Preferences Over The Characteristics
of Economics Departments
Summary Statistics on Average Salary Data
Department chairs were surveyed in January 2002. The email-based survey asked each chair to provide the most current average salary data by faculty rank.
Thirty-two of the department chairs provided at least one average: 21 chairs (68%) at public universities/colleges and 11 (42%) at private universities/colleges.
Average 2001/2002 salary data, summary statistics:|
Overall |
Mean |
Median |
Min |
Max |
S.d. |
|
Assistant |
$
71,516 |
$
71,000 |
$ 63,000 |
$
90,000 |
$
5,639 |
|
Associate |
$
85,500 |
$
79,000 |
$ 62,000 |
$130,000 |
$ 18,322 |
|
Full |
$122,700 |
$118,500 |
$ 90,000 |
$170,000 |
$ 21,638 |
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