Purdue University Data Digest 2008-09

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Comparison of Average Faculty Salaries at Peer and Big Ten Public Universities - West Lafayette Campus
(for Academic Year 2007-08)

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Peer Universities Average Faculty Salaries¹
Full Professor			Associate Professor			Assistant Professor			Overall Faculty Average⁴

University of California-Berkeley	$141.0		University of California-Berkeley	$94.4		Georgia Institute of Technology	$80.0		University of California-Berkeley	$109.8
University of Michigan²	137.0		Georgia Institute of Technology	93.0		University of Michigan²	79.3		Georgia Institute of Technology	107.4
Georgia Institute of Technology	134.7		University of Michigan²	89.1		University of California-Berkeley	78.5		University of Michigan²	106.8
University of Texas-Austin	126.0		Pennsylvania State University²	85.0		University of Texas-Austin	77.6		University of Texas-Austin	99.4
University of Illinois²	125.7		Universtiy of Minnesota¹	84.3		University of Illinois²	73.7		University of Illinois²	98.4
Pennsylvania State University²	125.4		Michigan State University¹	82.8		Universtiy of Minnesota¹	72.3		Pennsylvania State University²	97.9
Ohio State University¹	121.6		University of Wisconsin²	82.5		Ohio State University¹	70.9		Universtiy of Minnesota¹	96.7
Universtiy of Minnesota¹	121.3		University of Illinois²	82.2		Texas A&M University	70.5		Ohio State University¹	95.4
University of Iowa¹	118.1		University of Texas-Austin	81.3		University of Wisconsin²	70.4		University of Iowa¹	93.6
Michigan State University¹	116.0		University of Iowa¹	81.0		University of Iowa¹	69.6		Michigan State University¹	91.7
Indiana University¹	114.0		Ohio State University¹	80.5		Pennsylvania State University²	69.5		Texas A&M University	91.1
Texas A&M University	112.3		Texas A&M University	79.8		Purdue University	69.2		Indiana University¹	90.6
Purdue University	111.3		Indiana University¹	77.8		Indiana University¹	68.4		Purdue University	89.5
University of Wisconsin²	107.0		Purdue University	77.2		Michigan State University¹	64.2		University of Wisconsin²	87.6

Peer Universities Average Faculty Compensation¹
Full Professor			Associate Professor			Assistant Professor			Overall Faculty Average⁴

University of California-Berkeley	$184.1		University of California-Berkeley	$125.6		University of California-Berkeley	$105.6		University of California-Berkeley	$144.9
University of Michigan²	165.7		Georgia Institute of Technology	113.5		University of Michigan²	100.7		University of Michigan²	131.8
Georgia Institute of Technology	160.7		Michigan State University¹	112.4		Georgia Institute of Technology	98.1		Georgia Institute of Technology	129.3
Universtiy of Minnesota¹	154.3		University of Michigan²	112.1		Universtiy of Minnesota¹	95.0		Universtiy of Minnesota¹	125.0
Pennsylvania State University²	153.0		Universtiy of Minnesota¹	110.9		University of Texas-Austin	94.1		Michigan State University¹	122.4
University of Illinois²	151.0		University of Wisconsin²	107.8		University of Wisconsin²	93.6		Pennsylvania State University²	120.6
Michigan State University¹	150.3		Pennsylvania State University²	106.3		University of Illinois²	93.0		University of Illinois²	120.6
Ohio State University¹	149.9		University of Iowa¹	103.5		Purdue University	91.9		Ohio State University¹	119.3
University of Iowa¹	149.4		Purdue University	103.4		Ohio State University¹	90.7		University of Texas-Austin	119.2
University of Texas-Austin	149.3		University of Illinois²	102.5		Michigan State University¹	90.4		University of Iowa¹	119.1
Purdue University	144.0		Ohio State University¹	102.0		University of Iowa¹	89.1		Purdue University	117.5
Indiana University¹	143.8		Indiana University¹	99.9		Indiana University¹	86.8		University of Wisconsin²	116.1
University of Wisconsin²	136.5		University of Texas-Austin	99.3		Pennsylvania State University²	86.4		Indiana University¹	115.0
Texas A&M University	132.8		Texas A&M University	95.4		Texas A&M University	84.4		Texas A&M University	108.3

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 2008 Academe. NOTE: Salaries are expressed on an academic year basis; academic department heads are included.

Source: Office of Institutional Research