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Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Salaries
Below are results of the 2012-13 Faculty in Higher Education Salary Survey by Discipline, Rank and Tenure Status in Four-Year Colleges and Universities conducted by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Findings reflect the salaries of 184,924 tenured/tenure-track faculty members at 794 institutions nationwide. Salaries were reported by 794 institutions, including 478 private institutions and 316 public institutions, for 31 academic disciplines. View the CUPA-HR press release or order complete survey results.
| Job Title | All Institutions | Research | Doctoral | Master's | Baccalaureate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Disciplines Combined | ||||||
| Professor | $95,224 | $115,579 | $98,564 | $87,008 | $82,383 | |
| Associate Professor | $74,473 | $85,135 | $76,868 | $70,716 | $66,107 | |
| Assistant Professor | $64,414 | $74,064 | $66,811 | $61,253 | $56,619 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $65,372 | $74,692 | $67,419 | $60,814 | $56,523 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences | ||||||
| Professor | $94,432 | $102,626 | $89,990 | $81,276 | $73,484 | |
| Associate Professor | $74,386 | $78,067 | $82,283 | $66,380 | $66,271 | |
| Assistant Professor | $64,868 | $69,567 | $67,284 | $57,972 | $58,366 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $64,823 | $71,567 | * | $56,666 | * | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | ||||||
| Professor | $93,540 | $101,804 | $98,495 | $81,327 | $84,297 | |
| Associate Professor | $72,547 | $76,804 | $78,452 | $66,714 | $66,232 | |
| Assistant Professor | $61,790 | $65,725 | * | $57,904 | $57,453 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $61,827 | $67,090 | * | $57,549 | $53,330 | |
| Architecture and Related Services | ||||||
| Professor | $102,902 | $105,603 | * | $89,519 | * | |
| Associate Professor | $78,077 | $78,033 | $78,944 | $79,692 | * | |
| Assistant Professor | $64,903 | $65,262 | $70,434 | $61,654 | * | |
| New Assistant Professor | $64,352 | $65,334 | * | * | * | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | ||||||
| Professor | $96,312 | $105,669 | $94,154 | $81,883 | $96,336 | |
| Associate Professor | $74,437 | $77,774 | $69,138 | $67,989 | $77,389 | |
| Assistant Professor | $60,356 | $61,512 | $60,738 | $57,068 | $62,173 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $63,075 | $63,753 | * | $62,968 | $60,244 | |
| Communication, Journalism and Related Programs | ||||||
| Professor | $87,353 | $105,011 | $92,113 | $82,653 | $74,380 | |
| Associate Professor | $67,077 | $74,347 | $68,626 | $66,059 | $60,355 | |
| Assistant Professor | $55,995 | $59,802 | $57,806 | $55,161 | $52,138 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $56,804 | $61,063 | $62,187 | $54,914 | $51,247 | |
| Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services | ||||||
| Professor | $85,051 | * | * | $88,145 | * | |
| Associate Professor | $70,667 | * | $67,524 | $75,888 | $60,965 | |
| Assistant Professor | $57,819 | * | * | $58,267 | * | |
| New Assistant Professor | $52,569 | * | * | * | * | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | ||||||
| Professor | $106,568 | $131,036 | $111,262 | $99,135 | $90,467 | |
| Associate Professor | $88,215 | $104,153 | $90,462 | $84,285 | $76,807 | |
| Assistant Professor | $75,294 | $89,890 | $78,519 | $72,689 | $62,530 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $78,962 | $92,047 | $79,881 | $72,025 | $72,685 | |
| Education | ||||||
| Professor | $86,630 | $101,744 | $88,901 | $82,011 | $74,139 | |
| Associate Professor | $67,831 | $73,487 | $69,177 | $66,455 | $61,769 | |
| Assistant Professor | $57,617 | $61,404 | $59,607 | $56,832 | $52,887 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $56,602 | $61,052 | $58,120 | $54,940 | $52,807 | |
| Engineering | ||||||
| Professor | $119,951 | $130,844 | $119,991 | $101,675 | $90,912 | |
| Associate Professor | $91,707 | $96,459 | $93,157 | $84,543 | $75,630 | |
