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April 18, 2013

Faculty salary hike beats average

Low inflation last year kept faculty salaries nationwide from losing financial ground for the fourth consecutive year, the American Association of University Professors found in its annual report on faculty salaries, released last week.

The report’s lead author, John W. Curtis, AAUP director of research and public policy, stated in a release: “The news this year is not all gloomy, but the silver lining is not exactly gleaming, either.”

Based on data from more than 1,100 colleges and universities, the AAUP found that average salaries for full-time faculty of all ranks at public, private/independent and religiously affiliated universities rose 1.7 percent in 2012-13, keeping up with the 1.7 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index.

Average salaries for continuing faculty — those who remained at the same university as in the prior year — rose an average of 3.2 percent.

Overall salary increases for full-time faculty members at public colleges and universities continued to lag behind those at private institutions, with an average increase of 1.3 percent, compared to 2.4 percent at private/independent institutions and 2.1 percent at religiously affiliated schools. The case was the same for continuing faculty in public institutions. Their salary change averaged 2.9 percent while continuing faculty at private/independent schools saw an average increase of 3.8 percent and, at religiously affiliated schools, 3.3 percent.

Pitt faculty salary increases

Salaries for full-time continuing faculty on the Pittsburgh campus increased more than the overall average, with a 3.4 percent increase for full professors, 3.8 percent increase for associate professors, 4.2 percent increase for assistant professors and 4.4 percent increase for instructors.

The salary increases for continuing faculty on the Pittsburgh campus also were higher than those for continuing faculty at public Carnegie category I (doctoral) institutions, where full professors’ pay was up an average of 2.7 percent; associate professors’ pay rose 3.3 percent; assistant professors’ pay rose 3.5 percent, and instructors’ pay rose 3.4 percent.

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On Pitt’s three Carnegie category IIB (baccalaureate) campuses, full-time continuing faculty at Pitt-Bradford saw average salary increases of 2.2 percent for full professors, 3.3 percent for associate professors, 4.2 percent for assistant professors and 3.5 percent for instructors.

Full-time continuing faculty at Pitt-Greensburg saw average salary increases of 4.4 percent for full professors, 3 percent for associate professors, 3.5 percent for assistant professors and 3.1 percent for instructors.

Full-time continuing faculty at Pitt-Johnstown saw average salary increases of 3.7 percent for full professors, 3.7 percent for associate professors, 4.8 percent for assistant professors and 4.1 percent for instructors.

In comparison, pay for full-time continuing faculty at Carnegie category IIB schools rose 3.3 percent overall. Average pay was up 3 percent for full professors, 3.5 percent for associate professors, 3.5 percent for assistant professors and 4.2 percent for instructors.

Full-time continuing faculty in public IIB schools averaged a 2.9 percent increase for all ranks combined, lower than the 3.6 percent increase at private/independent IIB schools and 3.1 percent at religiously affiliated IIBs.

By rank, pay for full-time continuing faculty at public IIB schools rose an average of 2.3 percent for full professors, 2.9 percent for associate professors, 3 percent for assistant professors and 4.6 percent for instructors.

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At Pitt-Titusville, a Carnegie category III school (associate degrees with ranks), full-time continuing faculty averaged a 2 percent increase for full professors, 2.7 percent for associate professors, 3.7 percent for assistant professors and 10.6 percent for instructors.

In comparison, average salaries for full-time continuing faculty at category III schools rose 2.4 percent overall. No data were reported for private/independent and religiously affiliated category III schools because there were too few institutions to generate valid separate statistics.

At public category III schools, average salaries for full-time continuing faculty of all ranks rose 2.4 percent. Average salaries were up 1.9 percent for full professors, 2.6 percent for associate professors, 2.7 percent for assistant professors and 3.2 percent for instructors.

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The AAUP report can be found at www.aaup.org/reports-publications/2012-13salarysurvey.

—Kimberly K. Barlow


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