History of St. Olaf Faculty Compensation

    Faculty Compensation in actual & current (2014)* dollars:

    A record of average St. Olaf faculty compensation by rank and total, taken from reports submitted to the AAUP during the period 1964-65 – 2014-15. The tables below give the actual averages (on the left) and the corresponding averages in today’s dollars (on the right). See also a graph of the averages in current (year 2014) 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 $99,063 $79,142 $63,871 $50,952 $73,174
    65-66 $15,123 $10,967 $9,020 $7,195 $10,519 65-66 $113,639 $82,409 $67,779 $54,065 $79,043
    66-67 $15,983 $11,718 $9,625 $7,591 $11,150 66-67 $116,765 $85,607 $70,316 $55,456 $81,457
    67-68 $16,800 $12,390 $10,040 $8,126 $11,765 67-68 $119,059 $87,806 $71,152 $57,588 $83,377
    68-69 $17,582 $13,326 $10,935 $8,819 $12,569 68-69 $119,588 $90,640 $74,377 $59,984 $85,491
    69-70 $18,671 $14,147 $11,575 $9,182 $13,384 69-70 $120,420 $91,242 $74,654 $59,220 $86,321
    70-71 $19,918 $15,277 $12,395 $9,866 $14,348 70-71 $121,510 $93,198 $75,616 $60,188 $87,529
    71-72 $20,785 $16,068 $12,628 $10,468 $15,056 71-72 $121,477 $93,909 $73,804 $61,180 $87,995
    72-73 $21,785 $17,096 $13,042 $10,735 $15,831 72-73 $123,361 $96,809 $73,853 $60,789 $89,646
    73-74 $22,846 $17,727 $13,407 $11,011 $16,336 73-74 $121,794 $94,504 $71,474 $58,701 $87,089
    74-75 $23,824 $18,577 $14,105 $11,480 $16,995 74-75 $114,384 $89,192 $67,721 $55,118 $81,597
    75-76 $25,511 $19,960 $15,387 $12,438 $18,404 75-76 $112,239 $87,817 $67,697 $54,723 $80,971
    76-77 $26,809 $21,119 $16,425 $13,546 $19,801 76-77 $111,524 $87,854 $68,327 $56,350 $82,371
    77-78 $28,354 $22,158 $17,215 $14,568 $20,973 77-78 $110,749 $86,548 $67,241 $56,902 $81,919
    78-79 $30,081 $23,113 $17,990 $15,226 $22,110 78-79 $109,205 $83,909 $65,310 $55,276 $80,267
    79-80 $32,308 $25,031 $19,158 $16,317 $23,758 79-80 $105,335 $81,609 $62,461 $53,199 $77,459
    80-81 $35,167 $27,750 $20,651 $18,117 $26,262 80-81 $101,020 $79,714 $59,322 $52,042 $75,440
    81-82 $38,907 $30,379 $22,407 $19,513 $28,634 81-82 $101,312 $79,106 $58,347 $50,811 $74,562
    82-83 $42,147 $32,731 $23,710 $20,758 $30,734 82-83 $103,380 $80,284 $58,157 $50,916 $75,386
    83-84 $44,553 $34,586 $26,011 $22,964 $33,297 83-84 $105,880 $82,194 $61,815 $54,574 $79,131
    84-85 $46,537 $36,001 $27,651 $24,366 $35,272 84-85 $106,018 $82,016 $62,993 $55,509 $80,355
    85-86 $48,303 $37,409 $28,624 $25,198 $36,805 85-86 $106,258 $82,293 $62,967 $55,431 $80,964
    86-87 $50,068 $38,817 $29,597 $26,030 $37,101 86-87 $108,130 $83,832 $63,920 $56,216 $80,126
    87-88 $53,493 $41,307 $31,563 $28,437 $40,002 87-88 $111,459 $86,068 $65,766 $59,252 $83,349
    88-89 $57,277 $42,909 $33,525 $31,695 $42,480 88-89 $114,603 $85,853 $67,079 $63,417 $84,995
