Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Salaries

Below are tenured/tenure-track faculty salaries from the 2017-18 Faculty in Higher Education Survey conducted by The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Findings detailed aggregate salary information from 696 institutions for 162,818 full-time tenure-track faculty. Order complete survey results.

Across All Disciplines

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$93,830	$127,433	$99,602	$89,097	$78,611
Associate Professor		$75,284	$94,473	$78,656	$72,822	$65,916
Assistant Professor		$67,231	$81,911	$71,400	$65,065	$59,644
New Assistant Professor		$67,750	$84,345	$73,976	$65,833	$59,188

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$96,032	$113,286	$99,596	$79,343	$83,269
Associate Professor		$75,911	$85,384	$72,783	$66,201	$61,848
Assistant Professor		$64,361	$77,130	$65,027	$59,121	$56,789
New Assistant Professor		$71,623	$75,453	*n/a	$59,595	*n/a

Natural Resources and Conservation

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$101,140	$111,791	$99,820	$89,531	$91,985
Associate Professor		$79,950	$88,596	$86,530	$71,177	$73,482
Assistant Professor		$67,982	$75,000	$73,208	$60,406	$63,240
New Assistant Professor		$74,152	$79,000	*n/a	$60,000	*n/a

Architecture and Related Services

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$113,541	$119,593	*n/a	$108,423	*n/a
Associate Professor		$85,917	$87,019	$85,936	$76,163	*n/a
Assistant Professor		$71,756	$71,756	$72,835	$70,040	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		$71,645	$71,500	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$105,656	$118,772	$108,376	$94,299	$95,430
Associate Professor		$78,031	$82,828	$70,494	$73,015	$79,520
Assistant Professor		$65,280	$69,092	$63,000	$61,227	$68,000
New Assistant Professor		$67,000	$67,005	*n/a	$58,263	*n/a

Communication, Journalism and Related Programs

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$87,541	$109,953	$92,486	$83,795	$75,935
Associate Professor		$69,198	$80,275	$71,900	$67,871	$61,006
Assistant Professor		$60,180	$66,447	$61,647	$58,813	$55,028
New Assistant Professor		$62,000	$67,000	$60,000	$58,000	$53,000

Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$94,357	*n/a	*n/a	$92,081	*n/a
Associate Professor		$76,744	$83,823	*n/a	$76,583	*n/a
Assistant Professor		$64,953	*n/a	*n/a	$64,305	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Computer and Informations Sciences and Support Services

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$114,183	$145,483	$116,643	$104,910	$91,461
Associate Professor		$94,988	$113,120	$98,044	$91,088	$77,084
Assistant Professor		$84,069	$96,579	$84,890	$79,403	$64,672
New Assistant Professor		$90,000	$96,000	$92,000	$80,000	$68,000

Personal and Culinary Services

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a
Associate Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a
Assistant Professor		$63,061	*n/a	*n/a	$57,331	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Education

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$88,952	$107,564	$91,676	$84,729	$74,457
Associate Professor		$70,402	$82,518	$73,084	$68,211	$63,958
Assistant Professor		$60,968	$69,201	$61,987	$59,062	$56,471
New Assistant Professor		$62,000	$69,000	$61,357	$59,000	$53,000

Engineering

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$123,144	$141,848	$112,515	$109,916	$96,280
Associate Professor		$98,129	$105,264	$91,833	$90,522	$81,124
Assistant Professor		$83,782	$91,095	$83,832	$80,477	$70,671
New Assistant Professor		$86,000	$91,429	$83,000	$80,500	$71,750

Engineering Technologies and Engineering Related Fields

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$100,515	$116,221	$90,872	$91,001	$84,435
Associate Professor		$81,230	$92,296	$79,685	$78,371	$66,069
Assistant Professor		$72,000	$81,942	$71,723	$69,516	$59,815
New Assistant Professor		$73,500	$83,250	*n/a	$68,500	*n/a

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$87,619	$98,517	$84,145	$82,936	$85,484
Associate Professor		$67,998	$74,870	$71,517	$66,337	$65,751
Assistant Professor		$58,531	$63,265	$57,177	$56,650	$56,767
New Assistant Professor		$60,253	$63,000	$56,000	$53,032	$60,000

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$93,087	$112,330	$87,026	$78,846	*n/a
Associate Professor		$74,575	$83,248	$71,150	$68,449	$65,440
Assistant Professor		$63,483	$70,165	$62,127	$59,148	$55,920
New Assistant Professor		$63,000	$70,020	*n/a	$57,861	*n/a

Legal Professions and Studies

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$147,401	$163,819	$180,378	$115,919	$131,538
Associate Professor		$115,258	$128,852	$119,735	$99,681	$136,395
Assistant Professor		$95,187	$110,561	$93,818	$81,740	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		$99,231	$104,834	*n/a	$86,682	*n/a

English Language and Literature/Letters

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$85,423	$102,672	$85,459	$82,380	$75,815
Associate Professor		$67,099	$76,317	$67,887	$65,534	$62,213
Assistant Professor		$58,805	$64,451	$60,005	$57,000	$53,491
New Assistant Professor		$60,706	$65,000	$65,000	$55,000	$52,500

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$91,883	$100,750	$106,207	$84,952	$88,389
Associate Professor		$74,012	$82,294	$75,207	$68,192	$68,671
Assistant Professor		$60,794	$66,678	$60,099	$61,890	$58,848
New Assistant Professor		$65,183	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Library Science

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$82,084	$127,958	$68,980	$82,084	*n/a
Associate Professor		$69,963	$78,317	$65,608	$67,528	*n/a
Assistant Professor		$60,509	$65,402	$58,025	$56,796	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		$64,000	$71,162	*n/a	$56,416	*n/a

