Staff in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2003, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2003–04, The Education Statistics Quarterly: Vol. 7, Issues 1 & 2, 2005

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Vol 7, Issues 1 & 2, Topic: Postsecondary Education

Staff in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2003, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2003–04

By: Laura G. Knapp, Janice E. Kelly-Reid, Roy W. Whitmore, Seungho Huh, Luhua Zhao, Burton Levine, Scott Ginder, Jean Wang, and Susan G. Broyles

This article was originally published as the E.D. TAB of the same name. The universe data are from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The Survey Methodology and Glossary from the original report have been omitted.

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Table 5. Full-time faculty at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by tenure status and control and level of institution: United States, fall 2003

Control and level of institution	Total	With tenure		On tenure track		Not on tenure track¹
Control and level of institution	Total	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	630,419	282,429	44.8	128,602	20.4	219,388	34.8
4-year	511,209	234,714	45.9	112,043	21.9	164,452	32.2
2-year	119,210	47,715	40.0	16,559	13.9	54,936	46.1
Public	425,320	204,973	48.2	85,078	20.0	135,269	31.8
4-year	315,310	157,698	50.0	68,649	21.8	88,963	28.2
2-year	110,010	47,275	43.0	16,429	14.9	46,306	42.1
Private not-for-profit	191,113	77,059	40.3	43,395	22.7	70,659	37.0
4-year	189,278	76,872	40.6	43,318	22.9	69,088	36.5
2-year	1,835	187	10.2	77	4.2	1,571	85.6
Private for-profit	13,986	397	2.8	129	0.9	13,460	96.2
4-year	6,621	144	2.2	76	1.1	6,401	96.7
2-year	7,365	253	3.4	53	0.7	7,059	95.8

¹Includes faculty at institutions that do not have a tenure system.

NOTE: Faculty include only those staff whose principal activity is instruction, research, or public service; full-time staff who teach one or two courses are not included as faculty, unless this is their primary activity. Data are for institutions with 15 or more full-time employees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Fall Staff component.

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Table 6. Full-time faculty and full-time faculty with tenure at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control and level of institution, gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, fall 2003

Control and level of institution, gender, and race/ethnicity¹	Total	With tenure	Percent with tenure
Total	630,419	282,429	44.8
Public	425,320	204,973	48.2
Private not-for-profit	191,113	77,059	40.3
Private for-profit	13,986	397	2.8
4-year	511,209	234,714	45.9
2-year	119,210	47,715	40.0
Men	382,232	193,023	50.5
Women	248,187	89,406	36.0
White, non-Hispanic	505,478	239,784	47.4
Black, non-Hispanic	33,097	12,704	38.4
Hispanic	20,068	8,149	40.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	41,086	17,308	42.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	2,973	1,149	38.6
Race/ethnicity unknown	6,602	1,277	19.3
Nonresident alien	21,115	2,058	9.7

¹Race/ethnicity (including race/ethnicity unknown) applies to U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible noncitizens. Nonresident aliens are not designated by race or ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Fall Staff component.

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Table 7. New full-time hires at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by control of institution, primary occupational activity, gender, and race/ethnicity: United States, fall 2003

