History of St. Olaf Faculty Compensation

A record of average St. Olaf faculty compensation by rank and total, taken from reports submitted to the AAUP during the period 1965-2012. Click here to display a graph of the averages in current (year 2012) dollars. The tables below give the actual averages (on the left) and the corresponding averages in today's dollars (on the right).

Faculty Salaries in actual & current (2012)* dollars:
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Professors
Associates
Assistants
Instructors
Total
Professor
Associate
Assistant
Instructor
Total
64-65
$12,974
$10,365
$8,365
$6,673
$9,583
64-65
 $96,091 $76,768 $61,955 $49,423 $70,979
65-66
$15,123
$10,967
$9,020
$7,195
$10,519
65-66
 $110,230 $79,937 $65,746 $52,444 $76,672
66-67
$15,983
$11,718
$9,625
$7,591
$11,150
66-67
 $113,262 $83,039 $68,207 $53,793 $79,014
67-68
$16,800
$12,390
$10,040
$8,126
$11,765
67-68
 $115,487 $85,172 $69,017 $55,860 $80,876
68-69
$17,582
$13,326
$10,935
$8,819
$12,569
68-69
 $116,001 $87,921 $72,146 $58,185 $82,927
69-70
$18,671
$14,147
$11,575
$9,182
$13,384
69-70
 $116,808 $88,505 $72,415 $57,444 $83,732
70-71
$19,918
$15,277
$12,395
$9,866
$14,348
70-71
 $117,865 $90,402 $73,348 $58,382 $84,903
71-72
$20,785
$16,068
$12,628
$10,468
$15,056
71-72
 $117,833 $91,092 $71,590 $59,345 $85,355
72-73
$21,785
$17,096
$13,042
$10,735
$15,831
72-73
 $119,661 $93,905 $71,637 $58,965 $86,957
73-74
$22,846
$17,727
$13,407
$11,011
$16,336
73-74
 $118,141 $91,669 $69,330 $56,940 $84,476
74-75
$23,824
$18,577
$14,105
$11,480
$16,995
74-75
 $110,953 $86,517 $65,690 $53,465 $79,149
75-76
$25,511
$19,960
$15,387
$12,438
$18,404
75-76
 $108,872 $85,182 $65,666 $53,081 $78,542
76-77
$26,809
$21,119
$16,425
$13,546
$19,801
76-77
 $108,178 $85,218 $66,277 $54,660 $79,900
77-78
$28,354
$22,158
$17,215
$14,568
$20,973
77-78
 $107,427 $83,952 $65,224 $55,195 $79,462
78-79
$30,081
$23,113
$17,990
$15,226
$22,110
78-79
 $105,929 $81,392 $63,351 $53,618 $77,860
79-80
$32,308
$25,031
$19,158
$16,317
$23,758
79-80
 $102,175 $79,161 $60,588 $51,603 $75,135
80-81
$35,167
$27,750
$20,651
$18,117
$26,262
80-81
 $97,990 $77,323 $57,542 $50,481 $73,177
81-82
$38,907
$30,379
$22,407
$19,513
$28,634
81-82
 $98,273 $76,733 $56,597 $49,287 $72,325
82-83
$42,147
$32,731
$23,710
$20,758
$30,734
82-83
 $100,279 $77,876 $56,413 $49,389 $73,125
83-84
$44,553
$34,586
$26,011
$22,964
$33,297
83-84
 $102,705 $79,728 $59,961 $52,937 $76,757
84-85
$46,537
$36,001
$27,651
$24,366
$35,272
84-85
 $102,838 $79,556 $61,104 $53,844 $77,945
85-86
$48,303
$37,409
$28,624
$25,198
$36,805
85-86
 $103,070 $79,824 $61,079 $53,768 $78,536
86-87
$50,068
$38,817
$29,597
$26,030
$37,101
86-87
 $104,887 $81,317 $62,002 $54,530 $77,723
87-88
$53,493
$41,307
$31,563
$28,437
$40,002
87-88