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$88,792	$125,581	$93,303	$83,364	$77,270
Associate Professor		$72,335	$90,343	$74,284	$68,037	$64,563
Assistant Professor		$62,738	$78,108	$66,375	$59,200	$55,844
New Assistant Professor		$66,250	$77,500	$67,459	$60,065	$56,523

Mathematics and Statistics

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$89,691	$112,930	$92,914	$83,489	$78,194
Associate Professor		$72,108	$86,326	$75,502	$68,651	$66,189
Assistant Professor		$62,973	$79,190	$64,232	$59,355	$57,940
New Assistant Professor		$65,000	$75,863	$57,306	$62,000	$56,747

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$102,106	$124,002	$98,292	$98,788	$76,880
Associate Professor		$78,609	$88,802	$74,400	$74,231	$69,851
Assistant Professor		$69,013	$73,528	$69,687	$62,608	$59,830
New Assistant Professor		$72,500	$75,000	*n/a	$69,750	*n/a

Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$86,229	$109,734	$85,986	$80,572	$73,583
Associate Professor		$70,428	$82,375	$70,116	$68,978	$62,631
Assistant Professor		$60,000	$68,559	$63,245	$58,080	$54,430
New Assistant Professor		$58,000	$69,625	$58,000	$57,614	$52,250

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$89,608	$108,864	$91,039	$85,231	$81,010
Associate Professor		$69,923	$78,763	$71,572	$67,128	$66,824
Assistant Professor		$59,259	$64,360	$61,589	$56,501	$56,000
New Assistant Professor		$62,000	$65,167	$66,000	$58,140	$64,800

Theology and Religious Vocations

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$81,915	$122,060	$89,999	$80,899	$70,794
Associate Professor		$66,500	$76,685	$73,728	$65,335	$61,009
Assistant Professor		$57,443	$68,340	$59,926	$55,675	$55,253
New Assistant Professor		$52,154	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Physical Sciences

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$90,422	$123,852	$94,585	$85,357	$78,630
Associate Professor		$72,366	$87,814	$72,797	$68,583	$65,312
Assistant Professor		$62,866	$77,736	$64,165	$59,940	$56,427
New Assistant Professor		$65,688	$78,000	$65,000	$59,750	$55,500

Science Technologies/Technicians

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a
Associate Professor		$77,143	*n/a	*n/a	$76,500	*n/a
Assistant Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Psychology

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$88,895	$117,831	$94,561	$84,754	$82,247
Associate Professor		$71,480	$86,872	$72,627	$68,288	$64,478
Assistant Professor		$62,056	$74,138	$63,285	$58,992	$56,780
New Assistant Professor		$62,035	$75,000	$60,501	$59,000	$55,365

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Service

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$90,358	$114,394	$90,570	$86,397	$67,120
Associate Professor		$70,858	$85,385	$66,537	$70,773	$60,496
Assistant Professor		$61,816	$69,265	$57,789	$60,850	$52,791
New Assistant Professor		$63,667	$68,000	$65,000	$58,000	*n/a

Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$93,633	$115,454	$93,520	$85,959	$82,216
Associate Professor		$73,765	$86,593	$71,973	$69,537	$62,702
Assistant Professor		$64,891	$72,299	$62,336	$60,713	$59,402
New Assistant Professor		$64,000	$75,000	$61,000	$60,000	*n/a

Social Sciences

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$92,677	$118,168	$96,283	$87,901	$81,325
Associate Professor		$73,725	$87,205	$74,735	$70,026	$67,209
Assistant Professor		$63,555	$74,479	$64,660	$60,530	$57,796
New Assistant Professor		$65,000	$72,750	$62,488	$60,250	$63,300

Transportation and Material Services

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$102,135	*n/a	*n/a	$93,590	*n/a
Associate Professor		$77,710	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a
Assistant Professor		$64,375	$70,270	*n/a	$64,375	*n/a
New Assistant Professor		*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a	*n/a

Visual and Performing Arts

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$83,103	$96,684	$84,886	$80,602	$76,323
Associate Professor		$66,850	$74,488	$67,915	$64,570	$62,499
Assistant Professor		$58,139	$62,396	$61,394	$56,475	$55,281
New Assistant Professor		$57,000	$61,500	$55,165	$54,692	$55,000

Health Professions and Related Programs

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$102,011	$127,805	$100,731	$95,739	$88,381
Associate Professor		$83,101	$95,416	$84,001	$80,469	$72,333
Assistant Professor		$71,527	$79,772	$73,077	$69,435	$62,111
New Assistant Professor		$72,167	$80,000	$72,692	$70,000	$62,750

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Service

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$116,871	$169,053	$124,142	$112,324	$94,070
Associate Professor		$104,175	$141,842	$111,707	$99,243	$79,334
Assistant Professor		$98,238	$136,509	$108,902	$92,905	$70,700
New Assistant Professor		$111,288	$140,000	$115,000	$100,000	$67,750

History General

Job Title		All Institutions	Research	Other Doctoral	Master's	Baccalaureate
Professor		$86,824	$103,064	$89,564	$82,407	$81,743
Associate Professor		$69,290	$77,400	$69,514	$65,912	$62,902
Assistant Professor		$59,386	$64,371	$60,067	$57,000	$56,221
New Assistant Professor		$60,000	$65,000	$56,728	$57,500	$52,875

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2017-18 TENURED/TENURE-TRACK FACULTY SALARIES SURVEY ©2018 by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). All rights reserved.

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