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 1965-2011. Click here to display a graph of the averages in current (year 2011) 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 (2011)* 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
$94,710
$75,665
$61,065
$48,713
$69,959
65-66
$15,123
$10,967
$9,020
$7,195
$10,519
65-66
$108,646
$78,788
$64,801
$51,690
$75,570
66-67
$15,983
$11,718
$9,625
$7,591
$11,150
66-67
$111,634
$81,845
$67,226
$53,020
$77,878
67-68
$16,800
$12,390
$10,040
$8,126
$11,765
67-68
$113,828
$83,948
$68,026
$55,057
$79,713
68-69
$17,582
$13,326
$10,935
$8,819
$12,569
68-69
$114,334
$86,657
$71,109
$57,349
$81,735
69-70
$18,671
$14,147
$11,575
$9,182
$13,384
69-70
$115,129
$87,233
$71,374
$56,618
$82,529
70-71
$19,918
$15,277
$12,395
$9,866
$14,348
70-71
$116,171
$89,103
$72,294
$57,543
$83,683
71-72
$20,785
$16,068
$12,628
$10,468
$15,056
71-72
$116,139
$89,782
$70,561
$58,492
$84,128
72-73
$21,785
$17,096
$13,042
$10,735
$15,831
72-73
$117,941
$92,556
$70,608
$58,118
$85,707
73-74
$22,846
$17,727
$13,407
$11,011
$16,336
73-74
$116,443
$90,352
$68,333
$56,121
$83,262
74-75
$23,824
$18,577
$14,105
$11,480
$16,995
74-75
$109,358
$85,273
$64,746
$52,696
$78,012
75-76
$25,511
$19,960
$15,387
$12,438
$18,404
75-76
$107,307
$83,958
$64,723
$52,318
$77,413
76-77
$26,809
$21,119
$16,425
$13,546
$19,801
76-77
$106,623
$83,993
$65,325
$53,875
$78,752
77-78
$28,354
$22,158
$17,215
$14,568
$20,973
77-78
$105,883
$82,745
$64,286
$54,402
$78,320
78-79
$30,081
$23,113
$17,990
$15,226
$22,110
78-79
$104,407
$80,222
$62,441
$52,847
$76,741
79-80
$32,308
$25,031
$19,158
$16,317
$23,758
79-80
$100,707
$78,024
$59,717
$50,861
$74,056
80-81
$35,167
$27,750
$20,651
$18,117
$26,262
80-81
$96,581
$76,211
$56,715
$49,756
$72,125
81-82
$38,907
$30,379
$22,407
$19,513
$28,634
81-82
$96,861
$75,630
$55,783
$48,579
$71,286
82-83
$42,147
$32,731
$23,710
$20,758
$30,734
82-83
$98,838
$76,757
$55,602
$48,679
$72,074
83-84
$44,553
$34,586
$26,011
$22,964
$33,297
83-84
$101,228
$78,582
$59,099
$52,176
$75,654
84-85
$46,537
$36,001
$27,651
$24,366
$35,272
84-85
$101,360
$78,412
$60,225
$53,071
$76,824
85-86
$48,303
$37,409
$28,624
$25,198
$36,805
85-86
$101,589
$78,677
$60,201
$52,995
$77,407
86-87
$50,068
$38,817
$29,597
$26,030
$37,101
86-87
$103,379
$80,149
$61,111
$53,746
$76,605
87-88
$53,493
$41,307
$31,563
$28,437
$40,002
87-88
$106,562
$82,287
$62,876
$56,649
$79,687
88-89
$57,277
$42,909
$33,525
$31,695
$42,480
88-89
$109,568
$82,081
$64,132
$60,631
$81,261
89-90
$59,789
$45,600
$37,371
$32,346
$46,300
89-90
$109,114
$83,220
$68,203
$59,032
$84,498
90-91
$61,900
$47,900
$39,800
$33,200
$49,000
90-91
$107,177
$82,936
$68,912
$57,484
$84,841
91-92
$64,400
$49,900
$41,300
$34,400
$51,100
91-92
$107,002
$82,910
$68,621
$57,157
$84,904
92-93
$66,420
$50,394
$41,946
$34,703
$53,102
92-93
$107,133
$81,284
$67,658
$55,975
$85,651
93-94
$67,320
$50,920
$43,033
$36,270
$54,312
93-94
$105,428
$79,745
$67,393
$56,802
$85,058
94-95
$70,400
$53,400
$44,300
$38,300
$56,700
94-95
$107,500
$81,541
$67,646
$58,484
$86,580
95-96
$69,200
$53,900
$45,000
$42,000
$56,800
95-96
$102,756
$80,037
$66,821
$62,366
$84,343
96-97
$68,572
$54,236
$44,256
$41,618
$54,890
96-97
$98,903
$78,225
$63,831
$60,026
$79,169
97-98
$70,045
$56,788
$45,728
$44,766
$56,874
97-98
$98,761
$80,070
$64,475
$63,119
$80,190
98-99
$72,451
$59,457
$47,926
$46,212
$59,661
98-99
$100,586
$82,547
$66,537
$64,158
$82,830
99-00
$76,198
$62,895
$49,421
$48,713
$63,027
99-00
$103,503
$85,433
$67,131
$66,169
$85,612
00-01
$79,842
$65,631
$52,416
$50,283
$65,606
00-01
$104,926
$86,250
$68,883
$66,081
$86,217
01-02
$85,830
$68,790
$54,458
$50,071
$70,101
01-02
$109,736
$87,950
$69,626
$64,017
$89,626
02-03
$87,657
$71,936
$56,692
$54,045
$72,915
02-03
$110,266
$90,490
$71,314
$67,984
$91,721
03-04
$91,726
$73,007
$57,831
$53,651
$73,740
03-04
$112,813
$89,791
$71,126
$65,985
$90,692
04-05
$95,099
$77,154
$59,084
$56,655
$76,758
04-05
$113,927
$92,430
$70,782
$67,872
$91,955
05-06
$100,131
$81,288
$64,270
$61,855
$80,783
05-06
$116,025
$94,191
$74,472
$71,673
$93,606
06-07
$106,023
$86,194
$68,457
$64,599
$85,972
06-07
$119,013
$96,754
$76,844
$72,514
$96,505
07-08
$112,611
$91,765
$71,320
$69,856
$90,763
07-08
$122,932
$100,176
$77,857
$76,259
$99,082
08-09
$118,912
$91,905
$74,995
$67,229
$94,880
08-09
$125,045
$96,645
$78,863
$70,697
$99,774
09-10
$119,489
$92,213
$75,260
$71,018
$95,680
09-10
$126,062
$97,286
$79,400
$74,925
$100,944
10-11
$122,600
$94,639
$75,760
$74,638
$97,605
10-11
$127,209
$98,197
$78,608
$77,444
$101,275
11-12
$122,963
$97,743
$75,446
$78,918**
$99,091
11-12
$122,963
$97,743
$75,446
$78,918
$99,091
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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 1/13/12)

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