University Times

An annual survey by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) shows that average salaries for faculty members on the Pittsburgh campus, except for instructors, exceeded the nationwide average for faculty at public doctoral institutions.

The AAUP’s recently released 2015 report on the economic status of the profession finds that full professors here averaged $144,200, above the national average of $130,039 for professors at public doctoral institutions. Pittsburgh campus associate professors averaged $96,400 (compared to $88,716 nationwide) and assistant professors averaged $80,900 ($77,446 nationwide).

Only instructors, who averaged $47,100 on the Pittsburgh campus, trailed the national average for their rank, which was $50,913 at public doctoral institutions.

Combined, faculty of all ranks on the Pittsburgh campus averaged $97,400, higher than the national average of $93,819 at public doctoral institutions.

The data, which cover full-time instructional faculty, exclude medical school faculty. The AAUP noted that its Pittsburgh campus data includes faculty in schools or programs of law, dentistry, nursing, engineering and business.

Salaries by gender on the Pittsburgh campus

By gender, average salaries for female faculty members on the Pittsburgh campus trailed the average for men of the same rank. Male professors on the Pittsburgh campus averaged $149,000 while women at that rank averaged $129,900; male associate professors averaged $98,400 while women at that rank averaged $93,600; male assistant professors averaged $87,300 and women averaged $75,500, and male instructors averaged $50,400 and women averaged $46,000.

Average salaries for female faculty at public doctoral institutions nationwide likewise trailed the averages for men at the same rank: At the professor rank, men averaged $133,468, women $119,761; at the associate professor rank, men averaged $91,354, women $84,997; at the assistant professor rank, men averaged $80,858, women $73,741, and at the instructor rank, men averaged $52,284, women $50,001.

Continuing faculty raises on the Pittsburgh campus

With the exception of the associate professor rank, continuing faculty on the Pittsburgh campus saw higher average pay increases than their peers at public doctoral institutions.

Professors here averaged a 3.9 percent increase in 2014-15 (compared with 3.4 percent on average for professors at public doctoral institutions); associate professors averaged 3.8 percent (3.9 percent nationwide); assistant professors averaged 4.2 percent (3.9 percent nationwide), and instructors averaged 4.9 percent (4.2 percent nationwide).

Average pay at Pitt’s regional campuses

• Bradford, Greensburg and Johnstown

Faculty in most ranks at Pitt’s three Carnegie category IIB (baccalaureate) campuses — Bradford, Greensburg and Johnstown — earned salaries lower than the national average for public IIB schools.

The AAUP survey showed professors at public IIB schools averaged $87,182 (men $88,856; women $84,290); associate professors averaged $72,526 (men $73,860; women $70,860); assistant professors, $61,000 (men $62,282; women $59,706) and instructors, $51,104 (men $51,618; women $50,751).

In categories with three or fewer individuals, data were suppressed.

In comparison:

At Pitt-Bradford, professors averaged $82,900 (men $82,100; women $85,100); associate professors averaged $70,300 (men $71,000; women $68,100); assistant professors averaged $56,300 (men $57,000; women $55,500), and instructors averaged $51,100. Data for male and female instructors were suppressed.

At Pitt-Greensburg, professors averaged $86,800 (male/female data suppressed); associate professors averaged $68,400 (men $68,300; women $68,600); assistant professors averaged $57,500 (men $58,200; women $56,800), and instructors averaged $45,500 (men $51,500; women $40,900.)

At Pitt-Johnstown, professors averaged $82,000 (men $85,900; women $70,300); associate professors averaged $69,900 (men $69,700; women $70,400), assistant professors averaged $56,300 (men $57,100; women $55,200) and instructors averaged $53,000 (men $58,000; women $49,700.)

• Titusville

Average salaries for Pitt-Titusville’s two full professors were suppressed in the survey data; full professors at public Carnegie category III schools (associate’s with ranks) nationwide averaged $79,234.

Associate professors at UPT averaged $61,900 ($63,304 nationwide); assistant professors averaged $58,100 ($54,801 nationwide), and instructors averaged $47,400 ($48,013 nationwide).

Average salaries by gender were revealed only for the assistant professor rank at UPT, which was made up of four men and five women.

The male UPT assistant professors averaged $67,800, higher than the average of $55,036 for men at that rank in public category III schools.

The female UPT assistant professors averaged $50,400, lower than the average salary of $54,612 for women at that rank in public category III schools.

Continuing faculty raises at Pitt’s regionals

• Bradford, Greensburg and Johnstown

Continuing faculty at public category IIB schools at the professor rank averaged a 2.7 percent pay increase in 2014-15; associate professors averaged 3.3 percent; assistant professors 3.6 percent, and instructors 3.8 percent.

In comparison:

Among continuing faculty on the UPB campus, only assistant professors received percentage increases above the national average. At UPB, raises for continuing faculty averaged 2.4 percent for professors; 2.7 percent for associate professors; 4 percent for assistant professors, and 3 percent for instructors.

Average raises for continuing faculty on the UPG campus were at or below the average at other public IIB schools.

UPG’s raises for continuing faculty averaged 2.7 percent for professors; 3.2 percent for associate professors; 3.5 percent for assistant professors, and 2.6 percent for instructors.

At UPJ, only instructors received average raises lower than the national average.

Raises for continuing faculty on the UPJ campus averaged 4.1 percent for professors; 3.7 percent for associate professors; 5 percent for assistant professors, and 3.4 percent for instructors.

• Titusville

The average raises for continuing faculty at Pitt-Titusville in 2014-15 were below the national average for continuing faculty at public category III (associate’s with ranks) schools. Raises for continuing faculty at Pitt-Titusville averaged 1.3 percent for professors (3.3 percent nationwide); 2.5 percent for associate professors (4 percent nationwide); 2.2 percent for assistant professors (4.1 percent nationwide), and 3 percent for instructors (4 percent nationwide).

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The full report is posted at www.aaup.org/reports-publications/2014-15salarysurvey.

—Kimberly K. Barlow