Primary occupational activity, gender, and race/ethnicity¹	Total		Public		Private not-for-profit		Private for-profit
Primary occupational activity, gender, and race/ethnicity¹	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	126,521	100.0	73,350	100.0	46,921	100.0	6,250	100.0
Faculty²	45,003	35.6	28,706	39.1	14,963	31.9	1,334	21.3
With tenure	1,806	1.4	1,230	1.7	549	1.2	27	0.4
On tenure track	16,830	13.3	11,466	15.6	5,293	11.3	71	1.1
Not on tenure track³	26,367	20.8	16,010	21.8	9,121	19.4	1,236	19.8
Executive/administrative/ managerial	6,930	5.5	2,991	4.1	3,395	7.2	544	8.7
Other professional (support/service)	35,083	27.7	19,247	26.2	12,995	27.7	2,841	45.5
Technical and paraprofessionals	9,599	7.6	5,307	7.2	4,131	8.8	161	2.6
Clerical and secretarial	17,890	14.1	9,239	12.6	7,412	15.8	1,239	19.8
Skilled crafts	1,436	1.1	1,003	1.4	424	0.9	9	0.1
Service/maintenance	10,580	8.4	6,857	9.3	3,601	7.7	122	2.0
Men	56,886	45.0	33,459	45.6	20,763	44.3	2,664	42.6
Women	69,635	55.0	39,891	54.4	26,158	55.7	3,586	57.4
White, non-Hispanic	86,300	68.2	49,924	68.1	32,080	68.4	4,296	68.7
Black, non-Hispanic	14,010	11.1	8,003	10.9	5,040	10.7	967	15.5
Hispanic	7,690	6.1	4,602	6.3	2,545	5.4	543	8.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	7,540	6.0	4,429	6.0	2,861	6.1	250	4.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	894	0.7	637	0.9	223	0.5	34	0.5
Race/ethnicity unknown	3,970	3.1	2,083	2.8	1,734	3.7	153	2.4
Nonresident alien	6,117	4.8	3,672	5.0	2,438	5.2	7	0.1

¹Race/ethnicity (including race/ethnicity unknown) applies to U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible noncitizens. Nonresident aliens are not designated by race or ethnicity.

²Faculty include only those staff whose principal activity is instruction, research, or public service; full-time staff who teach one or two courses are not included as faculty, unless this is their primary activity.

³Includes faculty at institutions that do not have a tenure system.

NOTE: New hires include persons who were hired for full-time permanent employment for the first time or after a break in service between July 1 and October 31 of the survey year. New hires do not include persons who have returned from sabbatical leave or full-time faculty working less-than-9-month contracts/teaching periods. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data are for institutions with 15 or more full-time employees.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Fall Staff component.

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Table 8. Employees at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by employment status, place of employment, control of institution, and primary function/occupational activity: United States, fall 2003

Control of institution and primary function/occupational activity	Total			Full time			Part time
	Total	Em- ployees (except those in medical schools)	Medical school em- ployees	Total	Em- ployees (except those in medical schools)	Medical school employees	Total	Em- ployees (except those in medical schools)	Medical school em- ployees
Total	3,194,610	2,883,791	310,819	2,068,290	1,812,144	256,146	1,126,320	1,071,647	54,673

Primarily instruction	888,656	862,523	26,133	402,142	381,609	20,533	486,514	480,914	5,600
Instruction/research/ public service	249,429	197,656	51,773	190,283	146,424	43,859	59,146	51,232	7,914
Primarily research	46,993	32,271	14,722	38,155	25,623	12,532	8,838	6,648	2,190
Primarily public service	19,045	11,291	7,754	13,486	7,142	6,344	5,559	4,149	1,410
Executive/administrative/ managerial	183,416	169,833	13,583	177,132	164,131	13,001	6,284	5,702	582
Graduate assistants	293,874	278,457	15,417	†	†	†	293,874	278,457	15,417
Other professional (support/service)	605,285	512,445	92,840	515,333	434,638	80,695	89,952	77,807	12,145
Technical and paraprofessionals	190,099	156,849	33,250	149,145	120,018	29,127	40,954	36,831	4,123
Clerical and secretarial	434,129	387,361	46,768	340,494	297,779	42,715	93,635	89,582	4,053
Skilled crafts	61,231	59,858	1,373	58,333	57,013	1,320	2,898	2,845	53
Service/maintenance	222,453	215,247	7,206	183,787	177,767	6,020	38,666	37,480	1,186

