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Comparison of Average Faculty Salaries at Peer and Big Ten Public Universities - West Lafayette Campus
(for Academic Year 2008-09)
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Peer Universities Average Faculty Salaries1

Full Professor

    
Associate Professor
   
Assistant Professor
    

Overall Faculty Average4  

 
University of California-Berkeley $143.1   University of California-Berkeley $96.1   Georgia Institute of Technology $83.4   University of California-Berkeley $111.9
University of Michigan3 142.1   Georgia Institute of Technology 95.4   University of Texas-Austin 81.8   Georgia Institute of Technology 110.9
Georgia Institute of Technology 139.8   University of Michigan3 93.1   University of Michigan3 81.6   University of Michigan2 110.7
University of Texas-Austin 132.3   Pennsylvania State University3 87.7   University of California-Berkeley 81.3   University of Texas-Austin 104.4
Pennsylvania State University3 131.1   Universtiy of Minnesota2 86.2   University of Illinois3 76.3   Pennsylvania State University2 101.8
University of Illinois3 129.6   Michigan State University2 85.9   Universtiy of Minnesota2 75.0   University of Illinois3 101.1
University of Minnesota2 127.4   University of Texas-Austin 85.3   Ohio State University2 75.0   Universtiy of Minnesota2 100.5
Ohio State University2 126.4   University of Wisconsin3 84.5   University of Wisconsin3 73.0   Ohio State University2 99.6
University of Iowa2 124.6   Ohio State University2 84.2   University of Iowa2 72.6   University of Iowa2 97.8
Michigan State University2 121.9   University of Illinois3 83.5   Pennsylvania State Universtiy3 72.4   Michigan State University2 95.7
Indiana University2 118.4   University of Iowa2 83.1   Purdue University 72.3   Indiana University2 94.3
Texas A&M University 116.3   Texas A&M University 81.8   Texas A&M University 72.2   Texas A&M University 93.7
Purdue University 115.0   Indiana University2 81.6   Indiana University2 71.1   Purdue University 92.8
University of Wisconsin3 109.5   Purdue University 80.2   Michigan State University2 66.9   University of Wisconsin3 91.8

Peer Universities Average Faculty Compensation1

Full Professor

    
Associate Professor
   
Assistant Professor
    

Overall Faculty Average4

  
University of California-Berkeley
$188.5
   University of California-Berkeley
$129.0
   University of California-Berkeley
$110.5
   University of California-Berkeley
$149.0
University of Michigan3
171.8
   University of Minnesota2 119.1   University of Minnesota2 105.6   University of Michigan3 136.5
Georgia Institute of Technology
168.9
   Georgia Instititute of Technology 117.9   University of Michigan3 103.5   University of Minnesota2 135.7
Universtiy of Minnesota2
167.2
   University of Michigan3 116.9   Georgia Instititute of Technology 102.7   Georgia Instititute of Technology 135.3
University of Iowa2
157.6
   Michigan State Unviversity2 116.3   University of Wisconsin3 99.5   Michigan State University1 127.2
Michigan State University2
157.1
   University of Wisconsin3 112.9   University of Texas-Austin 99.3   University of Texas-Austin 125.3
University of Texas-Austin
156.9
   Pennsylvania State University3 109.8   University of Illinois2 96.9   University of Illinois3 124.7
University of Illinois3
156.6
   Purdue University 108.3   Purdue University 96.5   University of Iowa2 124.3
Ohio State University2
155.3
   University of Iowa2
106.2
   Ohio State University2 95.0   Ohio State University2 123.9
Pennsylvania State University3
150.4
   Ohio State University2 106.1   Michigan State University2 93.9   Purdue University 122.3
Indiana University2
149.5
   Indiana University2 105.3   University of Iowa2 93.0   University of Wisconsin3 121.5
Purdue University 149.0   University of Illinois3 105.0   Indiana University2 90.9   Pennsylvania State University3 121.3
University of Wisconsin3
142.1
   University of Texas-Austin 104.3   Pennsylvania State University3 89.9   Indiana University2 120.0
Texas A&M University
137.3
   Texas A&M University 97.7   Texas A&M University 86.3   Texas A&M University 111.3

1In thousands of dollars.
2Big Ten Public University.
3Both Big Ten Public and Peer University.
4Overall faculty average salary and compensation are weighted based on the number of faculty in each rank for Purdue, peer overall average is mapped to Purdue ranks by weighting the percentage of faculty in each rank at Purdue.
Data Source: March-April 2009 Academe.
NOTE: Salaries are expressed on an academic year basis; academic department heads are included.



Source: Office of Institutional Research