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Table 316.50. 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: 2018-19
[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 $134,213 $93,266 $81,563 $97,246 $79,107 $68,215 $163,299 $101,284 $86,034 $92,990 $75,515 $64,279
Alabama 129,750 90,765 76,975 86,003 71,112 61,776 101,006 73,957 43,630 56,331 54,653 47,333
Alaska 105,822 87,480 73,678 103,252 85,404 69,466 66,703 54,168 47,985
Arizona 133,813 97,421 82,188 151,796 97,068 75,853 111,636 73,181 69,390
Arkansas 108,093 80,003 71,898 73,755 65,397 56,673 80,697 67,932 60,202 72,755 65,253 58,805
California 165,791 112,818 95,132 110,072 94,554 83,845 174,220 110,813 94,711 103,941 83,724 71,910

Colorado
127,627 95,433 85,068 82,461 67,849 61,549 135,739 99,919 81,711 118,742 88,746 70,507
Connecticut 150,560 102,214 82,889 103,734 83,742 69,843 190,700 99,116 89,948 123,581 99,133 80,452
Delaware 152,773 104,784 90,995 96,922 79,494 71,504
District of Columbia 164,016 125,544 100,439 104,672 75,415 62,622 171,141 109,987 92,214 88,364 77,221 72,547
Florida 134,226 94,696 83,881 113,039 88,358 70,224 132,585 93,721 78,223 99,003 82,558 68,448

Georgia
117,492 84,748 74,968 77,078 63,318 58,577 148,156 94,825 82,132 80,827 62,670 56,005
Hawaii 134,748 99,617 87,964 91,545 79,176 73,324
Idaho 98,097 78,886 71,918 66,436 58,161 52,460
Illinois 128,284 90,100 84,185 98,001 78,465 69,196 185,577 106,316 94,023 86,676 73,579 62,376
Indiana 133,964 93,902 81,862 88,585 73,216 65,818 143,362 93,238 76,156 83,561 69,580 56,680

Iowa
130,245 91,946 81,117 89,991 73,681 59,603 72,497 61,294 55,582
Kansas 115,255 82,198 70,886 78,994 67,937 61,103 68,002 54,060 51,286 65,117 60,699 52,080
Kentucky 107,575 77,915 68,460 70,258 61,946 51,697 79,507 65,348 55,613 64,390 55,801 50,840
Louisiana 113,129 78,869 75,292 76,937 62,823 57,263 134,310 84,670 90,386 68,830 58,399 56,034
Maine 108,777 86,779 69,464 78,160 65,284 53,303 94,505 77,861 64,276 67,245 58,671 53,035

Maryland
130,926 94,503 80,256 93,166 76,577 69,919 157,104 109,428 95,845 85,558 72,006 64,409
Massachusetts 145,572 107,333 90,632 101,791 80,494 68,225 194,058 116,725 102,673 125,001 93,769 78,981
Michigan 138,714 96,301 84,281 97,578 82,814 74,118 114,007 91,123 76,845 80,814 70,599 62,441
Minnesota 138,384 98,468 88,672 97,654 81,574 69,308 101,476 77,541 65,099 80,487 67,721 61,061
Mississippi 101,987 79,369 70,520 69,118 63,313 55,108 84,834 67,390 58,465 98,568 69,051 60,494

Missouri
111,473 79,785 72,994 79,329 65,921 58,259 148,326 93,357 80,099 83,333 68,473 58,723
Montana 97,127 75,365 69,075 74,738 67,695 58,247 66,750 53,402 50,413
Nebraska 121,964 89,440 87,131 83,027 66,927 55,434 119,865 88,131 70,997 67,259 62,013 55,416
Nevada 133,361 97,595 82,420
New Hampshire 134,951 106,519 86,399 97,126 79,873 67,190 198,177 123,727 101,527 93,536 74,055 67,738

New Jersey
158,393 109,725 88,230 127,843 102,044 83,936 198,777 107,817 95,243 107,717 93,139 70,235
New Mexico 104,648 76,441 73,215 81,828 67,610 58,114 58,998 46,909
New York 141,102 102,036 86,544 112,097 87,609 74,193 171,248 109,522 90,310 102,383 82,539 72,534
North Carolina 128,728 87,984 80,004 93,500 76,295 69,005 166,605 99,825 81,087 74,556 64,891 58,856
North Dakota 107,334 82,124 71,451 79,182 64,981 54,512 69,443 74,154 60,961

Ohio
126,030 91,074 80,913 75,607 63,092 53,948 113,899 82,155 74,264 80,497 67,710 58,600
Oklahoma 110,488 80,704 75,205 81,090 65,596 57,881 103,407 78,411 77,347 72,406 60,687 55,267
Oregon 128,787 96,026 84,047 84,789 69,433 55,846 104,454 81,888 67,037 68,635 58,908 53,005
Pennsylvania 145,409 100,169 81,737 112,206 91,293 72,296 161,783 99,770 87,384 92,401 74,425 64,417
Rhode Island 123,929 92,025 85,831 83,318 73,013 63,047 186,408 124,143 101,455 120,777 90,287 77,002

South Carolina
135,110 95,422 87,370 88,520 72,603 63,222 71,675 66,449 62,810 77,883 64,073 55,568
South Dakota 96,468 77,456 71,796 92,669 72,601 65,556 69,357 58,622 55,430
Tennessee 114,699 83,983 72,556 88,115 72,159 64,245 152,613 95,727 81,279 83,606 67,963 58,015
Texas 135,495 93,713 80,710 92,342 77,284 67,511 148,198 99,258 89,140 87,593 73,988 62,810
Utah 126,152 90,798 81,633 91,653 74,575 67,092 156,795 110,530 76,368 88,971 74,151 66,622

Vermont
122,428 96,557 79,789 70,181 56,615 49,204 108,411 78,386 72,830
Virginia 135,195 94,081 80,299 89,489 74,613 66,064 116,740 85,324 67,565 74,914 57,604 53,189
Washington 138,980 101,663 93,164 109,446 92,466 80,557 116,109 87,935 71,750 82,048 68,045 64,389
West Virginia 102,535 80,001 69,932 71,043 62,592 55,614 67,748 58,829 53,661 59,860 54,836 46,324
Wisconsin 120,677 82,397 79,570 74,079 63,894 64,445 108,493 82,935 73,888 81,867 67,962 59,741
Wyoming 123,387 86,994 81,558

U.S. Service Academies

      Other jurisdictions
83,092 70,144 54,303 85,605 73,054 58,787 78,036 60,374 51,444 71,747 60,408 48,338
American Samoa
Federated States of
     Micronesia
Guam 92,939 74,686 56,253
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas
Palau
Puerto Rico 83,092 70,144 54,303 84,388 72,112 56,700 78,036 60,374 51,444 71,747 60,408 48,338
U.S. Virgin Islands 93,336 73,742 63,835
†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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2019, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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