Public	2,163,264	1,988,242	175,022	1,361,164	1,220,941	140,223	802,100	767,301	34,799
Primarily instruction	584,701	569,744	14,957	264,324	252,299	12,025	320,377	317,445	2,932
Instruction/research/ public service	174,538	144,422	30,116	133,951	109,133	24,818	40,587	35,289	5,298
Primarily research	35,613	25,907	9,706	27,998	20,131	7,867	7,615	5,776	1,839
Primarily public service	11,988	9,827	2,161	8,111	6,259	1,852	3,877	3,568	309
Executive/administrative/ managerial	93,720	88,238	5,482	90,559	85,334	5,225	3,161	2,904	257
Graduate assistants	240,494	228,683	11,811	†	†	†	240,494	228,683	11,811
Other professional (support/service)	403,317	346,057	57,260	342,022	292,328	49,694	61,295	53,729	7,566
Technical and paraprofessionals	138,581	123,421	15,160	106,867	93,877	12,990	31,714	29,544	2,170
Clerical and secretarial	285,639	261,184	24,455	218,715	196,295	22,420	66,924	64,889	2,035
Skilled crafts	45,863	45,291	572	43,758	43,204	554	2,105	2,087	18
Service/maintenance	148,810	145,468	3,342	124,859	122,081	2,778	23,951	23,387	564

Private not-for-profit	936,845	801,123	135,722	657,572	541,692	115,880	279,273	259,431	19,842
Primarily instruction	250,469	239,333	11,136	123,958	115,475	8,483	126,511	123,858	2,653
Instruction/research/ public service	73,124	51,486	21,638	55,537	36,499	19,038	17,587	14,987	2,600
Primarily research	11,369	6,353	5,016	10,146	5,481	4,665	1,223	872	351
Primarily public service	7,004	1,411	5,593	5,331	839	4,492	1,673	572	1,101
Executive/administrative /managerial	81,461	73,368	8,093	78,522	70,753	7,769	2,939	2,615	324
Graduate assistants	53,218	49,612	3,606	†	†	†	53,218	49,612	3,606
Other professional (support/service)	184,660	149,080	35,580	157,127	126,126	31,001	27,533	22,954	4,579
Technical and paraprofessionals	49,253	31,163	18,090	40,556	24,419	16,137	8,697	6,744	1,953
Clerical and secretarial	139,488	117,183	22,305	114,290	94,003	20,287	25,198	23,180	2,018
Skilled crafts	15,199	14,398	801	14,453	13,687	766	746	711	35
Service/maintenance	71,600	67,736	3,864	57,652	54,410	3,242	13,948	13,326	622

Private for-profit	94,501	94,426	75	49,554	49,511	43	44,947	44,915	32
Primarily instruction	53,486	53,446	40	13,860	13,835	25	39,626	39,611	15
Instruction/research/ public service	1,767	1,748	19	795	792	3	972	956	16
Primarily research	11	11	0	11	11	0	0	0	0
Primarily public service	53	53	0	44	44	0	9	9	0
Executive/administrative/ managerial	8,235	8,227	8	8,051	8,044	7	184	183	1
Graduate assistants	162	162	0	†	†	†	162	162	0
Other professional (support/service)	17,308	17,308	0	16,184	16,184	0	1,124	1,124	0
Technical and paraprofessionals	2,265	2,265	0	1,722	1,722	0	543	543	0
Clerical and secretarial	9,002	8,994	8	7,489	7,481	8	1,513	1,513	0
Skilled crafts	169	169	0	122	122	0	47	47	0
Service/maintenance	2,043	2,043	0	1,276	1,276	0	767	767	0

† Not applicable; by definition, all graduate assistants are part time.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Employees by Assigned Position component.

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Table 9. Average salaries of full-time instructional faculty on less-than-9-month contracts at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by academic rank, gender, and control and level of institution: United States, academic year 2003–04