| Assistant Professor | $80,078 | $83,667 | $81,287 | $74,514 | $68,706 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $80,183 | $83,775 | $83,906 | $73,541 | $67,042 | |
| Engineering Technologies and Engineering Related Fields | ||||||
| Professor | $94,164 | $121,999 | $97,862 | $88,362 | $75,876 | |
| Associate Professor | $77,099 | $85,065 | $76,602 | $76,562 | $66,563 | |
| Assistant Professor | $67,053 | $73,526 | $69,274 | $66,461 | $58,926 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $66,389 | $69,771 | $74,118 | $64,394 | $60,828 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | ||||||
| Professor | $87,952 | $98,159 | $87,884 | $79,569 | $89,644 | |
| Associate Professor | $67,745 | $70,129 | $65,649 | $64,677 | $69,672 | |
| Assistant Professor | $56,486 | $59,314 | $57,332 | $53,937 | $56,797 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $56,081 | $58,927 | $57,560 | $53,247 | $56,686 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | ||||||
| Professor | $92,783 | $104,817 | $97,052 | $78,095 | $67,946 | |
| Associate Professor | $69,832 | $76,743 | $67,766 | $63,406 | $59,278 | |
| Assistant Professor | $59,849 | $64,495 | $57,223 | $55,601 | $54,090 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $59,773 | $62,601 | $57,849 | $56,385 | * | |
| Legal Professions and Studies | ||||||
| Professor | $142,033 | $159,879 | $153,103 | $123,501 | $107,223 | |
| Associate Professor | $106,016 | $117,755 | $115,077 | $93,163 | $85,376 | |
| Assistant Professor | $91,783 | $104,924 | $98,231 | $78,386 | $87,746 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $100,396 | $107,344 | * | $91,226 | * | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters | ||||||
| Professor | $82,840 | $97,253 | $85,757 | $80,636 | $77,288 | |
| Associate Professor | $64,009 | $69,181 | $66,470 | $63,318 | $61,158 | |
| Assistant Professor | $54,084 | $58,403 | $57,175 | $53,119 | $51,841 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $53,968 | $57,625 | $57,833 | $51,991 | $51,982 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | ||||||
| Professor | $85,162 | $95,859 | $92,918 | $80,792 | $86,641 | |
| Associate Professor | $66,531 | $72,958 | $67,791 | $63,820 | $67,262 | |
| Assistant Professor | $57,811 | $60,672 | $57,978 | $56,743 | $54,362 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $56,778 | $63,498 | * | $50,779 | * | |
| Library Sciences | ||||||
| Professor | $87,861 | $98,553 | $82,325 | $76,708 | * | |
| Associate Professor | $69,788 | $77,395 | $71,112 | $63,702 | * | |
| Assistant Professor | $57,956 | $63,148 | $57,637 | $53,144 | * | |
| New Assistant Professor | $57,112 | $62,057 | * | $48,582 | * | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | ||||||
| Professor | $96,241 | $118,048 | $104,955 | $82,378 | $78,958 | |
| Associate Professor | $72,104 | $83,411 | $80,025 | $65,054 | $63,347 | |
| Assistant Professor | $61,861 | $72,488 | $68,027 | $55,907 | $54,716 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $61,464 | $72,138 | $69,251 | $55,396 | $54,118 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics | ||||||
| Professor | $88,057 | $106,095 | $90,696 | $82,681 | $78,851 | |
| Associate Professor | $68,510 | $77,877 | $70,583 | $65,710 | $63,732 | |
| Assistant Professor | $58,917 | $69,874 | $60,097 | $56,065 | $53,976 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $60,924 | $71,412 | $64,569 | $55,459 | $53,330 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | ||||||
| Professor | $97,464 | $120,029 | $94,158 | $84,983 | $89,464 | |
| Associate Professor | $73,782 | $82,365 | $78,499 | $71,289 | $64,027 | |
| Assistant Professor | $61,646 | $65,840 | $64,877 | $59,952 | $57,602 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $62,670 | $66,276 | * | $56,448 | $57,954 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies | ||||||
| Professor | $82,996 | $103,378 | $89,460 | $79,810 | $71,202 | |
| Associate Professor | $67,754 | $76,600 | $69,667 | $65,935 | $61,437 | |
| Assistant Professor | $56,543 | $64,474 | $61,088 | $55,062 | $50,908 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $56,051 | $63,044 | $55,655 | $54,221 | $49,506 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | ||||||
