Table 238. | Average base salaries of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution and field of instruction: 1987-88, 1992-93, and 1998-99 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | All | Total | Total |Public |Private |Public |Private |Public |Private |Private |Public | Other Field of |institutions |Public |Private |research |research |doctoral |doctoral |compre- |compre- |liberal |2-year | instruction | | | | | | | |hensive |hensive | arts | | _____________________|______________|______________|_______________|______________|_______________|_______________|______________|______________|_______________|_______________|______________|______________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 _____________________|______________|______________|_______________|______________|_______________|_______________|______________|______________|_______________|_______________|______________|______________ 1987-88 academic year| | | | | | | | | | | | salaries in 1998-99 | | | | | | | | | | | | dollars\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | All fields...........|$55,854 |$56,369 |$54,707 |$67,095 |$73,504 |$62,374 |$66,053 |$52,347 |$45,676 |$40,940 |$46,002 |$43,522 | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | | economics .........| 55,937 | 56,238 | ‡ | 62,840 | ‡ | 50,221 | ‡ | 54,184 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ Business ............| 52,232 | 52,858 | 50,887 | 67,212 | ‡ | 56,756 | ‡ | 50,119 | 52,320 | ‡ | 46,996 | 40,744 Education ...........| 46,754 | 49,084 | 38,709 | 52,945 | ‡ | 50,006 | ‡ | 48,218 | 38,674 | 33,942 | 47,487 | ‡ Engineering .........| 60,279 | 59,354 | 63,606 | 70,842 | ‡ | 61,341 | ‡ | 58,089 | 59,433 | ‡ | 42,478 | ‡ Fine arts ...........| 43,686 | 45,656 | 39,677 | 46,522 | ‡ | 44,049 | ‡ | 45,448 | 38,294 | 39,811 | 46,428 | ‡ Health ..............| 74,879 | 74,402 | 75,836 | 84,801 | 89,061 | 82,043 | 77,670 | 65,948 | 55,049 | ‡ | 42,736 | ‡ Humanities ..........| 48,973 | 50,903 | 46,026 | 53,482 | 56,556 | 45,403 | 53,467 | 51,491 | 42,818 | 44,016 | 50,175 | 40,156 Natural sciences ....| 55,197 | 55,875 | 53,677 | 66,898 | 71,267 | 57,628 | 54,158 | 53,895 | 44,750 | 43,593 | 45,824 | 43,292 Social sciences .....| 53,376 | 53,690 | 52,794 | 61,005 | 70,472 | 55,344 | ‡ | 51,874 | 44,578 | 41,247 | 47,393 | ‡ Other ...............| 51,619 | 51,073 | 52,914 | 60,779 | ‡ | 52,444 | ‡ | 48,318 | 41,253 | ‡ | 43,595 | 51,179 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992-93 academic year| | | | | | | | | | | | salaries in 1998-99 | | | | | | | | | | | | dollars\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | All fields...........| 54,068 | 53,991 | 54,253 | 65,162 | 73,848 | 59,453 | 64,663 | 50,204 | 49,937 | 43,435 | 45,429 | 46,708 | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture and home | | | | | ‡ | | | | | | | economics .........| 55,194 | 55,978 | ‡ | 63,191 | ‡ | 51,351 | ‡ | 50,078 | ‡ | ‡ | 45,934 | ‡ Business ............| 56,827 | 57,672 | 54,628 | 75,283 | ‡ | 67,893 | 62,768 | 55,113 | 62,095 | 37,315 | 48,508 | 38,776 Education ...........| 48,541 | 49,942 | 43,429 | 57,519 | ‡ | 48,722 | 56,862 | 47,860 | 43,826 | 37,427 | 47,592 | ‡ Engineering .........| 64,154 | 64,562 | 62,561 | 77,097 | 70,520 | 61,853 | 63,542 | 56,227 | 52,938 | ‡ | 44,618 | 64,692 Fine arts ...........| 46,842 | 45,354 | 49,095 | 47,722 | 99,540 | 45,463 | 43,725 | 45,191 | 41,344 | 43,597 | 43,320 | 39,367 Health ..............