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 institution 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 2018-19 dollars1
Total
1977-78	12,953	6,973	7,033	6,839	2,106	388	5,701	3,585	3,637	439	423	323	---	1,163
1982-83	14,963	7,047	7,073	6,975	2,868	388	5,143	4,229	4,417	378	357	295	---	2,360
1987-88	15,800	8,039	7,639	8,807	3,678	289	3,465	4,382	5,201	293	390	415	---	1,564
1989-90	16,438	8,074	7,927	8,362	4,665	292	4,130	5,273	5,513	242	363	98	---	1,270
1992-93	18,610	7,814	7,803	7,837	5,804	317	3,903	4,574	5,629	254	421	611	---	1,554
1997-98	19,203	8,282	8,134	8,609	5,536	342	4,330	6,420	5,578	247	305	532	2,350	1,632
1998-99	19,363	8,090	8,109	8,047	5,735	328	4,636	5,692	5,645	234	293	534	1,950	1,301
1999-2000	19,788	7,918	8,026	7,667	5,967	355	5,030	6,263	5,675	219	284	514	2,262	1,949
2001-02	20,478	7,875	8,156	7,286	6,810	356	4,956	7,009	5,797	234	328	572	949	1,800
2002-03	21,629	8,041	8,399	7,243	7,505	367	4,601	6,020	5,783	236	294	571	1,108	1,756
2003-04	22,371	8,023	8,384	7,187	8,056	355	4,772	8,304	5,798	260	292	593	1,294	1,976
2004-05	22,816	8,207	8,494	7,508	8,342	360	5,380	5,518	5,753	297	263	635	1,127	2,163
2005-06	23,014	8,148	8,364	7,650	8,735	356	5,741	7,126	5,665	291	267	602	1,393	1,854
2006-07	23,304	8,325	8,499	7,892	8,954	347	6,240	8,578	5,740	219	269	601	1,521	1,940
2007-08	23,635	8,414	8,545	8,096	9,135	338	6,708	8,896	5,710	201	257	609	1,402	2,041
2008-09	23,989	8,521	8,726	8,020	9,321	343	6,603	10,620	5,803	199	252	588	1,364	1,817
2009-10	24,514	8,521	8,731	8,000	9,803	322	7,030	10,200	5,834	210	246	583	1,349	1,824
2010-11	24,909	8,519	8,789	7,884	10,130	322	7,327	10,391	5,776	251	240	575	1,364	1,771
Public
1977-78	13,149	7,241	7,411	6,971	2,266	402	1,738	3,422	3,685	400	425	356	---	378
1982-83	15,277	7,344	7,432	7,164	3,067	395	1,486	2,650	4,493	357	361	297	---	2,530
1987-88	15,624	8,341	7,876	8,933	3,842	307	884	2,562	5,244	239	393	421	---	1,337
1989-90	16,677	8,349	8,233	8,495	4,837	308	1,208	3,524	5,526	193	363	119	---	1,200
1992-93	18,268	7,938	7,942	7,932	5,957	333	1,231	2,017	5,548	207	445	566	---	1,470
1997-98	18,969	8,506	8,302	8,796	5,709	343	1,299	4,093	5,453	209	293	533	2,572	1,841
1998-99	18,767	8,079	8,051	8,121	5,895	310	1,275	2,810	5,468	195	281	536	1,927	1,092
1999-2000	19,084	7,866	7,924	7,779	6,181	354	1,439	3,415	5,476	181	264	520	2,398	1,903
2001-02	19,783	7,727	8,017	7,331	7,016	361	1,413	975	5,586	195	332	572	986	1,651
2002-03	20,996	7,932	8,300	7,403	7,739	382	1,361	3,359	5,570	197	276	559	1,213	1,771
2003-04	21,661	7,835	8,226	7,254	8,338	357	1,390	6,245	5,543	235	281	578	1,226	1,816
2004-05	22,155	8,064	8,352	7,611	8,585	362	1,691	4,829	5,498	267	250	633	1,144	2,279
2005-06	22,392	8,028	8,219	7,736	9,070	355	1,887	5,623	5,393	268	257	568	1,539	1,654
2006-07	22,703	8,213	8,366	7,964	9,238	349	1,997	488	5,470	185	251	613	1,617	1,890
2007-08	23,023	8,367	8,459	8,221	9,401	346	2,171	4,046	5,433	163	236	622	1,447	1,813
2008-09	23,335	8,444	8,603	8,189	9,532	343	2,214	5,469	5,494	163	229	603	1,469	1,741
2009-10	23,880	8,457	8,632	8,177	10,065	323	2,304	4,997	5,512	173	221	595	1,483	1,804
2010-11	24,325	8,432	8,724	7,993	10,370	308	2,654	5,500	5,442	224	220	588	1,435	1,515
Private
1977-78	12,420	6,101	6,235	3,661	1,635	360	8,190	3,597	3,528	529	418	243	---	3,388
1982-83	14,095	6,039	6,203	3,343	2,287	376	8,780	4,639	4,253	439	347	291	---	548
1987-88	16,262	7,172	7,229	6,354	3,253	262	8,016	5,036	5,110	431	383	402	---	2,136
1989-90	15,866	7,295	7,416	4,942	4,212	267	8,495	6,048	5,486	376	364	49	---	1,421
1992-93	19,473	7,475	7,568	5,113	5,401	290	8,037	5,252	5,806	376	368	714	---	1,700
1997-98	19,775	7,697	7,866	3,963	5,096	339	8,632	6,621	5,849	348	328	531	1,889	1,405
1998-99	20,808	8,119	8,200	5,971	5,338	355	10,346	6,058	6,025	338	316	531	2,020	1,571
1999-2000	21,492	8,048	8,185	5,017	5,442	355	10,398	6,506	6,095	319	322	501	1,992	2,007
2001-02	22,235	8,269	8,382	6,422	6,277	348	10,176	7,225	6,274	344	320	572	892	2,062
2002-03	23,171	8,318	8,557	4,149	6,904	346	9,656	6,048	6,244	343	329	597	875	1,735
2003-04	24,072	8,499	8,636	5,750	7,342	352	10,182	8,308	6,352	325	315	622	1,439	2,156
2004-05	24,396	8,566	8,724	5,407	7,728	356	10,041	5,886	6,309	376	287	639	1,085	2,017
2005-06	24,511	8,448	8,599	6,410	7,884	358	10,938	7,638	6,255	350	284	671	1,095	2,111
2006-07	24,742	8,603	8,718	6,678	8,229	344	11,923	9,615	6,324	308	305	576	1,301	2,009
2007-08	25,104	8,531	8,682	5,794	8,449	326	12,404	8,942	6,311	303	296	583	1,313	2,326
2008-09	25,551	8,713	8,924	4,949	8,781	344	11,729	10,639	6,477	296	296	557	1,163	1,921
2009-10	26,010	8,678	8,891	4,617	9,143	321	12,626	10,225	6,532	309	292	560	1,073	1,846
2010-11	26,264	8,737	8,891	5,496	9,534	342	12,979	10,414	6,489	322	279	548	1,214	2,084

---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 September 2019.)