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Table 244. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in 4-year degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution, rank of faculty, and state or jurisdiction: 1999-2000

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                        |      Public university      |     Public other 4-year       |     Private university      |    Private other 4-year
                        |_____________________________|_______________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________
 State or jurisdiction  |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
                        |Professor|Associate|Assistant|Professor|Associate |Assistant |Professor|Associate|Assistant|Professor|Associate|Assistant
                        |         |professor|professor|         |professor |professor |         |professor|professor|         |professor|professor
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
           1            |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6     |    7     |    8    |    9    |   10    |   11    |   12    |   13
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
   United States .......|  $82,344|  $57,984|  $48,671|  $69,641|   $54,062|   $44,293|  $99,634|  $64,782|  $55,232|  $65,277|  $50,087|  $40,971
                        |_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Alabama ................|   74,020|   53,994|   45,453|   61,191|    49,021|    42,314|        †|        †|        †|   55,173|   41,676|   36,138
Alaska .................|   69,405|   54,189|   45,613|   65,431|    52,500|    42,904|        †|        †|        †|   49,813|   42,698|   36,157
Arizona ................|   82,943|   58,995|   50,511|   69,492|    55,273|    43,157|        †|        †|        †|   59,565|   52,661|   43,833
Arkansas ...............|   74,362|   55,602|   48,173|   58,660|    48,261|    40,822|        †|        †|        †|   49,737|   41,473|   35,729
California .............|  108,180|   69,534|   61,387|   79,175|    60,684|    49,265|  106,886|   70,211|   59,996|   73,092|   54,319|   44,382
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Colorado ...............|   78,954|   57,867|   48,904|   63,630|    50,280|    41,653|   75,917|   58,566|   47,441|   70,616|   51,259|   41,887
Connecticut ............|   93,513|   68,658|   53,932|   74,185|    57,323|    44,588|  119,229|   69,136|   54,883|   76,659|   57,350|   47,370
Delaware ...............|   89,598|   64,627|   52,495|   67,534|    54,345|    46,348|        †|        †|        †|   69,828|   60,773|   35,938
District of Columbia ...|        †|        †|        †|   61,439|    48,723|    40,318|   89,562|   61,951|   51,048|   73,882|   53,612|   45,220
Florida ................|   76,663|   54,771|   48,995|   69,887|    54,417|    45,410|   88,221|   58,089|   52,943|   62,450|   47,408|   40,351
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Georgia ................|   85,521|   58,597|   50,175|   73,565|    56,555|    45,919|  107,832|   67,476|   56,871|   60,460|   46,658|   38,566
Hawaii .................|   77,265|   57,709|   49,611|   60,101|    50,620|    43,451|        †|        †|        †|   68,867|   59,716|   53,900
Idaho ..................|   64,375|   52,129|   43,145|   57,441|    47,875|    41,119|        †|        †|        †|   50,899|   43,786|   36,590
Illinois ...............|   84,736|   57,405|   48,887|   67,412|    54,094|    44,128|  109,037|   67,060|   59,104|   61,897|   50,296|   41,938
Indiana.................|   78,595|   56,455|   45,936|   66,582|    51,545|    43,048|  100,822|   67,951|   55,416|   57,779|   46,787|   39,393
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Iowa ...................|   85,510|   60,584|   49,966|   69,976|    53,728|    44,835|   69,224|   49,000|   43,384|   55,225|   43,891|   37,470
Kansas .................|   70,528|   51,595|   46,710|   59,552|    48,523|    39,436|        †|        †|        †|   41,545|   35,822|   31,732
Kentucky ...............|   75,274|   55,110|   45,155|   62,689|    49,198|    41,748|        †|        †|        †|   51,528|   41,903|   35,528
Louisiana ..............|   74,259|   53,176|   47,393|   59,378|    46,760|    39,734|   78,160|   56,018|   51,128|   54,063|   46,483|   38,780
Maine ..................|   62,609|   51,729|   44,222|   56,693|    46,633|    37,763|        †|        †|        †|   77,472|   54,228|   41,550
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Maryland ...............|   85,905|   63,089|   57,800|   71,193|    55,783|    45,763|   88,077|   66,955|   54,815|   63,882|   50,719|   40,046
Massachusetts ..........|   82,196|   63,728|   51,714|   66,166|    55,846|    43,393|  107,500|   66,433|   58,149|   77,333|   58,030|   47,427
Michigan ...............|   90,568|   65,381|   54,183|   68,375|    55,326|    45,245|   66,035|   53,182|   38,001|   55,975|   46,988|   39,527
Minnesota ..............|   91,583|   64,079|   53,667|   60,976|    51,375|    42,382|        †|        †|        †|   63,879|   48,883|   40,137
Mississippi ............|   72,756|   55,950|   46,876|   61,995|    51,001|    42,417|        †|        †|        †|   52,167|   42,175|   35,979
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Missouri................|   78,641|   59,147|   48,206|   66,004|    51,971|    41,648|   92,414|   59,607|   53,464|   52,293|   43,802|   37,541
Montana ................|   63,687|   50,701|   43,052|   52,573|    43,497|    36,651|        †|        †|        †|   41,113|   36,145|   32,300
