Faculty Pay Is Up

According to an survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, faculty members’ average salaries climbed 4 percent this year, Audrey Williams June reports on The Chronicle’s Web site.

Law professors had, for the most part, the highest average pay, no matter what their status or where they worked. Full professors of law earned an average of $129,527 in 2007-8; associate professors earned $94,444, on average. Assistant professors of law earned an average of $79,684, a figure that was topped only by business professors at the same level, the survey found. …

Engineering and business professors were also well paid, while full professors in English; the visual and performing arts; and parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies made out the worst, June notes. Among new assistant professors, those in business fared the best, with an average salary of $86,640, she writes.