Gender and control and level of institution	All ranks	Professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor	Instructor	Lecturer	No academic rank¹
Total	$30,298	$50,335	$49,613	$38,615	$26,903	$17,814	$39,522
4-year	25,894	50,612	49,720	38,697	19,033	16,577	21,418
2-year	35,667	38,148	40,310	31,612	30,824	23,602	52,178
Public	33,314	69,208	60,257	47,511	29,661	21,603	42,051
4-year	26,618	70,941	60,257	47,761	16,836	20,910	14,018
2-year	38,274	31,077	†	24,000	33,578	23,602	52,933
Private not-for-profit	24,631	43,856	40,328	27,494	14,414	9,599	29,405
4-year	24,610	43,835	40,328	27,338	14,414	9,599	30,226
2-year	26,020	45,219	40,310	39,223	†	†	15,038
Private for-profit	23,792	†	†	†	23,765	†	31,784
4-year	28,404	†	†	†	28,404	†	†
2-year	21,246	†	†	†	21,191	†	31,784
Men, total	32,467	53,189	49,662	39,566	28,197	17,282	40,508
4-year	28,587	53,302	49,662	39,569	19,869	16,090	21,212
2-year	37,765	45,219	†	39,223	32,519	23,243	54,167
Public	35,844	73,150	62,261	48,642	30,672	22,011	43,544
4-year	29,764	73,150	62,261	48,642	15,458	21,570	13,532
2-year	40,587	†	†	†	35,250	23,243	55,341
Private not-for-profit	27,127	46,221	38,862	28,167	14,423	9,139	28,893
4-year	27,176	46,240	38,862	27,904	14,423	9,139	30,216
2-year	24,674	45,219	†	39,223	†	†	13,546
Private for-profit	26,375	†	†	†	26,375	†	†
4-year	29,475	†	†	†	29,475	†	†
2-year	24,220	†	†	†	24,220	†	†
Women, total	27,794	39,304	49,475	37,368	25,606	18,322	38,346
4-year	22,423	39,774	49,892	37,551	18,148	17,053	21,667
2-year	33,546	31,077	40,310	24,000	29,172	23,911	49,833
Public	30,749	53,000	54,790	46,021	28,744	21,267	40,304
4-year	23,231	59,264	54,790	46,572	18,060	20,375	14,598
2-year	36,031	31,077	†	24,000	32,050	23,911	50,138
Private not-for-profit	20,877	34,901	44,603	26,616	14,407	10,206	30,078
4-year	20,798	34,901	44,993	26,616	14,407	10,206	30,239
2-year	31,405	†	40,310	†	†	†	22,500
Private for-profit	19,961	†	†	†	19,862	†	31,784
4-year	26,033	†	†	†	26,033	†	†
2-year	17,658	†	†	†	17,493	†	31,784

† Not applicable. There are no faculty members in this cell.

¹Includes faculty at institutions without standard academic ranks.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Salaries component.

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Table 10. Average salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9/10-month contracts at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by academic rank, gender, and control and level of institution: United States, academic year 2003–04

Gender and control and level of institution	All ranks	Professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor	Instructor	Lecturer	No academic rank¹
Total	$62,615	$85,352	$61,744	$51,808	$49,076	$43,689	$47,746
4-year	65,355	87,930	62,677	52,418	38,291	43,815	47,340
2-year	52,890	62,775	52,485	46,107	55,129	41,059	47,836
Public	60,912	82,329	61,196	51,701	50,604	42,539	47,563
4-year	64,398	85,843	62,545	52,626	37,611	42,627	43,899
2-year	53,080	62,943	52,736	46,297	55,359	41,120	47,937
Private not-for-profit	66,817	91,313	62,783	52,025	39,411	47,621	49,837
4-year	67,042	91,439	62,894	52,098	39,651	47,643	50,876
2-year	36,841	44,089	39,238	36,686	33,047	33,028	36,442
Private for-profit	38,818	52,031	54,120	41,855	32,326	19,256	41,106
4-year	40,506	52,504	60,858	44,977	31,119	19,256	41,106
2-year	33,584	32,180	36,599	33,427	33,489	†	†
Men, total	67,509	88,254	63,465	53,660	50,997	46,273	48,977
4-year	70,391	90,126	64,243	54,263	39,422	46,463	49,078
2-year	54,436	64,739	53,539	47,010	56,545	41,294	48,952
Public	65,508	85,207	62,952	53,534	52,647	44,687	48,707
4-year	69,290	87,763	64,075	54,445	38,935	44,857	45,311
2-year	54,630	64,888	53,804	47,203	56,785	41,329	49,057
Private not-for-profit	72,143	94,068	64,436	53,906	40,012	51,403	51,568
4-year	72,341	94,149	64,528	53,973	40,380	51,414	52,542
2-year	36,231	45,788	38,171	34,479	30,468	31,000	37,959
Private for-profit	39,887	54,625	56,867	40,069	31,902	†	42,445
4-year	41,602	54,625	59,446	41,833	32,605	†	42,445
2-year	31,164	†	38,817	33,013	30,857	†	†
Women, total	55,425	76,749	59,093	49,696	47,414	41,562	46,555
4-year	56,965	80,505	60,134	50,245	37,478	41,598	45,367
2-year	51,410	60,486	51,508	45,344	53,771	40,925	46,794
Public	54,445	74,153	58,500	49,595	48,813	40,803	46,494
4-year	56,183	79,186	59,989	50,426	36,712	40,789	42,558
2-year	51,592	60,671	51,742	45,525	53,988	40,999	46,892
Private not-for-profit	58,106	82,407	60,226	49,906	38,936	44,298	47,630
4-year	58,330	82,644	60,360	49,979	39,076	44,323	48,723
2-year	37,354	42,536	40,111	38,082	35,168	33,434	34,796
Private for-profit	37,711	48,064	51,922	42,309	32,734	19,256	38,721
4-year	39,096	49,057	62,507	45,875	28,907	19,256	38,721
2-year	34,848	32,180	36,045	33,500	35,153	†	†