 $108,116 $83,487 $63,793 $57,475 $80,849
88-89
$57,277
$42,909
$33,525
$31,695
$42,480
88-89
 $111,166 $83,278 $65,067 $61,515 $82,446
89-90
$59,789
$45,600
$37,371
$32,346
$46,300
89-90
 $110,706 $84,434 $69,197 $59,892 $85,730
90-91
$61,900
$47,900
$39,800
$33,200
$49,000
90-91
 $108,739 $84,146 $69,916 $58,322 $86,078
91-92
$64,400
$49,900
$41,300
$34,400
$51,100
91-92
 $108,563 $84,119 $69,622 $57,990 $86,142
92-93
$66,420
$50,394
$41,946
$34,703
$53,102
92-93
 $108,695 $82,469 $68,644 $56,791 $86,900
93-94
$67,320
$50,920
$43,033
$36,270
$54,312
93-94
 $106,966 $80,908 $68,376 $57,630 $86,298
94-95
$70,400
$53,400
$44,300
$38,300
$56,700
94-95
 $109,068 $82,730 $68,632 $59,337 $87,843
95-96
$69,200
$53,900
$45,000
$42,000
$56,800
95-96
 $104,254 $81,204 $67,795 $63,276 $85,573
96-97
$68,572
$54,236
$44,256
$41,618
$54,890
96-97
 $100,345 $79,366 $64,762 $60,902 $80,323
97-98
$70,045
$56,788
$45,728
$44,766
$56,874
97-98
 $100,201 $81,237 $65,415 $64,040 $81,360
98-99
$72,451
$59,457
$47,926
$46,212
$59,661
98-99
 $102,053 $83,751 $67,508 $65,093 $84,037
99-00
$76,198
$62,895
$49,421
$48,713
$63,027
99-00
 $105,012 $86,679 $68,110 $67,134 $86,861
00-01
$79,842
$65,631
$52,416
$50,283
$65,606
00-01
 $106,456 $87,508 $69,888 $67,044 $87,474
01-02
$85,830
$68,790
$54,458
$50,071
$70,101
01-02
 $111,337 $89,233 $70,642 $64,951 $90,933
02-03
$87,657
$71,936
$56,692
$54,045
$72,915
02-03
 $111,874 $91,809 $72,354 $68,976 $93,059
03-04
$91,726
$73,007
$57,831
$53,651
$73,740
03-04
 $114,458 $91,100 $72,163 $66,947 $92,015
04-05
$95,099
$77,154
$59,084
$56,655
$76,758
04-05
 $115,589 $93,777 $71,814 $68,862 $93,296
05-06
$100,131
$81,288
$64,270
$61,855
$80,783
05-06
 $117,717 $95,564 $75,558 $72,718 $94,971
06-07
$106,023
$86,194
$68,457
$64,599
$85,972
06-07
 $120,748 $98,165 $77,965 $73,571 $97,913
07-08
$112,611
$91,765
$71,320
$69,856
$90,763
07-08
 $124,725 $101,636 $78,992 $77,371 $100,527
08-09
$118,912
$91,905
$74,995
$67,229
$94,880
08-09
 $126,869 $98,055 $80,013 $71,728 $101,229
09-10
$119,489
$92,213
$75,260
$71,018
$95,680
09-10
 $127,901 $98,704 $80,558 $76,017 $102,416
10-11
$122,600
$94,639
$75,760
$74,638
$97,605
10-11
 $129,064 $99,629 $79,755 $78,574 $102,752
11-12
$122,963
$97,743
$75,446
$78,918**
$99,091
11-12
 $125,533 $99,786 $77,023 $80,567 $101,162
12-13 $127,247 $99,076 $77,490 $77,642 $100,451 12-13 $127,247 $99,076 $77,490 $77,642 $100,451
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Professors
Associates
Assistants
Instructors
Total
Professor
Associate
Assistant
Instructor
Total

 

* using Consumer Price Index, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. (as of 3/15/13)

**due to unusual tuition benefit distribution, Instructor compensation is greater than Assisstant Professor in 2011-12