Michigan State University Libraries

Finding Faculty Salary Information

• American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Salary Survey
  
  Lists average faculty salaries "arranged by academic rank at more than 1,400 colleges, universities, and multicampus systems." Data is available from 1999-2004. Users may search the lists by keyword. Also allows users to search by state, type of institution, and by year.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Wages, Earnings & Benefits
  
  The BLS provides a large amount of information on the wages, earnings, and benefits of workers, including postsecondary educators. Information is categorized by geographic area (national, regional, state, metropolitan area, or county data), occupation, industry, and additional categories such as age, sex, or union membership in some cases. National estimates, along with industry, state, and metropolitan profiles provide the top paying industries, states, and metropolitan areas for each occupation, as well as the areas and industries of highest concentration for each occupation. Customized tables are also available.
• CQ's State Fact Finder
  
  Provides salary averages of associate professors at "Flagship State Universities." Information is presented alphabetically by state. Also provides a separate list that ranks states in order by average salary.
• Digest of Education Statistics
  
  Based mostly upon surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), provides numerous data on full-time and part-time instructional faculty at two-year and four-year degree-granting institutions. Salary data includes average base and annual salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9-month contracts by various characteristics such as age, sex, rank, institution, field of instruction, and state. Average salaries available from 1970-2000.
• Professional Pay: Resources on Higher Education Faculty and Staff Salaries
  
  Resources, reports, and surveys from the National Education Association (NEA) Almanac of Higher Education containing summaries and extensive analysis of recent data on college and university faculty salaries. Issues covered include gender discrimination, the relationship between salary and rank, and the relationship between salary and academic specialization.
• Salary Wizard at Salary.com
  
  The Salary Wizard provides access to average salaries of jobs in many categories, including higher education. Provides average salaries (in graph and table formats), bonuses, and benefits by state/metro area and job category/job title. Also allows comparison of state/metro averages to national averages. Data is proprietary and is based on employer-reported data found in "the most current compensation survey reports," which Salary.com purchases from "well-recognized, reputable compensation consulting firms."
• Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2005-06
  
  Produced by the National Center for Education Statistics, this report includes "data on the number of staff employed in Title IV postsecondary institutions in fall 2005 by primary occupational activity, length of contract/teaching period, employment status, salary class interval, faculty and tenure status, academic rank, race/ethnicity, and gender. Also included are tables on the number of full-time instructional faculty employed in Title IV postsecondary institutions in 2005-06 by length of contract/teaching period, academic rank, gender, and average salaries."
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  
  The U.S. Census Bureau compiles a wide variety of education statistics from various sources, including average salaries for college faculty members by rank at public and private institutions.

• American Psychological Association (APA) Center for Psychology Workforce Analysis and Research (CPWAR)
  
  Provides several reports of salaries in the field of psychology, including faculty salaries.
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Salary Survey Report
  
  "This report provides detailed statistical information (mean, median, maximum, minimum, percentiles) about the business school faculty and administrative salaries by rank/position, field, accreditation status, and institutional control (public vs. private). The report also provides separate information for new hires. Currently available: US version and Canadian version (in cooperation with the Canadian Federation of Business School Deans)." The Executive Summary is available online for free. The entire report and reports from previous years can be purchased from this site.
• Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Annual Salary Survey
  
  Provides data and summary information about recent salary trends for ARL U.S. and Canadian university libraries, ARL medical and law libraries, and non-university ARL libraries. Includes variables such as (among others) years of experience, job title, library size and geographic area.
• Report on Medical School Faculty Salaries
  
  Provides extensive data on medical school faculty salaries by type of school (public vs. private), departments, regions of the U.S., and degree and rank.