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DISTRIBUTION OF AVERAGE FACULTY SALARIES, 2008-9
This table shows the distribution of salaries by percentile. For example, the salary of a full professor at a doctoral institution making $161,179 is at the 95th percentile in that category.
Percentile rank |
95 |
80 |
60 |
40 |
20 |
Doctoral institutions |
Professor |
$161,179 |
$132,969 |
$118,809 |
$109,662 |
$97,807 |
Associate professor |
$105,606 |
$93,074 |
$84,560 |
$78,488 |
$72,517 |
Assistant professor |
$88,610 |
$78,886 |
$71,565 |
$66,642 |
$61,838 |
Instructor |
$67,035 |
$58,755 |
$53,281 |
$47,480 |
$42,816 |
Master's institutions |
Professor |
$115,553 |
$98,485 |
$89,231 |
$81,383 |
$74,062 |
Associate professor |
$88,058 |
$76,639 |
$69,798 |
$65,419 |
$60,595 |
Assistant professor |
$73,044 |
$65,381 |
$58,859 |
$55,285 |
$52,116 |
Instructor |
$60,467 |
$51,755 |
$47,427 |
$43,685 |
$40,645 |
Baccalaureate institutions |
Professor |
$120,125 |
$92,311 |
$79,853 |
$71,534 |
$61,690 |
Associate professor |
$87,682 |
$72,361 |
$63,957 |
$58,353 |
$52,755 |
Assistant professor |
$70,990 |
$60,584 |
$53,978 |
$49,612 |
$45,757 |
Instructor |
$59,310 |
$50,831 |
$45,417 |
$41,957 |
$38,491 |
Two-year institutions with academic ranks |
Professor |
$97,857 |
$81,356 |
$71,845 |
$65,963 |
$61,918 |
Associate professor |
$77,077 |
$66,580 |
$61,399 |
$57,190 |
$52,570 |
Assistant professor |
$66,248 |
$56,023 |
$52,556 |
$49,695 |
$46,381 |
Instructor |
$55,869 |
$50,269 |
$46,350 |
$43,850 |
$40,904 |
Two-year institutions without academic ranks |
All |
$64,353 |
$62,515 |
$60,838 |
$57,139 |
$49,131 |
NOTE: These data are based on 1,259 reporting institutions. The figures cover full-time members of the instructional staff excluding those in medical schools. The salaries are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year. |
SOURCE: American Association of University Professors |
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