760 75,460 51,478 89,928 90,267 109,878 61,079 65,651 42,569 68,692
North Dakota 69,327 71,386 73,125 80,991 61,730 53,689 57,738 57,066 57,066 60,101 50,827

Ohio
81,199 83,615 87,883 90,598 64,875 68,973 65,386 75,744 75,762 81,757 67,432 75,051 40,000 151,517
Oklahoma 68,554 67,743 72,298 79,771 61,942 47,456 48,985 72,294 72,294 85,181 60,842 38,514 44,667
Oregon 79,014 79,411 83,030 87,252 63,868 68,429 71,760 77,630 77,630 79,272 56,188 81,277
Pennsylvania 92,443 89,525 93,725 101,374 87,179 75,639 65,647 95,588 95,884 110,685 75,680 84,291 51,950 50,768
Rhode Island 100,078 82,132 87,568 94,825 72,578 62,747 112,199 112,199 140,137 91,570

South Carolina
70,124 72,497 82,532 95,649 71,070 59,983 49,594 62,584 62,774 66,547 64,893 57,038 51,579 46,219
South Dakota 65,212 66,866 68,923 70,549 69,148 45,856 57,915 57,111 57,111 59,170 44,343 62,793
Tennessee 77,227 72,901 78,803 80,392 67,113 53,309 86,521 86,521 105,077 66,018 50,042 66,939
Texas 80,850 78,692 85,913 91,276 69,621 57,656 61,308 91,074 91,190 104,924 72,199 58,253 38,005 59,458
Utah 78,206 78,035 79,854 92,205 69,900 60,352 58,697 81,242 81,242 113,406 72,112

Vermont
80,523 80,202 80,202 88,888 61,607 58,508 80,837 80,837 83,964 54,471
Virginia 84,295 86,577 91,885 95,549 72,808 73,425 64,324 76,845 76,860 85,994 58,814 66,382 47,425
Washington 81,250 81,574 83,190 100,104 83,695 62,688 61,983 80,041 80,041 86,151 65,729 81,343
West Virginia 63,854 65,330 68,181 76,127 55,766 56,478 47,252 51,362 51,362 53,394 50,774 50,419
Wisconsin 77,853 79,447 79,473 91,991 63,065 77,405 79,383 71,345 71,345 79,692 62,643 67,168
Wyoming 73,473 73,473 86,529 86,529 58,316

U.S. Service Academies
115,612 115,612 115,612 115,612

      Other jurisdictions
57,586 61,446 67,872 74,220 48,731 35,742 34,416 34,416 40,796 37,866 16,457 15,547
American Samoa 30,932 30,932 30,932 30,932
Federated States of
     Micronesia
26,114 26,114 26,114
Guam 66,961 66,961 71,204 71,204 56,590
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas 51,667 51,667 51,667 51,667
Palau
Puerto Rico 59,530 66,093 71,262 76,160 54,942 33,512 34,416 34,416 40,796 37,866 16,457 15,547
U.S. Virgin Islands 67,458 67,458 67,458 67,458
†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 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. 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 2018, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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