† Not applicable. There are no faculty members in this cell.

¹Includes faculty at institutions without standard academic ranks.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Salaries component.

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Table 11. Average salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 11/12-month contracts at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by academic rank, gender, and control and level of institution: United States, academic year 2003–04

Gender and control and level of institution	All ranks	Professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor	Instructor	Lecturer	No academic rank¹
Total	$70,631	$101,396	$77,347	$67,680	$45,840	$52,793	$50,566
4-year	78,212	104,682	79,044	68,750	46,622	54,635	53,215
2-year	47,513	60,590	55,227	50,128	45,373	40,121	47,261
Public	78,203	108,051	81,097	69,225	51,920	53,224	55,565
4-year	86,991	112,547	83,823	71,009	49,467	54,187	59,158
2-year	54,203	64,206	57,364	51,394	52,747	44,958	53,249
Private not-for-profit	70,841	92,142	73,092	66,261	47,244	57,122	48,123
4-year	72,022	92,235	73,320	66,557	48,647	57,120	48,689
2-year	42,562	53,427	45,422	38,230	42,227	57,138	39,932
Private for-profit	41,172	56,622	50,950	50,601	38,735	26,169	42,633
4-year	47,894	62,724	54,368	51,537	42,976	41,710	51,255
2-year	35,752	41,224	34,113	41,386	36,310	19,602	31,596
Men, total	76,198	104,711	79,863	70,362	45,539	54,962	51,900
4-year	83,953	107,265	81,451	71,420	45,896	57,903	55,327
2-year	47,562	60,809	54,884	50,655	45,323	37,845	47,462
Public	85,519	111,549	84,097	72,559	51,568	55,418	57,783
4-year	94,140	114,821	86,514	74,406	49,475	57,034	63,182
2-year	54,352	65,109	57,726	51,686	52,169	45,592	54,177
Private not-for-profit	75,068	94,188	75,031	68,302	45,594	61,280	50,039
4-year	76,168	94,246	75,180	68,514	46,602	61,589	50,669
2-year	41,941	45,121	43,823	38,547	42,264	52,400	37,815
Private for-profit	42,890	58,141	51,772	51,563	40,663	16,819	42,654
4-year	48,790	64,275	55,867	52,257	43,876	40,886	51,224
2-year	37,594	41,713	34,239	40,387	38,579	10,031	31,444
Women, total	61,835	89,356	73,028	64,772	46,183	50,310	49,114
4-year	68,009	94,306	74,772	65,812	47,475	51,072	50,835
2-year	47,457	60,289	55,614	49,675	45,430	43,778	47,052
Public	66,508	94,442	75,875	65,493	52,221	50,649	53,280
4-year	73,216	102,230	78,856	67,121	49,461	51,130	54,827
2-year	54,055	63,042	56,975	51,132	53,280	43,235	52,318
Private not-for-profit	64,467	85,348	69,919	64,209	48,919	52,623	46,145
4-year	65,639	85,525	70,248	64,577	50,650	51,739	46,574
2-year	43,140	58,410	46,327	38,068	42,184	58,445	41,259
Private for-profit	38,338	52,985	49,075	48,042	35,556	35,335	42,606
4-year	46,156	58,794	51,209	49,331	41,122	42,187	51,295
2-year	33,070	40,206	33,665	42,242	32,997	31,267	31,784

¹Includes faculty at institutions without standard academic ranks.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Salaries component.

