Average Faculty Salaries of Public Institutions
in the Association of American Universities, 1995-96
(By all ranks average salary, dollars in thousands)

Rank

State

Institution

Prof

Assoc

Asst

Instr

All Ranks

1

NJ

Rutgers University, New Brunswick

90.8

65.6

49.8

30.8

71.9

2

CA

University of California, Berkeley

86.5

57.1

48.9

--

71.9

3

CA

University of California, Los Angeles

84.5

56.8

48.4

--

68.1

4

CA

University of California, San Diego

82.3

55.0

46.3

--

67.3

5

MI

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

85.0

62.0

50.1

39.8

65.7

6

VA

University of Virginia

81.4

54.4

44.2

32.3

63.7

7

CA

University of California, Santa Barbara

81.0

52.7

45.1

--

63.7

8

IL

University of Illinois, Urbana

75.2

53.4

46.6

--

62.6

9

MN

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

73.0

51.5

45.4

41.6

61.7

10

NY

SUNY at Buffalo

79.0

56.7

43.2

34.4

61.5

11

NC

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

75.9

54.1

45.7

39.8

61.5

12

IA

University of Iowa

74.3

54.3

45.5

39.9

61.4

13

WI

University of Wisconsin, Madison

70.4

52.5

46.4

35.0

61.3

14

TX

University of Texas, Austin

76.1

49.3

44.9

34.8

60.3

15

OH

Ohio State University

76.4

53.4

44.9

32.3

59.8

16

MD

University of Maryland, College Park

76.6

53.1

45.7

33.5

59.4

17

IN

Purdue University

75.7

51.2

44.5

31.1

59.3

18

IA

Iowa State University

72.4

53.6

43.4

30.4

59.2

19

MI

Michigan State University

68.8

52.3

43.7

30.7

58.8

20

AZ

University of Arizona

70.9

49.5

43.9

--

58.6

21

WA

University of Washington

70.2

49.9

44.6

32.6

58.0

22

CO

University of Colorado, Boulder

71.9

53.3

45.0

33.7

57.9

23

IN

Indiana University, Bloomington

72.4

51.2

44.0

--

57.6

24

PA

University of Pittsburgh

76.8

53.7

42.9

33.9

56.8

25

NE

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

70.3

49.8

42.2

28.2

55.7

26

MO

University of Missouri, Columbia

68.4

52.0

44.7

33.1

55.3

27

PA

Penn State University, Main

77.6

53.5

43.6

29.5

55.2

28

FL

University of Florida

66.0

47.4

42.3

36.4

54.5

29

KS

University of Kansas

63.3

45.9

39.4

--

52.6

30

OR

University of Oregon

60.9

45.1

39.4

29.0

46.8

Weighted Averages

75.2

52.8

44.9

31.7

61.2

Source: American Association of University Professors, ACADEME, the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 1995-96.