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Average Salaries of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty at 4-Year Colleges, 2012-13

March 11, 2013

Professors in law, engineering, and business made the most, on average; faculty in those disciplines can make more as associate professors than full professors make in most other fields.

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Professors in law, engineering, and business made the most, on average; faculty in those disciplines can make more as associate professors than full professors make in most other fields. Related Story:
Average Pay Increases for Tenure-Track Faculty Matched Inflation This Year

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Rank Discipline All institutions Research universities Other doctoral Master's Bachelor's
Professor Legal professions and studies $142,033 $159,879 $153,103 $123,501 $107,223
Professor Engineering $119,951 $130,844 $119,991 $101,675 $90,912
Professor Business, management, marketing, and related support services $118,344 $153,267 $123,984 $106,554 $90,115
Professor Computer and information sciences and support services $106,568 $131,036 $111,262 $99,135 $90,467
Associate Legal professions and studies $106,016 $117,755 $115,077 $93,163 $85,376
Professor Architecture and related services $102,902 $105,603 — $89,519 —
New assistant Business, management, marketing, and related support services $102,248 $126,212 $109,794 $91,492 $71,947
Professor Health professions and related programs $100,901 $118,693 $92,345 $89,338 $81,378
New assistant Legal professions and studies $100,396 $107,344 — $91,226 —
Associate Business, management, marketing, and related support services $100,066 $123,768 $104,645 $92,760 $78,447
Professor Multi/interdisciplinary studies $97,464 $120,029 $94,158 $84,983 $89,464
Professor Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies $96,312 $105,669 $94,154 $81,883 $96,336
Professor Biological and biomedical sciences $96,241 $118,048 $104,955 $82,378 $78,958
Assistant Business, management, marketing, and related support services $95,268 $122,314 $100,227 $88,638 $69,562
Professor Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences $94,432 $102,626 $89,990 $81,276 $73,484
Professor Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields $94,164 $121,999 $97,862 $88,362 $75,876
Professor Natural resources and conservation $93,540 $101,804 $98,495 $81,327 $84,297
Professor Public administration and social-service professions $93,098 $111,405 $96,714 $82,573 $72,645
Professor Social sciences $92,864 $110,032 $95,338 $85,496 $87,890
Professor Family and consumer sciences/human sciences $92,783 $104,817 $97,052 $78,095 $67,946
Professor Physical sciences $92,452 $113,188 $95,328 $84,328 $83,737
Assistant Legal professions and studies $91,783 $104,924 $98,231 $78,386 $87,746
Associate Engineering $91,707 $96,459 $93,157 $84,543 $75,630
Professor Philosophy and religious studies $88,711 $102,280 $96,836 $83,838 $84,961
Professor Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services $88,577 $111,652 $87,460 $84,474 $69,532
Associate Computer and information sciences and support services $88,215 $104,153 $90,462 $84,285 $76,807
Professor Mathematics and statistics $88,057 $106,095 $90,696 $82,681 $78,851
Professor Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics $87,952 $98,159 $87,884 $79,569 $89,644
Professor Library science $87,861 $98,553 $82,325 $76,708 —
Professor Psychology $87,500 $109,012 $91,203 $82,373 $78,841
Professor Communication, journalism, and related programs $87,353 $105,011 $92,113 $82,653 $74,380
Professor Education $86,630 $101,744 $88,901 $82,011 $74,139
Professor Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities $85,162 $95,859 $92,918 $80,792 $86,641
Professor Communications technologies/technicians and support services $85,051 — — $88,145 —
Professor History general $84,805 $99,817 $86,415 $81,609 $80,016
Professor Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies $82,996 $103,378 $89,460 $79,810 $71,202
Professor English language and literature/letters $82,840 $97,253 $85,757 $80,636 $77,288
Professor Visual and performing arts $82,601 $91,433 $86,304 $78,701 $80,530
New assistant Engineering $80,183 $83,775 $83,906 $73,541 $67,042
Assistant Engineering $80,078 $83,667 $81,287 $74,514 $68,706
New assistant Computer and information sciences and support services $78,962 $92,047 $79,881 $72,025 $72,685
Associate Health professions and related programs $78,739 $88,399 $73,128 $74,224 $66,722
Associate Architecture and related services $78,077 $78,033 $78,944 $79,692 —
Associate Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields $77,099 $85,065 $76,602 $76,562 $66,563
Assistant Computer and information sciences and support services $75,294 $89,890 $78,519 $72,689 $62,530
Associate Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies $74,437 $77,774 $69,138 $67,989 $77,389
Associate Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences $74,386 $78,067 $82,283 $66,380 $66,271
Professor Theology and religious vocations $73,942 $107,141 $79,787 $74,593 $69,296
Associate Multi/interdisciplinary studies $73,782 $82,365 $78,499 $71,289 $64,027
Associate Natural resources and conservation $72,547 $76,804 $78,452 $66,714 $66,232
Associate Biological and biomedical sciences $72,104 $83,411 $80,025 $65,054 $63,347
Associate Social sciences $71,723 $79,514 $74,197 $68,181 $69,066
Associate Public administration and social-service professions $71,682 $79,122 $72,944 $69,095 $60,535
Associate Communications technologies/technicians and support services $70,667 — $67,524 $75,888 $60,965
Associate Physical sciences $70,255 $80,735 $72,336 $65,933 $65,794
Associate Family and consumer sciences/human sciences $69,832 $76,743 $67,766 $63,406 $59,278
Associate Library science $69,788 $77,395 $71,112 $63,702 —
New assistant Health professions and related programs $68,574 $79,073 $64,306 $64,215 $56,592
Associate Mathematics and statistics $68,510 $77,877 $70,583 $65,710 $63,732
