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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

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

Institution
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
California Tech
84.1
93.3
96.8
98.8
101.3
Univ of Pennsylvania
82.1
85.2
88.1
91.8
95.9
Harvard Univ
82.1
82.9
87.3
91.3
95.4
Stanford Univ
78.9
82
86.9
91
94.3
Massachusetts  Tech
82.6
79.5
82.7
89
93.3
Univ of Chicago
72.3
73.4
77.7
85.3
90.7
New York Univ
74.8
73.7
75.9
80.1
90.3
Cornell Univ-Endowed Colleges
N/A
N/A
82.9
85.9
89.8
Northwestern Univ
76.8
79.3
81.2
83.5
87.9
Duke Univ
74.6
75.5
78.8
82.4
87.3
Carnegie Mellon Univ
71.2
75.2
80.5
82.9
84.3
Yale Univ
66.5
69.4
72.8
77.9
81.6
Rice Univ
71.1
75
76.1
78
81.6
Princeton Univ
70.9
73.4
76.3
79.1
81.2
Georgia Tech
71.2
72.3
74.6
77.3
80.8
Columbia Univ
80.5
Washington Univ-St. Louis
72.1
72.4
73.4
77.2
80.0
Univ of Michigan-Ann Arbor
66.7
67.1
72.8
65.8
79.3
Emory Univ
72.3
74.5
76.3
77.9
78.9
Univ of Maryland-College Park
70
75.2
75.9
77.4
78.8
Univ of Texas-Austin
62.3
66.9
70.7
75.1
77.6
Univ of Rochester
69.7
70.2
71
73.2
77.2
Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
61.8
65.8
65.2
71.8
76.9
Brown Univ
65.5
69.7
72.1
72.6
74.9
Brandeis Univ
63.6
66.5
70.5
69.6
74.6
Univ of Virginia
60.8
64.1
68
71.1
74.5
Univ of Washington-Seattle
63.2
64.7
67.2
70.9
73.9
Univ of Illinois-Urbana
64.5
68.2
69.6
71.7
73.7
Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick
61.2
62.8
65.3
68.7
72.5
Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities
60.6
62.5
65.4
69.4
72.3
Univ of Colorado-Boulder
61
63
65.2
67.5
72.3
Ohio State Univ-Main
62.3
64.8
65.8
69.4
70.9
Texas A&M Univ
58.9
60.6
65.8
67.3
70.5
NC State Univ
59.6
61.9
63.3
66.3
69.9
Case Western Reserve Univ
64.9
66.8
62.7
67.9
69.9
Univ of Arizona
57.6
59.8
63.5
66.9
69.7
Univ of Iowa
59.8
61.7
63.9
65.8
69.6
Vanderbilt Univ
64.3
65
66
67.2
69.5
Penn State Univ-Main
62.5
64
66.3
68.2
69.5
Purdue Univ-Main
60.5
62.9
65.3
66.8
69.2
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
63.6
63.6
64.3
66
69.1
SUNY-Stony Brook
61.1
64.6
65.2
68.9
68.6
Syracuse Univ
57.6
59.6
62.2
64.9
68.6
Indiana Univ-Bloomington
59.6
61.3
62.6
66
68.4
Virginia Tech
56.8
59.1
63.1
65.8
68.1
Univ of California-San Diego
61.2
62.3
66.1
69.8
67.8
Univ of Southern California
70.9
73.7
76.4
81.6
67.8
Univ of Pittsburgh-Main
61.6
63.6
64.6
66.4
67.7
Iowa St Univ
57.8
59.6
61.7
64.5
67.6
Univ of Georgia
56.4
57.7
61.7
65
67.5
Tulane Univ
61.1
61.3
65.3
63.4
66.1
Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
56.2
57.6
60
62.9
65.1
Univ of Kansas-Main
51.2
54.5
59.4
62.8
65.0
Michigan State Univ
58.9
59.7
60.2
61.8
64.2
Univ of Florida
56.6
59.5
61.6
61.9
62.5
Univ of Oregon
52.9
54.4
57.1
60
61.9
Univ of Missouri-Columbia
52.3
53.5
55.7
56.6
58.2
SUNY Coll-Buffalo
60.5
61.4
63.7
55.2
56.3
Johns Hopkins Univ
63.2
65
68
70.5
Univ of California-Berkeley
70
71.3
74.1
76.2
Univ of California-Davis
60
60.7
63.1
67.9
Univ of California-Irvine
62.1
63.3
65.8
68.5
Univ of California-Los Angeles
63.7
65.5
67
72.1
Univ of California-Santa Barbara
60
61
63.9
67.2

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

*This analysis excludes the McGill University and University of Toronto due to data availability.
Blank fields indicate no data available.

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