Table 316.20.

Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by academic rank, sex, and control and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2020-21

Academic year, control and level of institution	Constant 2020-21 dollars1	Current dollars
	All faculty, total	All faculty			Academic rank
		Total	Males	Females	Professor			Associate professor			Assistant professor	Instructor	Lecturer	No rank
					Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1999-2000
All institutions	$86,874	$55,888	$60,084	$48,997	$74,410	$76,478	$67,079	$54,524	$55,939	$52,091	$44,978	$34,918	$38,194	$47,389
Public	85,511	55,011	58,984	48,714	72,475	74,501	65,568	54,641	55,992	52,305	45,285	35,007	37,403	47,990
4-year	90,078	57,950	62,030	50,168	75,204	76,530	69,619	55,681	56,776	53,599	45,822	33,528	37,261	40,579
Doctoral2	96,767	62,253	66,882	52,287	81,182	82,445	74,653	57,744	58,999	55,156	48,190	33,345	38,883	39,350
Master's3	82,032	52,773	55,565	48,235	66,588	67,128	64,863	53,048	53,686	51,977	43,396	33,214	34,448	43,052
Other 4-year	74,406	47,867	49,829	44,577	60,360	60,748	59,052	49,567	50,133	48,548	42,306	35,754	36,088	38,330
2-year	74,986	48,240	50,033	46,340	57,806	59,441	55,501	48,056	49,425	46,711	41,984	37,634	40,061	48,233
Nonprofit	90,423	58,172	62,788	49,881	78,512	80,557	70,609	54,300	55,836	51,687	44,423	34,670	40,761	41,415
4-year	90,817	58,425	63,028	50,117	78,604	80,622	70,774	54,388	55,898	51,809	44,502	34,813	40,783	41,761
Doctoral2	111,721	71,873	77,214	59,586	95,182	96,768	87,342	62,503	63,951	59,536	52,134	39,721	42,693	45,887
Master's3	77,521	49,871	52,642	45,718	62,539	63,603	59,353	50,176	51,470	48,165	41,447	33,991	37,923	44,153
Other 4-year	72,710	46,776	48,847	43,544	60,200	60,757	58,364	46,822	47,135	46,365	38,775	31,574	33,058	35,120
2-year	58,420	37,583	39,933	34,733	39,454	38,431	40,571	36,349	37,342	35,608	31,818	27,696	25,965	40,373
For-profit	45,923	29,543	30,023	28,942	45,505	44,248	49,693	48,469	53,548	43,389	33,043	29,894	‡	27,958
2009-10
All institutions	90,601	74,620	80,881	66,647	103,682	108,225	92,830	74,125	76,400	71,017	62,245	57,791	52,185	56,803
Public	87,636	72,178	77,948	65,139	99,208	103,746	88,815	73,379	75,687	70,256	62,160	59,310	50,228	55,864
4-year	92,454	76,147	82,423	67,276	103,948	107,191	95,048	75,251	77,282	72,298	63,442	46,028	50,104	54,005
Doctoral2	99,379	81,850	89,186	70,307	113,063	115,829	103,793	78,539	80,830	74,963	66,902	44,406	50,313	53,135
Master's3	82,858	68,243	71,574	64,239	87,917	88,929	85,883	70,332	71,340	69,036	59,396	44,422	49,746	55,765
Other 4-year	74,310	61,202	63,678	58,349	76,448	79,143	72,073	65,003	66,297	63,338	55,055	54,050	49,432	54,487
2-year	75,599	62,264	63,697	61,047	72,377	74,423	70,429	60,632	61,565	59,852	54,161	65,503	53,548	56,239
Nonprofit	97,846	80,587	87,600	70,676	112,146	116,401	101,119	75,565	77,764	72,502	62,395	47,842	57,508	62,242
4-year	98,029	80,738	87,720	70,834	112,252	116,472	101,290	75,664	77,827	72,642	62,465	47,885	57,520	62,542
Doctoral2	115,928	95,480	104,514	80,888	134,776	138,354	123,283	85,864	88,699	81,499	71,973	53,825	58,932	66,634
Master's3	79,862	65,776	68,776	62,128	82,516	84,062	79,452	66,524	67,508	65,309	55,469	45,305	53,637	60,591
Other 4-year	78,452	64,614	67,178	61,326	84,869	85,528	83,480	64,747	64,949	64,478	53,130	42,145	52,422	52,775
2-year	55,525	45,731	44,417	46,529	53,063	55,046	51,310	45,768	45,863	45,717	42,706	46,010	32,393	43,562
For-profit	66,587	54,842	56,689	52,925	79,574	81,765	75,817	71,376	72,429	70,199	66,027	41,742	‡	53,705
2019-20
All institutions	92,813	90,724	98,525	81,970	127,363	134,329	114,545	89,848	92,877	86,366	77,053	68,744	64,372	64,623
