As in business, so too in education? In higher education, at least, women continue to make considerably less than their male counterparts, while constituting a growing majority of untenured and support positions. Representing more than 4,500 colleges and universities, the data come from the U.S. Department of Education and are posted at
data.chronicle.com. Among findings:
- Faculty salaries increased 2.8 percent in 2015 over 2014.
- Increases for women, at just over 3 percent, slightly outpaced those for men.
- The average nine-month salary across all ranks and schools averaged $77,604, ranging from an average of $111,000 for full professors to $67,466 for assistant professors.
- Male full professors earned almost $117,000, on average. Women full professors earned under $99,000.
- The highest average salaries were at private, nonprofit, four-year colleges: $84,000 across the ranks.
- There were about 2,800 more women faculty members in 2015, and about 1,000 fewer female faculty members.
Chronicle of Higher Education (03/22/17)
