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Median Percentage Increases in Salaries for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Members, by Academic Rank and Sector, 2016-17

Almanac 2017
August 13, 2017

Instructors at private, independent institutions got the highest percentage increase in 2016-17, followed by instructors at public institutions. Most increases were at or below the 2016 inflation rate of 2.1 percent.

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Instructors at private, independent institutions got the highest percentage increase in 2016-17, followed by instructors at public institutions. Most increases were at or below the 2016 inflation rate of 2.1 percent.


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RankSectorPercentage
Professor Public 2.1%
Professor Private, independent 2.0%
Professor Religious 1.9%
Associate professor Public 2.0%
Associate professor Private, independent 2.0%
Associate professor Religious 1.6%
Assistant professor Public 2.0%
Assistant professor Private, independent 2.1%
Assistant professor Religious 2.0%
New assistant professor Public 1.4%
New assistant professor Private, independent 1.0%
New assistant professor Religious 1.1%
Instructor Public 2.2%
Instructor Private, independent 2.5%
Instructor Religious 1.8%

Note: The table is derived from data on 237,231 full-time faculty positions that were collected in late 2016 and early 2017 from 687 baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, and specialty colleges and universities — both public and private nonprofit. Because five systems were among the survey respondents, a total of 708 institutions are represented. Of the positions, 164,736 were tenured or tenure-track. Inflation is based on the annual Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the calendar year 2016.

Source: Bichsel, Jacqueline; McChesney, Jasper; and Calcagno, Maria. “Faculty in Higher Education Salary Report: Key Findings, Trends, and Comprehensive Tables for Tenure Track, Non-Tenure Track Teaching, and Non-Tenure Track Research Faculty; Academic Department Heads; and Adjunct Faculty at Four-Year Institutions for the 2016-17 Academic Year.” College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), March 2017. Research report. Available from www.cupahr.org/surveys/fhe4.aspx.

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