AAUP Faculty Statistical Data

2018-19 AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey

The annual AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey is the largest independent source of data on full-time faculty salary and benefits at two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The 2019 iteration of the survey includes information on salary and benefits for more than 380,000 full-time faculty members, and also salaries for senior administrators and pay for part-time faculty members, from more than 950 institutions in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The survey, along with the accompanying "Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession," is published each year in April. Inside Higher Ed below presents these data in an easily searchable database.

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Part-Time Pay Per Course

Part-Time Faculty. The part-time faculty members reported in the survey are those included in the US Department of Education categories of "Primarily Instructional" and "Instructional/Research/Public Service" and defined by their institutions as employed less than full time, excluding clinical or basic science faculty in schools of medicine and military faculty. Individuals meeting these criteria are reported regardless of whether they are formally designated as "faculty." This category does not include individuals employed to meet short-term needs (for example, to cover a few weeks of a course) and students in the Federal Work-Study Program, even if their work has an instructional component.

The course sections for which part-time faculty pay is reported are those meeting the definition of an undergraduate class section in the Common Data Set for 2018–19 (http://www.commondataset.org/), item I-3: "an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes." (See also the notes to table 14 and appendix III.)

Institution | Category | State Number of Part-Time Faculty Minimum Pay per Course Sectionsort descending Maximum Pay per Course Section Average Pay per Course Section Retirement Benefits Health Benefits Calendar Type
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeMasters | NEW YORK 1002 - - - None Some Semester
Morrisville State CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 96 - - - - - -
SUNY Buffalo StateMasters | NEW YORK 434 - - - - - -
Fresno Pacific UniversityMasters | CALIFORNIA 12 - - - All All Semester
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteMasters | NEW YORK 124 - - - - - -
Western Kentucky UniversityMasters | KENTUCKY 494 - - - Some Some Semester
CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 676 - - - None Some Semester
Duquesne UniversityDoctoral | PENNSYLVANIA 474 - - - - - -
SUNY College at BrockportMasters | NEW YORK 242 - - - - - -
CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 961 - - - None Some Semester
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityMasters | PENNSYLVANIA 221 - - - - None Varies
SUNY College at GeneseoMasters | NEW YORK 108 - - - - - -
Berry CollegeMasters | GEORGIA 39 - - - None None Semester
Southern Utah UniversityMasters | UTAH 122 - - - - - -
CUNY Lehman CollegeMasters | NEW YORK 862 - - - None Some Semester
Auburn University at MontgomeryMasters | ALABAMA 79 - - - Some None Semester
SUNY College at Old WestburyMasters | NEW YORK 85 - - - - - -
University at BuffaloDoctoral | NEW YORK 460 - - - - - -
Kean UniversityMasters | NEW JERSEY 933 - - - - - Semester
University of UtahDoctoral | UTAH 262 - - - None None Semester
Utah Valley UniversityMasters | UTAH 694 - - $2,960 None None Semester
CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW YORK 413 - - - None Some Semester
University of WyomingDoctoral | WYOMING 9 - - - - - Semester
SUNY College at OswegoMasters | NEW YORK 193 - - - - - -
CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBaccalaureate | NEW YORK 1249 - - - None Some Semester
Idaho State UniversityDoctoral | IDAHO 172 - - - None None Semester
SUNY College at PlattsburghMasters | NEW YORK 163 - - - - - -
CUNY Queens CollegeMasters | NEW YORK 1214 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY College at PotsdamMasters | NEW YORK 86 - - - - - -
Catholic University of AmericaDoctoral | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 323 - - - None None Semester
University of North GeorgiaMasters | GEORGIA 313 - - - Some Some Semester
CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 555 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillBaccalaureate | NEW YORK 75 - - - - - -
The University of MontanaDoctoral | MONTANA 255 - - - - - -
Rutgers University-CamdenDoctoral | NEW JERSEY 385 - - - - - Semester
College of Staten Island CUNYMasters | NEW YORK 858 - - - None Some Semester
CUNY School of LawMasters | NEW YORK 34 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryMasters | NEW YORK 40 - - - - - -
Wichita State UniversityDoctoral | KANSAS 217 - - $3,375 Some Some Semester
Freed-Hardeman UniversityMasters | TENNESSEE 30 - - $2,715 None None Semester
Rutgers University-New BrunswickDoctoral | NEW JERSEY 2073 - - - - - Semester
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeMasters | NEW YORK 873 - - - None Some Semester
Alvernia UniversityMasters | PENNSYLVANIA 171 - - - - - -
CUNY York CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW YORK 478 - - - None Some Semester
State University of New York at New PaltzMasters | NEW YORK 227 - - - - - -
Brown UniversityDoctoral | RHODE ISLAND 113 - - $10,000 None None Semester
SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 63 - - - - - -
Central Community CollegeAssociate’s without Academic Ranks | NEBRASKA 169 - - - None None Semester
Rutgers University-NewarkDoctoral | NEW JERSEY 469 - - - - - Semester
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 1246 - - - None Some Semester
Farmingdale State CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW YORK 491 - - - - - -
Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 32 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY College of Technology at CantonAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 92 - - - - - -
CUNY Bronx Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 527 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY College of Technology at DelhiAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 65 - - - - - -
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeMasters | NEW YORK 1075 - - - None Some Semester
Misericordia UniversityMasters | PENNSYLVANIA 132 - - $2,595 None None Semester
SUNY at AlbanyDoctoral | NEW YORK 436 - - - - - -
SUNY CortlandMasters | NEW YORK 216 - - - - - -
CUNY City CollegeDoctoral | NEW YORK 1171 - - - None Some Semester
CUNY Graduate School and University CenterDoctoral | NEW YORK 467 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY at BinghamtonDoctoral | NEW YORK 248 - - - - - -
SUNY Empire State CollegeMasters | NEW YORK 447 - - - - - -
University of Nebraska at KearneyMasters | NEBRASKA 124 - - - None None Semester
CUNY Hostos Community CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW YORK 306 - - - None Some Semester
SUNY at FredoniaMasters | NEW YORK 155 - - - - - -
CUNY Hunter CollegeMasters | NEW YORK 1984 - - - None Some Semester
Dickinson CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA 58 - - $4,600 Some None Semester
SUNY at Purchase CollegeBaccalaureate | NEW YORK 268 - - - - - -
SUNY OneontaMasters | NEW YORK 167 - - - - - -
Ashland UniversityMasters | OHIO 196 - $2,640 - None None Semester
University of DallasMasters | TEXAS 99 $100 $12,500 $4,950 Some None Semester
Mineral Area CollegeAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | MISSOURI 167 $150 $2,550 $1,912 Some None Semester
Ball State UniversityDoctoral | INDIANA 231 $169 $17,826 $2,192 Some Some Semester
University of St ThomasMasters | TEXAS 324 $225 $6,100 $2,608 - - -
Adams State UniversityMasters | COLORADO 72 $240 $4,200 $1,709 Some None Semester
Drexel UniversityDoctoral | PENNSYLVANIA 930 $250 $17,290 $2,903 - - Quarter
New Mexico State University-GrantsAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO 34 $250 $6,335 $2,707 All Some Semester
University of Mary WashingtonMasters | VIRGINIA 138 $300 $25,000 $4,860 - - Semester
University of New OrleansDoctoral | LOUISIANA 150 $300 $24,000 $10,229 - - -
Murray State UniversityMasters | KENTUCKY 132 $300 $4,480 $3,424 Some Some Semester
East Tennessee State UniversityDoctoral | TENNESSEE 602 $325 $10,000 $3,814 - - Semester
Missouri Baptist UniversityMasters | MISSOURI 190 $360 $1,800 $1,498 None None Semester
Mississippi CollegeDoctoral | MISSISSIPPI 194 $380 $5,000 $3,362 None None Semester
Abilene Christian UniversityMasters | TEXAS 120 $400 $6,000 $2,860 None None Semester
Newberry CollegeBaccalaureate | SOUTH CAROLINA 44 $500 $3,000 $1,800 None None Semester
Providence CollegeMasters | RHODE ISLAND 139 $500 $4,250 $4,034 None None Semester
Delaware Technical Community CollegeAssociate’s without Academic Ranks | DELAWARE 702 $525 $4,200 - None None Semester
Concordia College at MoorheadBaccalaureate | MINNESOTA 39 $536 $6,300 $3,487 Some Some Semester
Dominican UniversityMasters | ILLINOIS 275 $561 $12,000 $3,207 None None Semester
Clovis Community CollegeAssociate’s without Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO 66 $585 $7,020 $1,755 All None Semester
University of South Florida-St PetersburgMasters | FLORIDA 91 $590 $7,021 $3,028 None None Semester
West Texas A & M UniversityMasters | TEXAS 67 $600 $20,000 $3,931 Some Some Semester
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | OKLAHOMA 292 $675 $17,475 $2,887 None None Semester
Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityMasters | OKLAHOMA 156 $700 $3,500 $960 None None Semester
La Roche CollegeBaccalaureate | PENNSYLVANIA 113 $720 $4,358 $2,420 None None Semester
Greensboro CollegeBaccalaureate | NORTH CAROLINA 92 $720 $3,600 $2,880 None Some Semester
New Mexico State University-AlamogordoAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO 60 $750 $24,106 $4,742 All Some Semester
New Mexico State University-CarlsbadAssociate’s with Academic Ranks | NEW MEXICO 38 $750 $7,500 $3,508 All Some Semester
John Carroll UniversityMasters | OHIO 205 $760 $6,000 $3,745 None None Semester