Nebraska ...............|   78,604|   55,535|   47,799|   59,630|    50,961|    40,113|   79,861|   51,701|   41,389|   49,276|   40,030|   35,845
Nevada .................|   84,710|   61,659|   49,534|   78,557|    61,144|    47,330|        †|        †|        †|   52,664|   40,490|   33,667
New Hampshire ..........|   70,034|   51,497|   41,702|   61,037|    48,353|    39,863|        †|        †|        †|   77,882|   55,231|   42,338
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
New Jersey .............|  100,193|   70,802|   54,009|   85,117|    66,634|    50,342|  113,318|   65,105|   53,154|   70,450|   56,687|   44,153
New Mexico .............|   69,092|   51,376|   44,097|   56,312|    44,963|    38,856|        †|        †|        †|   46,760|   41,823|   36,317
New York ...............|   86,059|   61,055|   49,655|   75,763|    58,726|    47,130|   98,204|   67,079|   56,197|   74,476|   56,623|   45,231
North Carolina .........|   89,518|   62,837|   54,210|   68,187|    53,843|    45,505|  102,077|   70,452|   54,443|   51,267|   42,348|   36,374
North Dakota ...........|   54,799|   47,264|   40,866|   47,709|    41,307|    36,158|        †|        †|        †|   45,074|   38,955|   35,265
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Ohio ...................|   79,889|   57,576|   46,605|   68,924|    53,377|    43,374|   90,267|   65,124|   56,609|   61,596|   47,605|   39,689
Oklahoma ...............|   73,480|   52,478|   44,424|   54,639|    47,340|    41,118|   78,591|   56,891|   46,360|   50,447|   41,625|   35,068
Oregon .................|   70,021|   52,117|   45,490|   58,982|    46,331|    40,001|        †|        †|        †|   65,077|   47,801|   39,891
Pennsylvania ...........|   89,901|   62,651|   49,740|   77,040|    60,790|    47,787|  104,906|   70,210|   60,346|   69,231|   52,983|   43,095
Rhode Island ...........|   76,275|   57,538|   46,313|   59,148|    50,547|    43,297|        †|        †|        †|   80,972|   57,670|   47,803
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South Carolina .........|   78,119|   58,092|   48,530|   57,042|    47,472|    40,065|        †|        †|        †|   53,626|   41,515|   35,778
South Dakota ...........|   56,754|   46,440|   39,556|   57,612|    45,472|    39,505|        †|        †|        †|   46,623|   40,390|   34,286
Tennessee ..............|   73,194|   56,472|   45,536|   61,609|    47,470|    41,137|   99,495|   64,697|   52,755|   50,225|   41,617|   35,835
Texas ..................|   82,256|   55,557|   47,859|   63,229|    50,199|    43,010|   89,140|   60,760|   52,992|   60,733|   46,999|   37,841
Utah ...................|   71,986|   52,399|   44,066|   52,805|    44,003|    39,022|   76,056|   57,224|   49,213|   53,081|   44,503|   39,789
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Vermont ................|   69,970|   53,218|   43,002|   45,738|    39,609|    31,752|        †|        †|        †|   61,916|   47,170|   42,595
Virginia ...............|   85,313|   62,279|   50,921|   73,510|    56,747|    44,381|        †|        †|        †|   63,212|   48,857|   39,559
Washington .............|   77,278|   55,509|   49,579|   58,543|    48,859|    42,793|        †|        †|        †|   62,220|   49,458|   41,789
West Virginia...........|   69,554|   53,771|   43,357|   52,962|    44,288|    36,504|        †|        †|        †|   48,210|   40,550|   34,988
Wisconsin ..............|   85,091|   66,413|   55,861|   63,296|    51,594|    44,360|   75,549|   57,912|   47,275|   54,903|   43,888|   38,372
Wyoming ................|   61,759|   49,053|   44,044|        †|         †|         †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
                        |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
U.S. Service Schools ...|        †|        †|        †|   80,245|    63,135|    52,248|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
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   Outlying areas ......|   49,960|   41,240|   35,612|   57,384|    49,340|    39,863|        †|        †|        †|   41,495|   30,782|   26,810
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American Samoa .........|        †|        †|        †|        †|         †|         †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
Federated States of     |         |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |         |        †|        †|        †
  Micronesia ...........|        †|        †|        †|        †|         †|         †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
Guam ...................|        †|        †|        †|   71,215|    57,812|    46,050|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
Northern Marianas ......|        †|        †|        †|        †|         †|         †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
Palau ..................|        †|        †|        †|        †|         †|         †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
Puerto Rico ............|   49,960|   41,240|   35,612|   56,333|    48,282|    39,282|        †|        †|        †|   41,495|   30,782|   26,810
Virgin Islands .........|        †|        †|        †|   59,546|    50,430|    40,709|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †|        †
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

† Not applicable.

NOTE: Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions.

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, 1999-2000" survey. (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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