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Table 248. Average salary of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts in degree-granting institutions, by sex, academic rank, and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2006-07

[In current dollars]
Academic year, control and type of institution All faculty Academic rank
Total Males Females Professor Associate professor Assistant professor Instructor Lecturer No academic rank
Total Males Females Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1999–2000                          
All institutions $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 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 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
Doctoral1  62,686 67,294 52,605 81,651 82,900 75,116 57,938 59,190 55,332 48,438 33,334 39,184 39,068
Master's2  52,664 55,505 48,068 66,505 67,062 64,715 53,001 53,665 51,888 43,394 33,223 34,208 42,995
Other 4-year 48,280 50,263 44,957 61,327 61,653 60,236 49,888 50,390 48,987 42,304 35,829 36,007 38,345
2-year 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
Not-for-profit 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 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
Doctoral1  74,347 79,678 61,442 97,751 99,341 89,614 63,780 65,347 60,477 53,946 41,820 43,538 46,135
Master's2  51,202 54,326 46,413 65,331 66,591 61,378 51,202 52,474 49,167 41,922 33,913 37,266 44,364
Other 4-year 47,743 49,962 44,218 62,007 62,613 59,974 47,285 47,564 46,876 38,937 31,978 33,531 34,809
2-year 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 29,543 30,023 28,942 45,505 44,248 49,693 48,469 53,548 43,389 33,043 29,894 27,958
                           
2001–02                          
All institutions 59,742 64,320 52,662 80,792 83,356 72,542 58,724 60,300 56,186 48,796 46,959 41,798 46,569
Public 58,524 62,835 52,123 78,387 80,921 70,564 58,663 60,182 56,220 48,956 48,279 40,809 46,772
4-year 62,013 66,577 53,895 81,726 83,363 75,471 60,041 61,275 57,864 49,697 36,820 40,361 53,777
Doctoral1  67,466 72,667 56,888 89,087 90,612 81,891 62,756 64,209 59,982 52,900 36,830 41,806 59,090
Master's2  55,804 58,793 51,309 71,330 71,939 69,575 56,881 57,530 55,856 46,707 36,351 38,632 41,032
Other 4-year 50,137 52,328 46,697 64,117 64,790 62,060 52,374 53,158 51,074 44,982 38,927 35,319 39,308
2-year 50,837 52,360 49,290 60,614 62,426 58,337 50,436 51,647 49,282 44,487 52,505 45,610 45,756
Not-for-profit 62,947 67,997 54,271 85,867 88,323 77,203 58,871 60,545 56,163 48,504 37,637 44,762 46,043
4-year 63,189 68,212 54,515 86,009 88,424 77,447 58,969 60,624 56,284 48,616 37,981 44,794 46,888
Doctoral1  80,193 86,125 66,467 106,925 108,606 98,797 69,302 70,937 66,025 59,390 43,262 47,065 51,461
Master's2  54,850 58,035 50,268 70,234 71,594 66,435 55,206 56,574 53,177 45,328 38,823 39,649 49,832
Other 4-year 51,357 53,517 48,033 67,474 68,148 65,483 51,029 51,385 50,521 41,938 33,732 40,348 39,106
2-year 33,595 33,785 33,419 40,221 39,661 40,840 38,481 38,860 38,149 31,096 30,617 23,484 33,614
For-profit 33,891 35,773 31,539 54,882 74,425 38,346 43,124 48,298 39,286 33,884 29,957 31,987
                           
