History of St. Olaf Faculty Salaries

A record of average St. Olaf faculty salaries 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
$11,252
$9,128
$7,600
$6,320
$8,561
64-65
$82,140
$66,634
$55,480
$46,136
$62,495
65-66
$13,122
$9,641
$8,122
$6,836
$9,360
65-66
$94,270
$69,262
$58,349
$49,111
$67,243
66-67
$13,814
$10,272
$8,637
$7,156
$9,892
66-67
$96,485
$71,745
$60,326
$49,982
$69,091
67-68
$14,562
$10,784
$9,090
$7,637
$10,444
67-68
$98,664
$73,066
$61,589
$51,744
$70,763
68-69
$15,135
$11,642
$9,738
$8,296
$11,094
68-69
$98,421
$75,706
$63,325
$53,948
$72,143
69-70
$16,072
$12,283
$10,400
$8,679
$11,841
69-70
$99,103
$75,740
$64,129
$53,517
$73,014
70-71
$17,129
$13,151
$11,060
$9,267
$12,619
70-71
$99,904
$76,703
$64,507
$54,050
$73,600
71-72
$17,938
$13,894
$11,360
$9,751
$13,272
71-72
$100,231
$77,635
$63,476
$54,485
$74,159
72-73
$18,605
$14,712
$11,667
$9,874
$13,839
72-73
$100,725
$79,649
$63,164
$53,457
$74,923
73-74
$19,326
$15,092
$11,816
$10,107
$14,132
73-74
$98,502
$76,922
$60,224
$51,514
$72,029
74-75
$20,251
$15,742
$12,364
$10,579
$14,697
74-75
$92,957
$72,260
$56,754
$48,560
$67,463
75-76
$21,406
$16,870
$13,504
$11,412
$15,843
75-76
$90,040
$70,961
$56,802
$48,003
$66,641
76-77
$22,303
$17,647
$14,285
$12,380
$16,868
76-77
$88,702
$70,185
$56,814
$49,237
$67,087
77-78
$23,439
$18,498
$14,976
$13,160
$17,797
77-78
$87,529
$69,078
$55,925
$49,144
$66,460
78-79
$24,936
$19,503
$15,708
$13,895
$18,862
78-79
$86,549
$67,692
$54,520
$48,228
$65,467
79-80
$26,459
$20,717
$16,731
$14,877
$20,063
79-80
$82,475
$64,577
$52,152
$46,373
$62,538
80-81
$28,966
$22,837
$18,169
$16,390
$22,158
80-81
$79,551
$62,719
$49,899
$45,013
$60,854
81-82
$32,018
$24,825
$19,647
$17,477
$24,040
81-82
$79,710
$61,803
$48,912
$43,510
$59,849
82-83
$34,986
$26,905
$20,613
$18,359
$25,826
82-83
$82,045
$63,094
$48,339
$43,053
$60,564
83-84
$36,944
$28,619
$22,511
$19,983
$27,965
83-84
$83,940
$65,025
$51,147
$45,403
$63,539
84-85
$38,452
$29,714
$23,526
$21,237
$29,426
84-85
$83,751
$64,719
$51,241
$46,255
$64,091
85-86
$39,600
$30,900
$24,800
$22,200
$30,153
85-86
$83,285
$64,988
$52,158
$46,690
$63,416
86-87
$40,700
$32,200
$25,300
$22,200
$30,879
86-87
$84,037
$66,486
$52,239
$45,838
$63,758
87-88
$43,700
$34,000
$26,800
$24,400
$33,241
87-88
$87,054
$67,731
$53,388
$48,607
$66,219
88-89
$46,021
$35,082
$27,875
$25,220
$34,487
88-89
$88,035
$67,110
$53,323
$48,244
$65,971
89-90
$48,076
$37,171
$30,456
$26,354
$37,533
89-90
$87,739
$67,837
$55,582
$48,096
$68,498
90-91
$49,963
$38,637
$32,445
$27,203
$39,647
90-91
$86,508
$66,898
$56,177
$47,101
$68,647
91-92
$52,104
$40,513
$33,853
$28,420
$41,526
91-92
$86,572
$67,313
$56,248
$47,221
$68,997
92-93
$53,898
$41,022
$34,181
$28,621
$43,197
92-93
$86,936
$66,167
$55,133
$46,165
$69,676
93-94
$55,144
$41,728
$35,497
$30,069
$44,565
93-94
$86,360
$65,350
$55,591
$47,091
$69,793
94-95
$57,487
$43,930
$36,458
$31,055
$46,446
94-95
$87,782
$67,081
$55,671
$47,421
$70,923
95-96
$56,700
$43,900
$36,800
$34,500
$46,400
95-96
$84,194
$65,187
$54,645
$51,229
$68,900
96-97
$55,511
$44,397
$36,571
$34,514
$44,875
96-97
$80,065
$64,035
$52,747
$49,780
$64,724
97-98
$57,643
$46,617
$37,320
$36,898
$46,687
97-98
$81,275
$65,728
$52,620
$52,025
$65,828
98-99
$59,983
$49,088
$39,521
$38,076
$49,288
98-99
$83,277
$68,150
$54,869
$52,863
$68,428
99-00
$62,720
$51,948
$40,312
$39,981
$51,861
99-00
$85,196
$70,564
$54,758
$54,308
$70,445
00-01
$65,498
$53,522
$42,373
$41,070
$53,548
00-01
$86,075
$70,337
$55,685
$53,974
$70,371
01-02
$67,991
$55,422
$43,365
$39,906
$55,948
01-02
$86,929
$70,859
$55,444
$51,021
$71,531
02-03
$69,305
$57,331
$44,463
$42,329
$57,709
02-03
$87,180
$72,118
$55,931
$53,247
$72,593
03-04
$71,961
$57,878
$45,037
$42,586
$58,034
03-04
$88,504
$71,184
$55,391
$52,377
$71,375
04-05
$73,998
$59,310
$45,708
$44,132
$59,456
04-05
$88,649
$71,052
$54,758
$52,869
$71,228
05-06
$77,219
$61,828
$49,525
$46,689
$62,061
05-06
$89,476
$71,642
$57,386
$54,100
$71,912
06-07
$81,871
$65,332
$52,771
$49,638
$65,979
06-07
$91,902
$73,336
$59,236
$55,720
$74,063
07-08
$85,953
$68,326
$54,780
$50,288
$68,837
07-08
$93,831
$74,588
$59,801
$54,897
$75,146
08-09
$89,889
$69,770
$57,161
$50,243
$71,940
08-09
$94,526
$73,369
$60,110
$52,834
$75,651
09-10
$89,506
$69,113
$56,615
$52,497
$71,748
09-10
$94,430
$72,915
$59,729
$55,385
$75,695
10-11
$91,533
$69,981
$56,535
$54,457
$72,668
10-11
$94,975
$72,612
$58,661
$56,505
$75,400
11-12
$93,351
$71,407
$57,064
$52,220
$73,885
11-12
$93,351
$71,407
$57,064
$52,220
$73,885
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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)