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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

Average Associate Professor's Salaries, Ranked by 2007
(Dollars in Thousands)

Institution
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Stanford Univ
98.7
103
106.1
114.7
122.2
California Tech
94.9
103.3
106.5
111.3
120.2
Univ of Pennsylvania
93.2
95.9
100.7
106.4
107.5
Princeton Univ
92.4
95.5
97.1
105
107.5
Massachusetts  Tech
91.5
91
94.1
99.7
106.4
Harvard Univ
91.9
92.3
97.1
100
106.1
Cornell Univ-Endowed Colleges
N/A
N/A
96.6
99.1
103.4
Univ of Chicago
89.3
92.3
93.6
97.8
103.3
New York Univ
82.7
85.4
88.3
91.2
102.6
Duke Univ
85.4
89.5
91.3
96.8
102.5
Northwestern Univ
86.9
90.7
93.7
97.5
100.5
Columbia Univ
98.2
Carnegie Mellon Univ
82.3
84.5
89.1
93.2
96.4
Washington Univ-St. Louis
81
85.1
90.5
93.3
96.4
Rice Univ
79.4
83.4
87.3
91
94.5
Univ of Southern California
81.5
84.6
88.5
92
93.6
Emory Univ
81.1
84.3
86.2
90.1
93.4
Georgia Tech
79.9
82.9
85.5
89.3
93.0
Yale Univ
78.5
82.1
85.3
87.1
91.3
Vanderbilt Univ
76.2
79
81.9
86.3
91.0
Univ of Virginia
75.1
78.1
82.7
87.7
91.0
Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
74.1
77.2
77.9
85.5
90.9
Univ of Maryland-College Park
74.9
76.3
80.3
84.2
89.5
Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick
76.8
77.7
80.7
85
89.4
Univ of Michigan-Ann Arbor
80.9
81.6
83.7
72.2
89.1
Brown Univ
73.7
78.4
81
83.9
88.0
SUNY-Stony Brook
76.9
78.8
81
85.9
86.5
Univ of Rochester
73.6
76.4
78.4
81.9
85.8
Penn State Univ-Main
72.4
75.4
77.7
81.4
85.0
Univ of Colorado-Boulder
71.2
72.7
74.5
78
84.9
Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities
69.9
70.7
75.6
80.6
84.3
Brandeis Univ
72
73.3
77
77.8
84.0
Univ of Washington-Seattle
66.7
70.2
72.9
77.2
83.4
Virginia Tech
67.8
68.8
76.7
79.3
83.0
Michigan State Univ
72.4
73.7
76.4
79.2
82.8
Tulane Univ
69.7
73.5
77
78.8
82.4
Univ of Illinois-Urbana
72
75.1
77.6
79.5
82.2
NC State Univ
67.3
70.3
71.9
77.4
82.0
Case Western Reserve Univ
75.4
79.8
84.5
78.4
81.5
Univ of Texas-Austin
64.9
70.3
72.9
78.3
81.3
Univ of Iowa
67.5
69.1
70.9
75.4
81.0
Ohio State Univ-Main
69.1
72.1
74.2
76.9
80.5
Univ of Pittsburgh-Main
70.2
74
75.5
78.2
80.4
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
73.3
73.4
76.5
78.1
80.3
Texas A&M Univ
67.9
70.3
73
76
79.8
Univ of Arizona
64.9
67.2
71.4
74.9
79.0
Syracuse Univ
68.7
70.7
72.2
75.2
78.2
Indiana Univ-Bloomington
68.5
70.7
72.8
75.1
77.8
Iowa St Univ
69.2
70.6
72.3
73.7
77.6
Purdue Univ-Main
68.8
70.6
72.9
74.8
77.2
Univ of Kansas-Main
61.7
65.2
68.7
72.3
76.1
Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
65.4
68.1
69.8
71.7
74.4
Univ of Georgia
63.6
64.7
67.6
71
74.2
Univ of Florida
65.7
69.1
71.7
73.3
73.0
Univ of Missouri-Columbia
64.5
65.9
67.3
68.5
70.8
Univ of Oregon
59.7
59
63.1
62.1
67.5
SUNY Coll-Buffalo
73.1
75.7
76.9
65.3
66.4
Johns Hopkins Univ
78.2
79.5
83.2
87.2
Univ of California-Berkeley
77.1
77.7
81.9
86.8
Univ of California-Davis
69.8
68.8
70.2
76.5
Univ of California-Irvine
71.2
71.6
74.6
77.6
Univ of California-Los Angeles
77
78.1
82
84.2
Univ of California-San Diego
69.6
70.6
73.6
78
Univ of California-Santa Barbara
70
68.4
70.9
74.1

Source Note: This analysis was prepared by Univ. Planning & Analysis based on figures published in "The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession," Academe, March/April 2008, American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC. Responsibility for the accuracy of this analysis rests with the institutions and not the AAUP.

*This analysis excludes the McGill Univ., Columbia Univ. and Univ. of Toronto due to data availability.

**Blank fields - no information available.

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