    89-90 $59,789 $45,600 $37,371 $32,346 $46,300 89-90 $114,129 $87,045 $71,337 $61,745 $88,381
    90-91 $61,900 $47,900 $39,800 $33,200 $49,000 90-91 $112,102 $86,748 $72,079 $60,126 $88,740
    91-92 $64,400 $49,900 $41,300 $34,400 $51,100 91-92 $111,920 $86,720 $71,775 $59,783 $88,806
    92-93 $66,420 $50,394 $41,946 $34,703 $53,102 92-93 $112,056 $85,019 $70,767 $58,548 $89,587
    93-94 $67,320 $50,920 $43,033 $36,270 $54,312 93-94 $110,274 $83,410 $70,490 $59,412 $88,967
    94-95 $70,400 $53,400 $44,300 $38,300 $56,700 94-95 $112,440 $85,289 $70,754 $61,171 $90,559
    95-96 $69,200 $53,900 $45,000 $42,000 $56,800 95-96 $107,478 $83,715 $69,892 $65,232 $88,219
    96-97 $68,572 $54,236 $44,256 $41,618 $54,890 96-97 $103,448 $81,820 $66,765 $62,785 $82,807
    97-98 $70,045 $56,788 $45,728 $44,766 $56,874 97-98 $103,300 $83,749 $67,438 $66,020 $83,875
    98-99 $72,451 $59,457 $47,926 $46,212 $59,661 98-99 $105,209 $86,340 $69,595 $67,106 $86,636
    99-00 $76,198 $62,895 $49,421 $48,713 $63,027 99-00 $108,260 $89,359 $70,216 $69,210 $89,547
    00-01 $79,842 $65,631 $52,416 $50,283 $65,606 00-01 $109,748 $90,214 $72,049 $69,118 $90,179
    01-02 $85,830 $68,790 $54,458 $50,071 $70,101 01-02 $114,779 $91,992 $72,826 $66,959 $93,745
    02-03 $87,657 $71,936 $56,692 $54,045 $72,915 02-03 $115,333 $94,648 $74,591 $71,109 $95,937
    03-04 $91,726 $73,007 $57,831 $53,651 $73,740 03-04 $117,998 $93,917 $74,395 $69,017 $94,860
    04-05 $95,099 $77,154 $59,084 $56,655 $76,758 04-05 $119,163 $96,677 $74,035 $70,991 $96,181
    05-06 $100,131 $81,288 $64,270 $61,855 $80,783 05-06 $121,357 $98,520 $77,894 $74,967 $97,908
    06-07 $106,023 $86,194 $68,457 $64,599 $85,972 06-07 $124,482 $101,201 $80,376 $75,846 $100,940
    07-08 $112,611 $91,765 $71,320 $69,856 $90,763 07-08 $128,582 $104,779 $81,435 $79,763 $103,635
    08-09 $118,912 $91,905 $74,995 $67,229 $94,880 08-09 $130,792 $101,087 $82,488 $73,946 $104,359
    09-10 $119,489 $92,213 $75,260 $71,018 $95,680 09-10 $131,856 $101,757 $83,049 $78,368 $105,583
    10-11 $122,600 $94,639 $75,760 $74,638 $97,605 10-11 $133,056 $102,710 $82,221 $81,003 $105,929
    11-12 $122,963 $97,743 $75,446 $78,918 $99,091 11-12 $129,415 $102,871 $79,404 $83,059 $104,290
    12-13 $127,247 $99,076 $77,490 $77,642 $100,451 12-13 $131,182 $102,140 $79,886 $80,043 $103,557
    13-14 $128,177 $102,058 $80,823 $84,952 $103,035 13-14 $130,212 $103,679 $82,106 $86,301 $104,671
    14-15 $129,223 $101,412 $81,577 $81,589 $102,451 14-15 $129,223 $101,412 $81,577 $81,589 $102,451
    Professors Associates Assistants Instructors Total Professor Associate Assistant Instructor Total
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    * using Consumer Price Index, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. (as of 2/26/15)

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