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2003-04 AAUP Salary Report

2003-04 AAUP Salary Report: "Table C shows the average
salary of full professors in different disciplines relative to the average
salary of full professors in English language and literature for 2001%u201302
(see the Entire Sample column).20
Average salaries vary widely across disciplines at the institutions in this
sample. At the full professor level, the highest-paying disciplines relative
to English are business management and administrative services, computer science,
economics, engineering, and law and legal studies. Full professors%u2019 salaries
in these fields are, on average, 34.3 percent, 19.1 percent, 17.4 percent,
16.5 percent, and 44.5 percent higher, respectively, than the salaries of
their counterparts in English language and literature. The lowest-paying fields
are foreign language and literature, home economics, and visual and performing
arts. On average at these institutions nationwide, salaries of full professors
in these fields are 10.8 percent, 8.4 percent, and 15.2 percent lower than
the salaries of their counterparts in English language and literature."

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