How much does one make
Think about It
Well, assumming you are thinking about a student loan and also
assumming you are considering a career and also assumming you
are not sure what field you want.It might be of some
use to take a look at the salaries in a given fields to help
you make an educated decision.The stats below will show categorically
what to be expected in a given field , should you succeed in
what you majored in and in the top of your class. Good luck!
with your schooling and job hunting.
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Average base salaries of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control
of institution and by field of instruction: 1987-88, 1992-93, and 1998-99 |
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| All | Total | Total | Public |Private | Public |Private | Public |Private |Private | Public | Other
Field of |institutions | Public |Private |research |research |doctoral |doctoral |compre- |compre- |liberal | 2-year |
instruction | | | | | | | |hensive |hensive | arts | |
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| 1987-88 salaries in 1998-99 dollars\1\
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All fields...............|$55,854 |$56,369 |$54,707 |$67,095 |$73,504 |$62,374 |$66,053 |$52,347 |$45,676 |$40,940 |$46,002 |$43,522
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics .............| 55,937 | 56,238 | (\2\) | 62,840 | (\2\) | 50,221 | (\2\) | 54,184 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\)
Business ................| 52,232 | 52,858 | 50,887 | 67,212 | (\2\) | 56,756 | (\2\) | 50,119 | 52,320 | (\2\) | 46,996 | 40,744
Education ...............| 46,754 | 49,084 | 38,709 | 52,945 | (\2\) | 50,006 | (\2\) | 48,218 | 38,674 | 33,942 | 47,487 | (\2\)
Engineering .............| 60,279 | 59,354 | 63,606 | 70,842 | (\2\) | 61,341 | (\2\) | 58,089 | 59,433 | (\2\) | 42,478 | (\2\)
Fine arts ...............| 43,686 | 45,656 | 39,677 | 46,522 | (\2\) | 44,049 | (\2\) | 45,448 | 38,294 | 39,811 | 46,428 | (\2\)
Health ..................| 74,879 | 74,402 | 75,836 | 84,801 | 89,061 | 82,043 | 77,670 | 65,948 | 55,049 | (\2\) | 42,736 | (\2\)
Humanities ..............| 48,973 | 50,903 | 46,026 | 53,482 | 56,556 | 45,403 | 53,467 | 51,491 | 42,818 | 44,016 | 50,175 | 40,156
Natural sciences ........| 55,197 | 55,875 | 53,677 | 66,898 | 71,267 | 57,628 | 54,158 | 53,895 | 44,750 | 43,593 | 45,824 | 43,292
Social sciences .........| 53,376 | 53,690 | 52,794 | 61,005 | 70,472 | 55,344 | (\2\) | 51,874 | 44,578 | 41,247 | 47,393 | (\2\)
Other ...................| 51,619 | 51,073 | 52,914 | 60,779 | (\2\) | 52,444 | (\2\) | 48,318 | 41,253 | (\2\) | 43,595 | 51,179
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| 1992-93 in 1998-99 dollars\1\
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All fields...............| 54,068 | 53,991 | 54,253 | 65,162 | 73,848 | 59,453 | 64,663 | 50,204 | 49,937 | 43,435 | 45,429 | 46,708
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics .............| 55,194 | 55,978 | (\2\) | 63,191 | (\2\) | 51,351 | (\2\) | 50,078 | (\2\) | (\2\) | 45,934 | (\2\)
Business ................| 56,827 | 57,672 | 54,628 | 75,283 | (\2\) | 67,893 | 62,768 | 55,113 | 62,095 | 37,315 | 48,508 | 38,776
Education ...............| 48,541 | 49,942 | 43,429 | 57,519 | (\2\) | 48,722 | 56,862 | 47,860 | 43,826 | 37,427 | 47,592 | (\2\)
Engineering .............| 64,154 | 64,562 | 62,561 | 77,097 | 70,520 | 61,853 | 63,542 | 56,227 | 52,938 | (\2\) | 44,618 | 64,692