Public	89,049	87,045	94,070	79,352	120,505	127,162	108,616	88,563	91,607	85,054	77,036	70,070	61,645	63,044
4-year	93,697	91,589	99,293	82,391	126,517	131,907	115,618	91,164	93,899	87,826	79,136	61,859	61,594	62,840
Doctoral2	100,500	98,239	107,148	86,932	137,476	142,448	126,317	95,759	98,789	91,903	83,737	55,986	62,762	61,910
Master's3	79,253	77,470	80,788	73,896	98,430	99,786	96,209	80,043	80,651	79,368	69,516	51,227	57,792	58,340
Other 4-year	73,332	71,682	73,387	70,080	80,425	83,219	77,172	72,465	74,392	70,508	62,608	78,574	54,110	63,981
2-year	73,291	71,642	72,659	70,810	82,156	83,351	81,128	69,145	69,711	68,719	62,223	76,227	63,638	63,148
Nonprofit	102,074	99,778	109,099	88,697	140,624	147,769	126,680	92,357	95,370	88,910	77,127	61,132	72,676	78,590
4-year	102,185	99,886	109,210	88,791	140,663	147,798	126,728	92,370	95,392	88,912	77,164	61,396	72,702	78,941
Doctoral2	118,881	116,206	128,187	100,596	167,691	174,876	151,342	103,705	107,656	98,958	88,305	68,347	74,714	86,495
Master's3	78,952	77,175	80,501	73,667	95,229	96,678	92,978	77,033	78,314	75,634	65,970	54,834	65,407	76,760
Other 4-year	79,208	77,426	79,648	75,109	100,945	100,943	100,947	78,271	78,620	77,906	64,081	49,879	66,105	63,448
2-year	56,650	55,375	52,335	57,720	77,217	76,430	77,856	79,996	73,593	86,704	57,640	44,918	60,239	48,301
For-profit	54,832	53,598	52,597	54,775	80,355	79,159	82,179	74,435	73,519	75,273	67,370	62,688	73,202	41,250
2020-21
All institutions	91,908	91,908	99,754	83,198	127,767	134,899	115,047	90,341	93,395	86,865	77,903	70,486	65,046	64,335
Public	88,306	88,306	95,363	80,650	121,057	127,832	109,352	89,212	92,386	85,598	77,954	71,927	62,211	62,946
4-year	92,497	92,497	100,175	83,454	126,501	132,116	115,626	91,631	94,509	88,162	80,031	62,490	62,128	64,621
Doctoral2	99,426	99,426	108,219	88,356	137,798	142,901	126,744	96,191	99,277	92,309	84,698	56,900	63,386	65,246
Master's3	78,108	78,108	81,448	74,596	98,471	99,709	96,537	80,706	81,724	79,590	70,046	51,988	57,572	55,110
Other 4-year	71,564	71,564	73,156	70,103	79,030	81,347	76,529	72,273	74,209	70,367	61,931	78,320	54,832	65,191
2-year	73,187	73,187	74,333	72,264	84,087	85,746	82,697	70,212	70,734	69,832	62,954	78,834	65,612	61,852
Nonprofit	100,788	100,788	110,188	89,750	141,017	148,370	127,028	92,606	95,426	89,399	77,842	61,958	73,793	76,091
4-year	100,871	100,871	110,266	89,826	141,051	148,394	127,073	92,621	95,453	89,401	77,867	62,102	73,815	76,130
Doctoral2	116,597	116,597	128,657	101,159	166,471	173,888	150,099	103,425	107,018	99,133	88,546	68,560	75,874	82,614
Master's3	77,274	77,274	80,326	74,094	94,871	96,068	93,065	76,791	77,906	75,583	65,883	55,349	66,102	75,944
Other 4-year	78,432	78,432	80,607	76,189	101,804	102,017	101,488	78,681	79,102	78,249	64,924	50,755	67,676	65,344
2-year	61,593	61,593	60,827	62,105	77,190	81,336	73,932	78,577	72,478	87,546	63,179	53,720	63,862	53,361
For-profit	61,205	61,205	60,682	61,752	77,061	78,010	75,871	74,210	75,173	73,364	68,313	61,270	44,482	50,510

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

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.

2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.

3 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 in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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. 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), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:99); and IPEDS, Winter 2009-10, Spring 2020, and Spring 2021, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared November 2021.)