| 64,216 | 62,454 | 68,946 | 84,816 | 84,369 | 73,701 | 76,335 | 44,229 | 52,734 | 48,907 | 41,318 | 48,373 Humanities ..........| 47,301 | 48,027 | 45,756 | 50,818 | 51,599 | 45,787 | 49,559 | 47,027 | 47,384 | 43,485 | 47,545 | 42,193 Natural sciences ....| 55,636 | 54,837 | 57,646 | 63,995 | 77,546 | 59,677 | 65,418 | 53,016 | 53,875 | 43,332 | 45,776 | 48,653 Social sciences .....| 53,060 | 53,225 | 52,722 | 61,347 | 68,456 | 56,233 | 57,153 | 50,435 | 45,992 | 46,747 | 46,540 | 51,246 Other ...............| 51,482 | 50,141 | 54,295 | 58,886 | 75,831 | 50,540 | 71,409 | 52,363 | 48,167 | 42,065 | 43,487 | 45,255 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1998-99 academic year| | | | | | | | | | | | salaries in 1998-99 | | | | | | | | | | | | dollars\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | All fields...........| 56,851 (394)| 56,060 (433)| 59,124 (869)| 66,399 (816)| 81,574 (2,507)| 65,466 (1,851)| 70,240(1,985)| 50,143 (576)| 49,374 (1,122)| 43,600 (711)| 44,636 (424)| 47,227(1,599) | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | | economics .........| 58,434(2,366)| 60,698(1,765)| ‡ ‡ | 67,336(2,353)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡| ‡ ‡| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ | 44,227(2,087)| ‡ ‡ Business ............| 55,837(1,006)| 54,599(1,147)| 58,758 (1,993)| 69,241(3,356)| 80,949 (7,916)| 55,237 (4,834)| 69,354(5,706)| 58,622(1,567)| 59,245 (1,861)| 42,328 (2,927)| 46,141(1,238)| 42,440(4,921) Education ...........| 47,789 (904)| 48,263(1,040)| 46,194 (1,827)| 53,412(1,768)| ‡ ‡ | 46,385 (2,852)| ‡ ‡| 49,261(1,795)| 43,677 (1,918)| 40,857 (2,031)| 43,324(1,301)| 41,434(3,714) Engineering .........| 63,401(1,302)| 62,265(1,425)| 67,668 (2,988)| 69,867(2,400)| 76,075 (4,982)| 64,345 (2,396)| ‡ ‡| 52,625(4,992)| 57,909 (5,842)| ‡ ‡ | 45,102(1,691)| ‡ ‡ Fine arts ...........| 45,655(1,161)| 45,109(1,150)| 47,061 (2,802)| 49,342(2,822)| ‡ ‡ | 41,907 (1,276)| ‡ ‡| 44,774(1,470)| 49,828 (6,924)| 43,471 (1,677)| 45,957(2,312)| 36,592(3,202) Health ..............| 75,238(1,516)| 71,755(1,550)| 84,877 (3,705)| 85,518(2,776)|100,068 (7,573)| 85,842 (4,398)| 93,003(4,958)| 53,179(2,732)| 47,376 (4,070)| 44,588 (3,674)| 43,617(1,142)| 53,383(3,385) Humanities ..........| 47,697 (646)| 47,865 (766)| 47,290 (1,202)| 53,929(1,985)| 57,033 (4,251)| 47,037 (2,548)| 49,336(2,610)| 46,577(1,065)| 46,463 (1,777)| 43,199 (1,583)| 45,046(1,201)| 43,203(1,889) Natural sciences ....| 57,331 (719)| 56,929 (777)| 58,548 (1,671)| 65,951(1,381)| 79,784 (3,981)| 64,443 (1,855)| 61,723(3,056)| 51,150(1,328)| 47,764 (1,989)| 42,635 (1,331)| 44,127 (878)| 55,565(5,206) Social sciences .....| 58,714(1,778)| 59,450(2,255)| 56,785 (2,450)| 69,074(3,122)| 78,540 (6,677)| 69,589(13,661)| 58,922(3,083)| 53,419(1,120)| 46,434 (1,794)| 47,318 (2,362)| 47,190(1,587)| 49,232(3,892) Other ...............| 52,150 (878)| 50,422 (918)| 57,596 (2,087)| 59,896(2,037)| 80,645 (6,527)| 56,448 (2,404)| 65,125(3,585)| 45,854(1,774)| 52,818 (3,009)| 43,143 (1,878)| 43,662(1,020)| 46,653(3,863) _____________________|______________|______________|_______________|______________|_______________|_______________|______________|______________|_______________|_______________|______________|______________ |
‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1988 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:88), 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93), and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). (This table was prepared October 2001.)
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