Fine arts ...............| 46,842 | 45,354 | 49,095 | 47,722 | 99,540 | 45,463 | 43,725 | 45,191 | 41,344 | 43,597 | 43,320 | 39,367
Health ..................| 64,216 | 62,454 | 68,946 | 84,816 | 84,369 | 73,701 | 76,335 | 44,229 | 52,734 | 48,907 | 41,318 | 48,373
Humanities ..............| 47,301 | 48,027 | 45,756 | 50,818 | 51,599 | 45,787 | 49,559 | 47,027 | 47,384 | 43,485 | 47,545 | 42,193
Natural sciences ........| 55,636 | 54,837 | 57,646 | 63,995 | 77,546 | 59,677 | 65,418 | 53,016 | 53,875 | 43,332 | 45,776 | 48,653
Social sciences .........| 53,060 | 53,225 | 52,722 | 61,347 | 68,456 | 56,233 | 57,153 | 50,435 | 45,992 | 46,747 | 46,540 | 51,246
Other ...................| 51,482 | 50,141 | 54,295 | 58,886 | 75,831 | 50,540 | 71,409 | 52,363 | 48,167 | 42,065 | 43,487 | 45,255
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| 1998-99 salaries in 1998-99 dollars\1\
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All fields...............| 56,851 (394)| 56,060 (433)| 59,124 (869)| 66,399 (816)| 81,574 (2,507)| 65,466 (1,851)| 70,240 (1,985)| 50,143 (576)| 49,374 (1,122)| 43,600 (711)| 44,636 (424)| 47,227 (1,599)
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Agriculture and home | | | | | | | | | | | |
economics .............| 58,434 (2,366)| 60,698 (1,765)| (\2\) (\2\) | 67,336 (2,353)| (\2\) (\2\) | (\2\) (\2\) | (\2\) (\2\) | (\2\) (\2\) | (\2\) (\2\) | (\2\) (\2\) | 44,227 (2,087)| (\2\) (\2\)
Business ................| 55,837 (1,006)| 54,599 (1,147)| 58,758 (1,993)| 69,241 (3,356)| 80,949 (7,916)| 55,237 (4,834)| 69,354 (5,706)| 58,622 (1,567)| 59,245 (1,861)| 42,328 (2,927)| 46,141 (1,238)| 42,440 (4,921)
Education ...............| 47,789 (904)| 48,263 (1,040)| 46,194 (1,827)| 53,412 (1,768)| (\2\) (\2\) | 46,385 (2,852)| (\2\) (\2\) | 49,261 (1,795)| 43,677 (1,918)| 40,857 (2,031)| 43,324 (1,301)| 41,434 (3,714)
Engineering .............| 63,401 (1,302)| 62,265 (1,425)| 67,668 (2,988)| 69,867 (2,400)| 76,075 (4,982)| 64,345 (2,396)| (\2\) (\2\) | 52,625 (4,992)| 57,909 (5,842)| (\2\) (\2\) | 45,102 (1,691)| (\2\) (\2\)
Fine arts ...............| 45,655 (1,161)| 45,109 (1,150)| 47,061 (2,802)| 49,342 (2,822)| (\2\) (\2\) | 41,907 (1,276)| (\2\) (\2\) | 44,774 (1,470)| 49,828 (6,924)| 43,471 (1,677)| 45,957 (2,312)| 36,592 (3,202)
Health ..................| 75,238 (1,516)| 71,755 (1,550)| 84,877 (3,705)| 85,518 (2,776)|100,068 (7,573)| 85,842 (4,398)| 93,003 (4,958)| 53,179 (2,732)| 47,376 (4,070)| 44,588 (3,674)| 43,617 (1,142)| 53,383 (3,385)
Humanities ..............| 47,697 (646)| 47,865 (766)| 47,290 (1,202)| 53,929 (1,985)| 57,033 (4,251)| 47,037 (2,548)| 49,336 (2,610)| 46,577 (1,065)| 46,463 (1,777)| 43,199 (1,583)| 45,046 (1,201)| 43,203 (1,889)
Natural sciences ........| 57,331 (719)| 56,929 (777)| 58,548 (1,671)| 65,951 (1,381)| 79,784 (3,981)| 64,443 (1,855)| 61,723 (3,056)| 51,150 (1,328)| 47,764 (1,989)| 42,635 (1,331)| 44,127 (878)| 55,565 (5,206)
Social sciences .........| 58,714 (1,778)| 59,450 (2,255)| 56,785 (2,450)| 69,074 (3,122)| 78,540 (6,677)| 69,589 (13,661)| 58,922 (3,083)| 53,419 (1,120)| 46,434 (1,794)| 47,318 (2,362)| 47,190 (1,587)| 49,232 (3,892)
Other ...................| 52,150 (878)| 50,422 (918)| 57,596 (2,087)| 59,896 (2,037)| 80,645 (6,527)| 56,448 (2,404)| 65,125 (3,585)| 45,854 (1,774)| 52,818 (3,009)| 43,143 (1,878)| 43,662 (1,020)| 46,653 (3,863)
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