Alex FriedrichIn case you missed this earlier, here’s a list of academic fields and what their faculty make, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
(Thought it might be appropriate during the current state budget talks on higher education.)
The top five fields for professors at four-year universities:
- Legal: $134, 162
- Engineering: $114,365
- Business: $111,621
- Computer science: $101,985
- Area/ethnic/cultural/gender studies: $97,637
Here’s the full chart (with associate profs, assistants, etc.):
| Professor | Associate professor | Assistant professor* | New assistant professor | Instructor | |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | $92,716 | $72,805 | $62,122 | $63,343 | $45,057 |
| Architecture and related services | $97,505 | $74,466 | $60,522 | $57,510 | $50,111 |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | $97,637 | $73,457 | $58,282 | $58,827 | $41,776 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | $92,505 | $68,806 | $58,709 | $57,272 | $45,049 |
| Business, management, marketing, and related support services | $111,621 | $93,767 | $87,248 | $93,926 | $57,873 |
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | $85,057 | $65,444 | $54,303 | $53,524 | $45,070 |
| Communications technologies/technicians and support services | $87,611 | $65,162 | $55,474 | $61,840 | $51,400 |
| Computer and information sciences and support services | $101,985 | $83,362 | $71,760 | $72,199 | $53,356 |
| Education | $83,748 | $65,671 | $55,848 | $55,379 | $46,183 |
| Engineering | $114,365 | $87,663 | $75,822 | $76,518 | $57,678 |
| Engineering technologies/technicians | $87,583 | $72,351 | $62,081 | $62,516 | $49,994 |
| English language and literature/letters | $80,545 | $62,077 | $52,081 | $51,786 | $41,733 |
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | $88,068 | $67,934 | $57,484 | $56,259 | $45,247 |
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | $85,139 | $65,759 | $54,005 | $52,968 | $43,126 |
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | $95,437 | $75,207 | $63,518 | $64,943 | $52,720 |
| History | $82,202 | $63,228 | $52,626 | $52,470 | $42,318 |
| Legal professions and studies | $134,162 | $99,746 | $84,374 | $91,828 | $64,785 |
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities | $83,573 | $63,098 | $52,394 | $51,568 | $42,912 |
| Library science | $92,099 | $68,213 | $55,015 | $56,427 | $47,253 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $84,942 | $66,263 | $56,337 | $56,647 | $42,538 |
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | $92,148 | $71,058 | $57,645 | $56,902 | $47,435 |
| Natural resources and conservation | $93,375 | $70,470 | $60,102 | $56,070 | $47,423 |
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | $80,366 | $65,072 | $54,039 | $54,444 | $43,503 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | $85,073 | $63,998 | $53,598 | $52,270 | $43,579 |
| Physical sciences | $89,280 | $67,590 | $57,447 | $57,607 | $43,980 |
| Psychology | $84,509 | $64,892 | $55,133 | $54,859 | $45,421 |
| Public administration and social-service professions | $90,251 | $69,791 | $56,952 | $58,230 | $46,946 |
| Security and protective services | $85,311 | $66,094 | $54,639 | $53,769 | $44,052 |
| Social sciences | $89,858 | $69,064 | $58,436 | $58,946 | $46,158 |
| Theology and religious vocations | $74,267 | $59,593 | $52,241 | $50,620 | $46,042 |
| Visual and performing arts | $79,768 | $62,686 | $52,127 | $50,618 | $43,464 |