| Professor | $88,711 | $102,280 | $96,836 | $83,838 | $84,961 | |
| Associate Professor | $66,239 | $71,902 | $69,324 | $63,653 | $65,363 | |
| Assistant Professor | $55,844 | $59,359 | $58,180 | $54,066 | $55,063 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $55,644 | $58,887 | $55,149 | $54,795 | $52,836 | |
| Theology and Religious Vocations | ||||||
| Professor | $73,942 | $107,141 | $79,787 | $74,593 | $69,296 | |
| Associate Professor | $60,804 | $74,196 | $60,490 | $60,211 | $58,439 | |
| Assistant Professor | $53,802 | $65,276 | * | $53,498 | $51,259 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $57,857 | * | * | $57,817 | * | |
| Physical Sciences | ||||||
| Professor | $92,452 | $113,188 | $95,328 | $84,328 | $83,737 | |
| Associate Professor | $70,255 | $80,735 | $72,336 | $65,933 | $65,794 | |
| Assistant Professor | $60,404 | $70,466 | $62,711 | $56,013 | $56,353 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $61,204 | $72,196 | $60,326 | $55,899 | $57,037 | |
| Psychology | ||||||
| Professor | $87,500 | $109,012 | $91,203 | $82,373 | $78,841 | |
| Associate Professor | $67,502 | $76,717 | $70,095 | $65,113 | $63,252 | |
| Assistant Professor | $57,695 | $65,900 | $59,313 | $55,819 | $53,952 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $59,221 | $66,816 | $57,430 | $55,865 | $53,513 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Related Protective Services | ||||||
| Professor | $88,577 | $111,652 | $87,460 | $84,474 | $69,532 | |
| Associate Professor | $67,849 | $76,945 | $67,918 | $66,978 | $58,238 | |
| Assistant Professor | $57,299 | $63,433 | $57,282 | $57,328 | $51,911 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $56,675 | $60,929 | $56,938 | $57,067 | $49,501 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions | ||||||
| Professor | $93,098 | $111,405 | $96,714 | $82,573 | $72,645 | |
| Associate Professor | $71,682 | $79,122 | $72,944 | $69,095 | $60,535 | |
| Assistant Professor | $59,650 | $66,385 | $61,243 | $57,276 | $50,650 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $59,222 | $66,663 | $57,372 | $56,661 | $53,620 | |
| Social Sciences | ||||||
| Professor | $92,864 | $110,032 | $95,338 | $85,496 | $87,890 | |
| Associate Professor | $71,723 | $79,514 | $74,197 | $68,181 | $69,066 | |
| Assistant Professor | $61,155 | $67,731 | $63,757 | $58,057 | $58,556 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $62,443 | $69,426 | $64,636 | $57,900 | $58,253 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts | ||||||
| Professor | $82,601 | $91,433 | $86,304 | $78,701 | $80,530 | |
| Associate Professor | $64,506 | $68,355 | $66,927 | $62,737 | $63,218 | |
| Assistant Professor | $54,138 | $56,471 | $55,710 | $52,969 | $53,350 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $53,624 | $55,031 | $55,199 | $52,762 | $52,672 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | ||||||
| Professor | $100,901 | $118,693 | $92,345 | $89,338 | $81,378 | |
| Associate Professor | $78,739 | $88,399 | $73,128 | $74,224 | $66,722 | |
| Assistant Professor | $67,160 | $74,238 | $64,327 | $64,002 | $58,152 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $68,574 | $79,073 | $64,306 | $64,215 | $56,592 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services | ||||||
| Professor | $118,344 | $153,267 | $123,984 | $106,554 | $90,115 | |
| Associate Professor | $100,066 | $123,768 | $104,645 | $92,760 | $78,447 | |
| Assistant Professor | $95,268 | $122,314 | $100,227 | $88,638 | $69,562 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $102,248 | $126,212 | $109,794 | $91,492 | $71,947 | |
| History General | ||||||
| Professor | $84,805 | $99,817 | $86,415 | $81,609 | $80,016 | |
| Associate Professor | $64,844 | $70,911 | $66,553 | $63,307 | $62,586 | |
| Assistant Professor | $55,270 | $59,373 | $56,966 | $53,555 | $54,670 | |
| New Assistant Professor | $55,109 | $60,190 | $52,632 | $52,835 | $55,245 | |
2012-13 TENURED/TENURE-TRACK FACULTY SALARIES SURVEY ©2013 by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). All rights reserved.
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