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Table 12. Fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by contract length and control of institution: United States, academic year 2003–04

Control of institution and fringe benefits	9/10-month contracts		11/12-month contracts
Control of institution and fringe benefits	Number covered	Average expenditures	Number covered	Average expenditures
Total

Retirement plan (vested within 5 years)¹	286,209	$6,178	52,141	$6,550
Retirement plan (vested after 5 years)¹	123,718	5,280	23,949	6,143
Medical/dental plans	401,120	5,915	76,593	5,460
Group life insurance	336,180	215	64,450	570
Other insurance benefits	38,808	950	10,583	1,901
Guaranteed disability income protection	262,734	262	45,431	413
Tuition plan (dependents only)	56,146	3,504	9,407	3,022
Housing plan	1,865	6,101	629	8,904
Social Security taxes	391,057	4,240	78,775	4,473
Unemployment compensation	298,692	192	63,303	289
Worker’s compensation	340,874	438	70,279	558
Other benefits in kind with cash options	34,979	1,451	6,231	1,640

Public
Retirement plan (vested within 5 years)¹	175,710	6,062	28,357	7,387
Retirement plan (vested after 5 years)¹	118,219	5,329	19,252	6,893
Medical/dental plans	287,509	6,121	44,976	5,608
Group life insurance	220,305	206	34,199	258
Other insurance benefits	26,335	902	5,570	2,675
Guaranteed disability income protection	155,960	263	24,260	347
Tuition plan (dependents only)	34,553	1,022	3,070	1,597
Housing plan	4	4,589	3	11,276
Social Security taxes	267,621	4,043	44,125	4,738
Unemployment compensation	216,515	174	36,932	151
Worker’s compensation	229,303	429	39,634	456
Other benefits in kind with cash options	18,526	1,334	4,166	1,807

Private not-for-profit
Retirement plan (vested within 5 years)¹	110,241	6,374	18,901	6,581
Retirement plan (vested after 5 years)¹	5,440	4,260	2,730	3,644
Medical/dental plans	113,305	5,398	21,901	5,924
Group life insurance	115,679	230	20,471	1,164
Other insurance benefits	12,401	1,049	3,206	1,192
Guaranteed disability income protection	106,636	259	16,422	478
Tuition plan (dependents only)	21,559	7,487	5,637	3,676
Housing plan	1,861	6,104	626	8,892
Social Security taxes	122,945	4,675	22,920	4,663
Unemployment compensation	81,848	239	15,709	455
Worker’s compensation	111,223	458	20,185	688
Other benefits in kind with cash options	16,440	1,582	1,723	1,375

Private for-profit
Retirement plan (vested within 5 years)¹	258	1,504	4,883	1,575
Retirement plan (vested after 5 years)¹	59	994	1,967	2,271
Medical/dental plans	306	4,307	9,716	3,733
Group life insurance	196	1,056	9,780	418
Other insurance benefits	72	1,466	1,807	771
Guaranteed disability income protection	138	170	4,749	529
Tuition plan (dependents only)	34	1,527	700	3,998
Housing plan	0	0	0	0
Social Security taxes	491	2,941	11,730	3,105
Unemployment compensation	329	338	10,662	525
Worker’s compensation	348	344	10,460	694
Other benefits in kind with cash options	13	4,061	342	934

¹The retirement plan does not include Social Security.

NOTE: Full-time instructional faculty are those members of the instruction/research staff who are employed full time and whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Full-time instructional faculty also include full-time faculty for whom it is not possible to differentiate among teaching, research, and public service because each of these functions is an integral component of their regular assignment. Institutions responding to the Salaries survey reported 432,046 full-time instructional faculty on 9/10-month contracts and 89,153 on 11/12-month contracts. Fringe benefits data are not collected for faculty on less-than-9-month contracts.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Salaries component.

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