2005–06                          
All institutions 66,172 71,569 58,665 91,208 94,733 81,514 65,714 67,654 62,860 55,106 50,883 45,896 50,425
Public 64,158 69,191 57,462 87,599 91,080 78,412 65,107 67,077 62,231 55,029 52,297 44,628 50,096
4-year 67,951 73,353 59,437 91,600 93,976 83,946 66,745 68,475 64,013 56,181 40,044 44,598 47,107
Doctoral1  73,985 80,186 62,865 100,403 102,366 92,511 70,259 72,242 66,876 59,777 39,961 45,422 46,126
Master's2  60,338 63,599 55,992 77,776 78,734 75,465 62,045 62,996 60,709 52,352 39,424 43,241 45,777
Other 4-year 56,117 58,617 52,836 72,348 74,162 68,815 59,091 60,179 57,427 49,860 42,287 43,941 51,912
2-year 55,405 56,858 54,082 65,740 67,782 63,544 54,870 55,825 54,004 48,425 57,224 45,427 50,513
Not-for-profit 71,203 77,136 61,985 98,253 101,638 88,144 66,877 68,753 64,074 55,278 41,302 49,777 53,231
4-year 71,419 77,314 62,212 98,378 101,713 88,379 66,981 68,818 64,226 55,367 41,494 49,786 53,907
Doctoral1  89,278 96,862 74,490 122,784 125,275 112,800 78,684 81,043 74,518 67,151 46,016 51,647 55,222
Master's2  61,186 64,596 56,637 78,400 80,151 74,214 61,777 63,056 60,038 50,948 41,530 45,110 57,098
Other 4-year 58,344 60,800 54,868 76,571 77,504 74,285 57,964 58,039 57,860 47,877 38,394 45,837 45,605
2-year 39,101 38,817 39,307 47,174 48,786 45,945 42,433 43,628 41,753 35,437 36,264 38,908 39,399
For-profit 42,480 42,878 42,027 60,111 59,423 61,417 56,621 55,546 58,393 47,598 35,661 41,579
                           
2006–07                          
All institutions 68,585 74,167 61,016 94,870 98,563 85,090 68,153 70,168 65,237 57,143 53,278 47,478 52,161
Public 66,566 71,797 59,781 91,313 95,069 81,782 67,657 69,689 64,738 57,263 54,727 46,084 51,405
4-year 70,460 76,072 61,875 95,638 98,195 87,752 69,363 71,133 66,623 58,498 41,637 46,029 48,510
Doctoral1  76,921 83,445 65,584 105,174 107,266 97,106 73,137 75,189 69,713 62,327 41,725 46,866 48,856
Master's2  62,298 65,563 58,082 80,555 81,503 78,379 64,279 65,209 62,999 54,440 40,842 44,621 45,830
Other 4-year 59,057 61,675 55,593 76,817 78,868 72,867 62,364 63,464 60,715 52,275 43,770 45,644 51,548
2-year 57,466 58,971 56,127 67,552 69,606 65,421 56,473 57,489 55,568 50,066 60,024 47,558 51,879
Not-for-profit 73,581 79,660 64,381 101,866 105,210 92,218 69,109 71,076 66,218 56,922 43,367 51,698 57,058
4-year 73,769 79,812 64,579 101,966 105,272 92,398 69,206 71,142 66,351 56,994 43,487 51,711 57,651
Doctoral1  91,291 99,150 76,662 126,444 129,072 116,532 81,281 83,823 76,846 68,245 47,741 53,519 62,378
Master's2  62,518 65,801 58,281 80,056 81,457 76,821 62,837 63,999 61,327 52,092 43,467 47,905 57,095
Other 4-year 60,500 62,961 57,060 79,926 80,781 77,878 60,106 60,089 60,129 49,449 40,064 47,241 48,392
2-year 42,043 41,752 42,240 50,362 51,422 49,528 45,045 45,823 44,556 39,155 39,735 36,838 41,529
For-profit 46,053 46,992 44,992 54,403 53,648 55,922 55,082 57,726 53,055 52,839 38,526 37,440 38,453
— Not available.
1 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more master's degrees, but less than 20 doctor's degrees, during the previous academic year.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999–2000 through 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Survey" (IPEDS-SA:99), and Winter 2001–02 through Winter 2006–07. (This table was prepared August 2007.)

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