Associate Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services $67,849 $76,945 $67,918 $66,978 $58,238
Associate Education $67,831 $73,487 $69,177 $66,455 $61,769
Associate Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies $67,754 $76,600 $69,667 $65,935 $61,437
Associate Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics $67,745 $70,129 $65,649 $64,677 $69,672
Associate Psychology $67,502 $76,717 $70,095 $65,113 $63,252
Assistant Health professions and related programs $67,160 $74,238 $64,327 $64,002 $58,152
Associate Communication, journalism, and related programs $67,077 $74,347 $68,626 $66,059 $60,355
Assistant Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields $67,053 $73,526 $69,274 $66,461 $58,926
Associate Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities $66,531 $72,958 $67,791 $63,820 $67,262
New assistant Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields $66,389 $69,771 $74,118 $64,394 $60,828
Associate Philosophy and religious studies $66,239 $71,902 $69,324 $63,653 $65,363
Assistant Architecture and related services $64,903 $65,262 $70,434 $61,654 —
Assistant Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences $64,868 $69,567 $67,284 $57,972 $58,366
Associate History general $64,844 $70,911 $66,553 $63,307 $62,586
New assistant Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences $64,823 $71,567 — $56,666 —
Associate Visual and performing arts $64,506 $68,355 $66,927 $62,737 $63,218
New assistant Architecture and related services $64,352 $65,334 — — —
Associate English language and literature/letters $64,009 $69,181 $66,470 $63,318 $61,158
New assistant Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies $63,075 $63,753 — $62,968 $60,244
New assistant Multi/interdisciplinary studies $62,670 $66,276 — $56,448 $57,954
New assistant Social sciences $62,443 $69,426 $64,636 $57,900 $58,253
Assistant Biological and biomedical sciences $61,861 $72,488 $68,027 $55,907 $54,716
New assistant Natural resources and conservation $61,827 $67,090 — $57,549 $53,330
Assistant Natural resources and conservation $61,790 $65,725 — $57,904 $57,453
Assistant Multi/interdisciplinary studies $61,646 $65,840 $64,877 $59,952 $57,602
New assistant Biological and biomedical sciences $61,464 $72,138 $69,251 $55,396 $54,118
New assistant Physical sciences $61,204 $72,196 $60,326 $55,899 $57,037
Assistant Social sciences $61,155 $67,731 $63,757 $58,057 $58,556
New assistant Mathematics and statistics $60,924 $71,412 $64,569 $55,459 $53,330
Associate Theology and religious vocations $60,804 $74,196 $60,490 $60,211 $58,439
Assistant Physical sciences $60,404 $70,466 $62,711 $56,013 $56,353
Assistant Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies $60,356 $61,512 $60,738 $57,068 $62,173
Assistant Family and consumer sciences/human sciences $59,849 $64,495 $57,223 $55,601 $54,090
New assistant Family and consumer sciences/human sciences $59,773 $62,601 $57,849 $56,385 —
Assistant Public administration and social-service professions $59,650 $66,385 $61,243 $57,276 $50,650
New assistant Public administration and social-service professions $59,222 $66,663 $57,372 $56,661 $53,620
New assistant Psychology $59,221 $66,816 $57,430 $55,865 $53,513
Assistant Mathematics and statistics $58,917 $69,874 $60,097 $56,065 $53,976
Assistant Library science $57,956 $63,148 $57,637 $53,144 —
New assistant Theology and religious vocations $57,857 — — $57,817 —
Assistant Communications technologies/technicians and support services $57,819 — — $58,267 —
Assistant Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities $57,811 $60,672 $57,978 $56,743 $54,362
Assistant Psychology $57,695 $65,900 $59,313 $55,819 $53,952
Assistant Education $57,617 $61,404 $59,607 $56,832 $52,887
Assistant Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services $57,299 $63,433 $57,282 $57,328 $51,911
New assistant Library science $57,112 $62,057 — $48,582 —
New assistant Communication, journalism, and related programs $56,804 $61,063 $62,187 $54,914 $51,247
New assistant Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities $56,778 $63,498 — $50,779 —
New assistant Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting, and related protective services $56,675 $60,929 $56,938 $57,067 $49,501
New assistant Education $56,602 $61,052 $58,120 $54,940 $52,807
Assistant Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies $56,543 $64,474 $61,088 $55,062 $50,908
Assistant Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics $56,486 $59,314 $57,332 $53,937 $56,797
New assistant Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics $56,081 $58,927 $57,560 $53,247 $56,686
New assistant Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies $56,051 $63,044 $55,655 $54,221 $49,506
Assistant Communication, journalism, and related programs $55,995 $59,802 $57,806 $55,161 $52,138
Assistant Philosophy and religious studies $55,844 $59,359 $58,180 $54,066 $55,063
New assistant Philosophy and religious studies $55,644 $58,887 $55,149 $54,795 $52,836
Assistant History general $55,270 $59,373 $56,966 $53,555 $54,670
New assistant History general $55,109 $60,190 $52,632 $52,835 $55,245
Assistant Visual and performing arts $54,138 $56,471 $55,710 $52,969 $53,350
Assistant English language and literature/letters $54,084 $58,403 $57,175 $53,119 $51,841
New assistant English language and literature/letters $53,968 $57,625 $57,833 $51,991 $51,982
Assistant Theology and religious vocations $53,802 $65,276 — $53,498 $51,259
New assistant Visual and performing arts $53,624 $55,031 $55,199 $52,762 $52,672
New assistant Communications technologies/technicians and support services $52,569 — — — —

Source: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources

Notes: Research universities are doctorate-granting institutions that the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified as having either high or very high research activity. Other doctoral are doctoral/research universities that have a lower level of research activity. A dash indicates insufficient data.

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