Annual Salary Change for Continuing Faculty Members, 2016-17 to 2017-18

Full professors got the lowest percentage raises in all sectors in 2017-18, but their average pay increases still outpaced the inflation rate of 2.1 percent for 2017. The highest percentage increase went to assistant professors at private nonprofit independent colleges, while the lowest went to full professors at religiously affiliated institutions.

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Note: Data are based on responses from 913 institutions regarding salaries for their continuing faculty members. Percentages are weighted by the number of faculty members at each institution. “All combined” rows include lecturers and unranked faculty members if their salaries were reported. The inflation rate is from the Consumer Price Index for All Consumers, calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, with change measured from December 2016 to December 2017. More data on faculty salaries can be found on the AAUP website.

Source: American Association of University Professors, Faculty Compensation Survey.