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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: Academic year 2021-22
State or jurisdiction Public doctoral1 Public master's2 Private nonprofit doctoral1 Private nonprofit master's2
Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Professor Associate professor Assistant professor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
   United States $139,657 $98,044 $86,407 $99,181 $81,825 $70,371 $171,101 $105,740 $90,593 $94,647 $76,879 $65,828
Alabama 135,320 94,077 80,326 90,900 74,786 68,979 98,793 77,628 64,298 60,408 49,862 41,427
Alaska 104,309 89,837 72,390 101,222 85,068 72,576 70,381 62,199 53,416
Arizona 145,203 106,114 86,152 54,968 42,628
Arkansas 109,028 82,690 74,383 73,846 64,946 58,132 80,863 69,605 61,599 71,310 64,180 61,978
California 176,474 118,581 101,766 111,564 95,751 83,134 180,000 116,744 99,895 106,563 84,284 73,482
                         
Colorado 132,598 97,906 87,533 87,329 71,259 64,397 133,450 100,192 85,005 82,410 68,582 59,152
Connecticut 139,391 101,780 87,791 109,268 87,434 77,653 204,746 109,694 96,063 142,522 105,704 88,714
Delaware 161,275 114,106 99,943 93,143 79,396 63,147 101,688 84,194 80,332
District of Columbia 115,817 84,471 74,210 169,199 112,410 96,111 86,133 64,904
Florida 138,007 98,981 88,432 135,373 96,584 78,751 111,031 87,742 70,943
                         
Georgia 121,871 88,940 81,292 78,635 65,454 61,207 158,517 99,473 82,913 86,453 66,603 58,675
Hawaii 138,847 105,294 95,072 94,573 80,890 76,268
Idaho 102,276 85,319 75,474 68,492 62,546 53,783
Illinois 134,786 100,216 91,366 99,402 82,280 73,404 200,879 112,249 98,230 90,180 76,117 65,339
Indiana 136,045 98,643 92,363 87,221 74,264 68,603 152,747 99,980 83,433 76,062 66,506 57,695
                         
Iowa 142,086 95,133 85,245 89,284 76,596 68,609 96,404 81,155 64,895 70,530 61,806 56,304
Kansas 115,702 84,497 77,007 79,309 68,464 61,917 67,292 57,145 54,012 71,365 62,964 53,895
Kentucky 106,032 79,780 72,149 73,958 65,635 59,378 80,848 64,243 60,187 66,176 56,718 52,513
Louisiana 111,352 82,546 75,861 79,126 65,164 60,093 133,292 88,716 89,251 56,987 58,329 50,957
Maine 118,689 90,651 74,117 81,455 68,271 54,289 91,798 83,148 66,839 68,343 60,118 55,024
                         
Maryland 142,704 102,655 89,348 99,395 80,603 78,442 183,447 119,472 104,825 90,089 75,012 66,917
Massachusetts 151,556 110,979 94,994 102,460 82,718 70,489 202,401 121,679 105,904 125,436 97,197 82,029
Michigan 142,645 99,857 88,071 97,251 87,750 72,101 118,176 98,745 82,787 78,868 69,107 61,482
Minnesota 138,205 98,807 88,666 99,698 82,193 71,810 101,560 79,322 65,665 82,616 71,888 65,042
Mississippi 101,438 80,650 75,377 68,633 61,835 56,107 91,035 69,306 59,025 93,727 65,747 64,015
                         
Missouri 116,861 85,669 79,374 82,081 68,692 61,926 160,157 98,435 83,583 73,119 66,716 58,736
Montana 103,749 83,725 72,451 86,605 68,762 62,514 66,166 58,924 51,847
Nebraska 129,567 96,710 88,632 85,701 69,108 61,422 116,826 88,438 67,853 71,403 61,266 58,382
Nevada 134,045 99,445 82,819
New Hampshire 126,750 100,525 85,437 100,122 82,130 71,311 200,603 123,235 105,130 93,553 79,496 68,007
                         
New Jersey 169,927 116,164 95,513 133,731 107,726 91,471 208,071 115,371 107,864 97,576 84,205 68,821
New Mexico 110,750 82,362 76,363 86,657 70,922 61,158
New York 144,667 108,806 89,550 114,746 91,082 75,935 182,301 114,283 96,303 105,706 85,246 74,395
North Carolina 125,192 87,466 79,363 88,729 73,765 69,677 172,084 100,621 81,750 73,292 62,191 56,020
North Dakota 113,229 85,580 75,922 82,432 61,520 58,571 66,819 60,351 58,348
                         
Ohio 126,727 94,682 84,047 77,822 63,608 54,357 114,742 85,052 76,053 80,791 67,414 59,559
Oklahoma 116,761 86,518 81,280 84,901 70,109 61,338 100,885 88,919 79,787 72,637 61,004 56,935
Oregon 135,909 101,224 88,345 89,604 72,405 59,974 105,888 84,739 71,293 66,729 59,808 48,503
Pennsylvania 145,334 100,813 84,705 113,803 91,836 72,163 168,627 104,723 91,277 91,434 74,756 64,630
Rhode Island 133,076 99,875 90,862 118,687 95,737 74,669 193,554 128,912 110,423 129,954 94,730 81,022
                         
South Carolina 139,502 98,656 95,677 91,266 75,907 66,536 69,092 63,029 57,690 79,843 64,211 55,965
South Dakota 101,185 83,303 74,800 96,193 80,254 69,263 60,907 52,079 54,622 69,204 57,839 57,081
Tennessee 117,704 87,688 77,567 85,773 72,913 66,226 162,575 99,704 85,231 80,912 68,311 57,911
Texas 143,818 97,581 85,363 96,323 80,457 71,756 152,297 101,905 93,788 90,385 77,895 67,325
Utah 138,723 95,204 85,137 96,411 78,263 69,110 175,228 121,360 88,444 83,924 69,140 60,655
                         
Vermont 125,633 97,037 81,208 73,373 62,841 51,625 120,247 86,798 79,917
Virginia 144,989 102,619 87,445 96,670 80,534 71,327 117,600 85,689 69,559 77,096 63,564 55,057
Washington 140,878 100,392 87,056 118,540 95,203 80,936 115,012 85,027 75,305 79,474 68,501 65,919
West Virginia 105,274 85,293 75,253 74,340 64,400 55,238 61,620 57,963 54,682 66,177 57,535 48,699
Wisconsin 134,438 91,008 90,257 77,574 70,004 69,155 110,804 84,221 72,756 83,555 70,898 65,850
Wyoming 118,183 87,672 81,481
                         
U.S. Service Academies
                         
   Other jurisdictions 61,281 85,913 73,000 63,223 79,639 61,518 50,658 64,914 60,566 48,051
American Samoa
Federated States of
   Micronesia
Guam 91,337 75,124 63,373
Marshall Islands
Northern Marianas
Palau
Puerto Rico 61,281 84,904 71,622 62,852 79,639 61,518 50,658 64,914 60,566 48,051
U.S. Virgin Islands 89,880 73,360 63,463
†Not applicable.
1Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
2Institutions 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 2022, Human Resources component, Salaries section. (This table was prepared March 2023.)

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