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Average Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Staff at Public Associate Colleges, by Rank and Gender, 2015-16

Almanac 2017
August 13, 2017

At associate and baccalaureate/associate colleges, salaries were highest among professors at associate institutions that mainly served traditional full-time, degree-seeking students and were preparing them to transfer to a four-year college to complete their degrees. With two exceptions, women earned at least 90 percent of what men did at every rank and at every type of associate institution.

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At associate and baccalaureate/associate colleges, salaries were highest among professors at associate institutions that mainly served traditional full-time, degree-seeking students and were preparing them to transfer to a four-year college to complete their degrees. With two exceptions, women earned at least 90 percent of what men did at every rank and at every type of associate institution.


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Carnegie classificationRankAllMen’s salaryWomen’s salaryWomen’s salary as percent of men’s
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed Professor $64,633 $66,779 $62,179 93.1%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed Associate professor $65,362 $67,056 $63,396 94.5%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed Assistant professor $56,529 $59,075 $53,881 91.2%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed Instructor $54,194 $54,973 $53,310 97.0%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed Lecturer $40,123 $41,312 $38,817 94.0%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed No academic rank $57,047 $56,265 $57,795 102.7%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: mixed All instructional staff total $59,464 $60,949 $57,863 94.9%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant Professor $70,348 $71,284 $69,365 97.3%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant Associate professor $60,394 $60,720 $60,118 99.0%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant Assistant professor $52,294 $52,931 $51,770 97.8%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant Instructor $58,809 $58,792 $58,826 100.1%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant Lecturer $42,349 $40,250 $43,509 108.1%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant No academic rank $56,233 $57,563 $55,138 95.8%
Baccalaureate/associate colleges: associate dominant All instructional staff total $58,648 $59,478 $57,917 97.4%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students Professor $79,315 $81,883 $77,096 94.2%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students Associate professor $65,827 $67,009 $64,952 96.9%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students Assistant professor $57,371 $57,817 $57,069 98.7%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students Instructor $70,154 $71,654 $68,913 96.2%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students Lecturer $53,436 $52,650 $54,127 102.8%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students No academic rank $51,838 $51,910 $51,787 99.8%
Associate: high transfer; high traditional students All instructional staff total $66,986 $68,628 $65,694 95.7%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Professor $73,460 $75,151 $71,972 95.8%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Associate professor $63,570 $64,497 $62,868 97.5%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Assistant professor $57,180 $57,485 $56,962 99.1%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Instructor $65,164 $66,474 $64,150 96.5%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Lecturer $48,938 $49,179 $48,769 99.2%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students No academic rank $58,703 $59,600 $58,027 97.4%
Associate: high transfer; mixed traditional/nontraditional students All instructional staff total $63,702 $64,986 $62,705 96.5%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students Professor $68,553 $69,300 $67,888 98.0%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students Associate professor $61,706 $62,219 $61,266 98.5%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students Assistant professor $55,958 $57,785 $54,622 94.5%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students Instructor $67,713 $68,559 $67,034 97.8%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students Lecturer $43,227 $44,482 $42,287 95.1%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students No academic rank $63,767 $63,647 $63,885 100.4%
Associate: high transfer; high nontraditional students All instructional staff total $64,483 $65,270 $63,819 97.8%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students Professor $64,699 $65,859 $63,816 96.9%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students Associate professor $59,046 $59,727 $58,576 98.1%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students Assistant professor $53,662 $54,454 $53,105 97.5%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students Instructor $62,909 $64,160 $61,885 96.5%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students Lecturer $51,881 $48,902 $54,441 111.3%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students No academic rank $49,488 $49,668 $49,355 99.4%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high traditional students All instructional staff total $59,571 $60,665 $58,717 96.8%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Professor $67,431 $69,204 $65,958 95.3%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Associate professor $58,188 $58,464 $57,985 99.2%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Assistant professor $52,574 $53,460 $51,829 96.9%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Instructor $58,864 $60,642 $57,454 94.7%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Lecturer $63,176 $62,134 $64,205 103.3%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students No academic rank $52,736 $53,184 $52,418 98.6%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students All instructional staff total $57,399 $58,582 $56,481 96.4%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students Professor $71,386 $71,386 $71,386 100.0%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students Associate professor $62,220 $63,460 $61,314 96.6%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students Assistant professor $53,246 $53,043 $53,407 100.7%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students Instructor $59,452 $60,421 $58,574 96.9%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students Lecturer $41,490 $42,191 $40,651 96.4%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students No academic rank $60,037 $61,106 $59,070 96.7%
Associate: mixed transfer/career and technical; high nontraditional students All instructional staff total $61,443 $62,267 $60,709 97.5%
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students Professor $54,770 $54,173 $55,196 101.9%
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students Associate professor $49,725 $51,536 $47,793 92.7%
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students Assistant professor $42,916 $43,442 $42,453 97.7%
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students Instructor $55,853 $56,214 $55,523 98.8%
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students Lecturer $30,067 $30,067 — —
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students No academic rank $57,399 $57,995 $56,928 98.2%
Associate: high career and technical; high traditional students All instructional staff total $55,559 $55,984 $55,195 98.6%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Professor $63,369 $64,341 $62,494 97.1%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Associate professor $49,900 $50,445 $49,315 97.8%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Assistant professor $46,229 $49,254 $43,921 89.2%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Instructor $54,270 $55,647 $52,952 95.2%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students Lecturer $58,620 $58,858 $58,222 98.9%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students No academic rank $47,400 $47,537 $47,284 99.5%
Associate: high career and technical; mixed traditional/nontraditional students All instructional staff total $51,094 $52,001 $50,271 96.7%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students Professor $69,833 $71,413 $68,589 96.0%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students Associate professor $62,824 $64,041 $61,910 96.7%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students Assistant professor $56,487 $59,058 $54,461 92.2%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students Instructor $60,192 $59,867 $60,503 101.1%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students Lecturer $35,011 $44,956 $34,619 77.0%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students No academic rank $53,260 $53,436 $53,102 99.4%
Associate: high career and technical; high nontraditional students All instructional staff total $59,064 $59,322 $58,834 99.2%

Note: Data cover degree-granting associate and mixed baccalaureate/associate public institutions in the United States that are eligible to participate in Title IV financial-aid programs. Summary data are given for average salaries within each relevant Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The salaries are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year, and averages are weighted. Baccalaureate/associate colleges include those that offered at least one bachelor’s-degree program but conferred more than 50 percent of degrees at the associate level. Such colleges are classified as mixed if they conferred more than 10 percent of degrees at the baccalaureate level and as associate dominant if less than 10 percent. Associate colleges are categorized on the basis of how much they focused on career and technical fields that required only an associate degree, compared with fields that required transfer to another institution for further education to obtain related employment. They are also classified by their mix of traditional and nontraditional students: the share of degree-seeking, full-time, and younger students compared with non-degree-seeking and part-time students. Tribal colleges and special-focus institutions are excluded from other categories. More-detailed institutional and summary faculty-salary data can be viewed online at data.chronicle.com.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data

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