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About the Data

The compensation data above are collected annually by the American Association of University Professors. Participation in the AAUP survey is optional; over 950 institutions submitted data for the 2018-19 academic year. 

The salary and compensation data cover instructional and research staff members who work full time and whose primary role (more than 50 percent) is instruction, regardless of their official faculty status. The calculations exclude part-time faculty members, medical school faculty members, professors at military institutions who are compensated on a military pay scale, those with faculty status who are primarily administrative officers, and graduate teaching assistants. Some institutions include data for professional school faculty members. 

Salary figures exclude summer teaching, stipends and other non-contracted forms of remuneration. When instructors are compensated for 11 or 12 months' work, their salaries are adjusted to a nine-month academic-year basis. Salary figures are rounded to the nearest $100. 

The compensation figure for a faculty member includes an institution's contribution to benefits as well as salary; it does not include faculty contributions. The counted benefits include retirement contributions, medical insurance, disability income protection, tuition for faculty dependents, Social Security, unemployment insurance, group life insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and other benefits with cash value such as moving expenses and housing allowances.

"Salary Equity" refers to the ratio between the average salary for women by rank divided by the average men’s salary, times 100. For example, if an institution had an average woman’s salary for an assistant professor of $100,000 and an average man’s salary for an assistant professor of $100,000, the gender equity ratio would be at 100.0, or parity. A ratio below 100 indicates the cents on the dollar of an average woman’s salary below a man’s average salary at that rank, and a ratio above 100 indicates the average woman’s salary above a man’s average salary at that rank.

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