Average Faculty Compensation
Northwest
2007-08 through 2011-12
Faculty status in this view includes all individuals employed on a full-time basis for the primary 
purpose of instruction or research.  Departmental Chairs are included; all other administrators 
are excluded.
1 Yr 5 Yr
  2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 % Chg % Chg
Professor $100,700 $106,900 $106,400 $107,800 $109,300 1.4% 8.5%
Associate Professor $87,900 $85,700 $87,900 $87,500 $91,900 5.0% 4.6%
Assistant Professor $65,100 $69,400 $71,000 $73,200 $75,400 3.0% 15.8%
Notes: Compensation for fiscal-year faculty is converted to an academic-year base.
Source: "The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2011-12,"
"Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors" (March-April 2012).