Pitt Faculty Pay Exceeds National Average

An annual survey by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) shows that average salaries for faculty members on the Pittsburgh campus, except for instructors and lecturers, exceeded the nationwide average for faculty at public doctoral institutions.

The AAUP’s recently released 2017 Faculty Compensation Survey. The report on the economic status of the profession finds that full professors at Pitt averaged $149,400, above the national average of $124,485 for professors at public doctoral institutions.

​Pittsburgh campus associate professors averaged $99,900 (compared to $90,619 nationwide) and assistant professors averaged $81,500 ($79,126 nationwide).
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Instructors, who averaged $44,900 on the Pittsburgh campus, trailed the national average for their rank, which was $57,673 at public doctoral institutions. Lecturers lagged as well, averaging $51,600, compared to $60,175 nationwide.

Combined, faculty of all ranks on the Pittsburgh campus averaged $98,600, higher than the national average of $92,222 at public doctoral institutions.

The data, which cover full-time faculty categorized as “primarily instructional” and “instructional/research/public service,” exclude clinical or basic science faculty, medical faculty and military faculty.

​Salaries by gender on the Pittsburgh campus

By gender, average salaries for female faculty members on the Pittsburgh campus trailed the average for men of the same rank. On the Pittsburgh campus:

• Male professors averaged $154,400
• Female professors averaged $136,000
• Male associate professors averaged $100,800
• Female associate professors averaged $98,700.
• Male assistant professors averaged $85,200
• Female assistant professors averaged $78,100.
• Male instructors averaged $49,900
• Female instructors averaged $42,800.

Across all ranks, male faculty on the Pittsburgh campus averaged $110,800; their female counterparts averaged $88,700.

Average salaries for female faculty at public doctoral institutions nationwide likewise trailed the averages for men.

Across all ranks:
Male faculty averaged $101,447
Female faculty averaged $85,344.

• At the professor rank nationally, men at public doctoral institutions averaged $127,615,
• ​At the professor rank nationally, women at public doctoral institutions averaged $116,223
• At the associate professor rank, men averaged $92,990
• At the associate professor rank, women averaged  $87,652
• At the assistant professor rank, men averaged $81,977,
• At the assistant professor rank, women averaged $76,072
• At the instructor rank, men averaged $60,307 
• At the instructor rank, women averaged $56,771

​Continuing faculty raises on the Pittsburgh campus

Continuing faculty on the Pittsburgh campus saw smaller average pay increases than their peers at public doctoral institutions nationwide.
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• Professors here averaged a 2.7 percent increase in 2016-17 (compared with 2.9 percent on average for professors at public doctoral institutions)
  
• Associate professors averaged 2.9 percent (3.4 percent nationwide)
  
• Assistant professors averaged 2.4 percent (3.6 percent nationwide)
  
• Instructors averaged 1.9 percent (3.2 percent nationwide)

​Average pay at UPJ

At Pitt-Johnstown:

• Professors averaged $92,600 (men $92,500; data for women were suppressed)
• Associate professors averaged $71,100 (men $72,700; women $68,400)
• Assistant professors averaged $56,400 (men $57,500; women $54,900)
• Instructors averaged $50,300 (men $53,300; women $48,700)

Across all ranks combined, faculty at Pitt-Johnstown averaged $63,700 (men $69,100; women $62,800).