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Average Faculty Salaries by Field and Rank at 4-Year Colleges and Universities, 2010-11

March 7, 2011

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences $92,716 $72,805 $62,122 $63,343 $45,057
Architecture and related services $97,505 $74,466 $60,522 $57,510 $50,111
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies $97,637 $73,457 $58,282 $58,827 $41,776

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	Professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor*	New assistant professor	Instructor
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences	$92,716	$72,805	$62,122	$63,343	$45,057
Architecture and related services	$97,505	$74,466	$60,522	$57,510	$50,111
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies	$97,637	$73,457	$58,282	$58,827	$41,776
Biological and biomedical sciences	$92,505	$68,806	$58,709	$57,272	$45,049
Business, management, marketing, and related support services	$111,621	$93,767	$87,248	$93,926	$57,873
Communication, journalism, and related programs	$85,057	$65,444	$54,303	$53,524	$45,070
Communications technologies/technicians and support services	$87,611	$65,162	$55,474	$61,840	$51,400
Computer and information sciences and support services	$101,985	$83,362	$71,760	$72,199	$53,356
Education	$83,748	$65,671	$55,848	$55,379	$46,183
Engineering	$114,365	$87,663	$75,822	$76,518	$57,678
Engineering technologies/technicians	$87,583	$72,351	$62,081	$62,516	$49,994
English language and literature/letters	$80,545	$62,077	$52,081	$51,786	$41,733
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	$88,068	$67,934	$57,484	$56,259	$45,247
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	$85,139	$65,759	$54,005	$52,968	$43,126
Health professions and related clinical sciences	$95,437	$75,207	$63,518	$64,943	$52,720
History	$82,202	$63,228	$52,626	$52,470	$42,318
Legal professions and studies	$134,162	$99,746	$84,374	$91,828	$64,785
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	$83,573	$63,098	$52,394	$51,568	$42,912
Library science	$92,099	$68,213	$55,015	$56,427	$47,253
Mathematics and statistics	$84,942	$66,263	$56,337	$56,647	$42,538
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	$92,148	$71,058	$57,645	$56,902	$47,435
Natural resources and conservation	$93,375	$70,470	$60,102	$56,070	$47,423
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	$80,366	$65,072	$54,039	$54,444	$43,503
Philosophy and religious studies	$85,073	$63,998	$53,598	$52,270	$43,579
Physical sciences	$89,280	$67,590	$57,447	$57,607	$43,980
Psychology	$84,509	$64,892	$55,133	$54,859	$45,421
Public administration and social-service professions	$90,251	$69,791	$56,952	$58,230	$46,946
Security and protective services	$85,311	$66,094	$54,639	$53,769	$44,052
Social sciences	$89,858	$69,064	$58,436	$58,946	$46,158
Theology and religious vocations	$74,267	$59,593	$52,241	$50,620	$46,042
Visual and performing arts	$79,768	$62,686	$52,127	$50,618	$43,464

* Includes data for new assistant professors.
Source: CUPA-HR