| History of faculty salaries at Washington institutions relative to their peers | |||||||
| for three academic ranks: full, associate and assistant professors | |||||||
| (as reported each biennium by the HECB to the Legislature) | |||||||
| 1997-98 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
| University of Washington | |||||||
| Average salary | $63,130 | $68,463 | $73,237 | $76,777 | $79,894 | $83,530 | $86,800 |
| Peer group percentile rank | 44th | 44th | 52nd | 50th | 38th | 54th | 54th |
| Washington State University | |||||||
| Average salary | $53,899 | $58,533 | $61,383 | $64,707 | $65,974 | $68,365 | $72,702 |
| Peer group percentile rank | 17th | 9th | 17th | 18th | 14th | 14th | 18th |
| Central Washington University | |||||||
| Average salary | $43,619 | $48,556 | $50,685 | $52,828 | $54,607 | $56,583 | $58,435 |
| Peer group percentile rank | 14th | 24th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 31st | 35st |
| Eastern Washington University | |||||||
| Average salary | $49,755 | $51,101 | $52,735 | $55,340 | $54,745 | $56,029 | $57,550 |
| Peer group percentile rank | 57th | 43rd | 43rd | 46th | 31st | 29th | 29th |
| The Evergreen State College | |||||||
| Average salary | $44,866 | $46,984 | $50,215 | $53,548 | $54,995 | $54,879 | $56,805 |
| Peer group percentile rank | 20th | 17th | 24th | 32nd | 32nd | 23rd | 24rd |
| Western Washington University | |||||||
| Average salary | $48,560 | $51,746 | $54,606 | $57,017 | $57,224 | $58,433 | $60,673 |
| Peer group percentile rank | 48th | 48th | 52nd | 54th | 42nd | 42nd | 45th |
| Community and technical colleges | |||||||
| Average salary | $40,518 | $42,371 | $44,162 | $46,247 | $48,303 | $48,240 | $49,518 |
| Peer group percentile rank | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sources: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (U.S. Department of Education); American Association of University Professors; and State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Academic Year Reports. HECB Fact Book 2007 http://www.hecb.wa.gov/news/newsfacts/documents/Part2forWeb.pdf | |||||||
| Notes: Average salary refers to the arithmetic mean of faculty salaries. A percentile rank represents the salary at which that percentage of institutions’ salaries falls at or below. For example, in the table above, in 2005-06, the UW’s average faculty salary of $86,800 was at the 54th percentile. This means that in 2005-06, 54 percent of UW’s peer institutions’ salaries fell at or below $86,800, and 46 percent were above that amount. Peer group comparisons for community and technical colleges were discontinued in 1997-98. | |||||||