Analysis of 2008 and
2009 Salary Offer Survey Results
Sent to IS World
January 21, 2010
AIS, ISWORLD NET, and the University
of Pittsburgh announce the results of the
last two years' MIS Faculty
Salary Offer Survey. I apologize for missing this last year, especially because
the salary levels were at an all-time record high.
Anyway, please provide your 2010/2011 salary
offer information at http://www.pitt.edu/~galletta/salsurv.html. We need your offer information!
Please remember that in 2005 the
reporting changed and all previous numbers were recalculated for consistency as
reported earlier. What is important is that, unless indicated otherwise, only
US and PhD/DBA holders are represented in the analysis. Those who
wish to analyze other categories should note that the numbers are extremely
small and few countries are represented. Also, please note that in many
countries, educators are seriously underpaid and must take on other jobs to
support a family. The high variance could distort the results if all countries
are combined without taking appropriate caution.
The number of entries increased to 44 in 2008/2009 and then
dipped to 27 in 2009/2010, from 30 in 2007/2008. Such a small sample carries
with it obvious cautions in interpretation.
Please submit your offers, especially
if you are a brand new assistant professor.
If you have submitted your offer information and did not see it posted,
please let me know. From time to time I
receive a blank survey and wonder if the Unix software malfunctioned.
Some definitions are shown below and
more are shown at the survey Web site.
Bottom line for this year compared
against previous years (US, PhD-only assistant professor candidates, the
largest subgroup):
2009/2010:
103,200 in research schools (n=5); 89,500 in teaching schools (n=9)
2008/2009:
114,409 in research schools (n=11); 97,278 in teaching schools (n=9)
2007/2008:
107,600 in research schools (n=5); 88,417 in teaching schools (n=6)
2006/2007: 105,017 in research schools
(n=15); 82,041 in teaching schools (n=10)
2005/2006: $99,458 in research schools
(n=12); 88,773 in teaching schools (n=11)
2004/2005: $103,000* in research
schools (n=6); $79,316 in teaching schools (n=19)
2003/2004: $100,448 in research
schools (n=29); $86,769 in teaching schools (n=13)
2002/2003: $100,502 in research
schools (n=30); $85,500 in teaching schools (n=5)
2001/2002: $ 95,161* in research schools (n=52); $79,050* in teaching
schools (n=10)
2000/2001: $ 87,192 in research schools (n=59); $73,647 in teaching schools (n=34)
*
Items with asterisk denote places where updates were made to a previous year or
errors were corrected.
The main focus is on U.S. Assistant Professors,
given the numbers, the currency complications, and the situation with many
schools outside the
Figures
for 2008/2009 show salaries at the highest level in research
schools ever, and
salaries for
2009/2010 (based on a smaller sample) returned to the 2004/2005 levels. The mix of
research and teaching positions continues to be volatile, with a higher proportion
of new offers shifting between
research and teaching schools each year since 2006/2007. In 2009/2010 there
were only 5 research position offers reported.
The cumulative spreadsheet, in Excel
Pivot Table form, is available by going to http://www.milletsoftware.com/Download/SalaryOffers.xls. Thanks to
Ido Millet of Penn State Erie for again graciously providing this tool. It is
recommended, however, that the numbers be interpreted with caution, as
different salary categories should not be mixed, such as doctorally-qualified
candidates and non-doctoral candidates, research and teaching positions, and US
and non-US positions.
The pivot table has to be manipulated to derive my figures above by using the
following settings:
Country:
USA only
Accreditation:
(All)
Region:
(All)
Union:
(All)
Identity
revealed? (All)
Private/Public…
(All)
Candidate
Education: Phd/DBA
Offer
Accepted? (All)
Schl_deg:
(All)
Note
that on the pivot table some of the fields have to be dragged from the Results
section to the Filtering Options section, and some have to be dragged in the
reverse direction. The Results section needs to depict only Asst professors by
Year and Teaching/Research designation.
Including
all USA data, the correlation between salaries and teaching
load weakened
from .60 in 2007/2008 to -.40 in 2008/2009 and weakened again to -.29 in
2009/2010. It is possible that the ground lost in salaries is making the
difference less striking.
Again
using USA data, the correlation between summer support and
teaching load has twice
strengthened (from
-.64 in 2007/2008 to -.74 in 2008/2009 and -.95 in 2009/2010.
Both
research and teaching schools have sharply reduced summer
support in
their offers. Salary shortfalls are taking a tool on this important category
across the board. Only 2 research schools and 3 teaching schools in the entire
2009/2010 pool offered summer support. In research and teaching schools, summer
support was only offered for 25% and 16% of the offers, respectively.
Teaching loads in research schools have reversed
their healthy decline and increased sharply to 3.8, close to the maximum given
the definition of research schools set the boundary at 4 semester-long courses
per year. Teaching schools require nearly the highest teaching load ever
recorded, at 7.0 per year. See the last table for the detail. The budget pressures could be taking a
toll on teaching loads across the board.
Salary results: US only PhD/DBA only
Assistant Professor (please note a correction for Overall in 2004/2005 and 2007/2008 from the last
report):
|
Year |
Overall |
Research Only |
change |
Teaching Only |
% change |
|
2009/2010 |
94,393 (n=14) |
103,200 (n=5) |
-11,209 |
89,500 (n=9) |
-7,778 |
|
2008/2009 |
106,700 (n=20) |
114,409 (n=11) |
+ 6,809 (+6.3%) |
97,278 (n=9) |
+8,861 (+10.0%) |
|
2007/2008 |
96,292 (n=12)* |
107,600 (n=5)*** |
+ 2,583 |
88,417 (n=6) |
+ 6,376 (+7.8%) |
|
2006/2007 |
95,826 (n=25) |
105,017 (n=15) |
+5,559 (+5.6%) |
82,041 (n=10) |
-
6,732 (-7.6%) |
|
2005/2006 |
94,348 (n=23) |
99,458 (n=12) |
-3,542 |
88,773 (n=11) |
+ 9,457 (+12%) |
|
2004/2005 |
84,423 (N=26)** |
103,000 (n=6)*** |
+2,552 (+2.5%)*** |
79,316 (n=19) |
-
7,453 (-8.6%) |
|
2003/2004 |
96,214 (N=34) |
100,448 (n=29) |
- 53 (-.05%) |
86,769 (n=13) |
+ 1,269 (1.5%) |
|
2002/2003 |
98,359 (N=35) |
100,502 (n=30) |
+ 5,341 (+5.6%) |
85,500 (n=5) |
+ 6,450 (8.2%) |
|
2001/2002 |
92,562 (N=62) |
95,161 (n=52) |
+ 7,962 (+9.1%) |
79,050 (n=10) |
+ 5,403 (7.3%) |
|
2000/2001 |
82,244 (N=93) |
87,198 (n=59) |
|
73,647 (n=34) |
|
Notes:
*
In 2007/2008, one person at $87,000 failed to indicate teaching load.
**
In 2004/2005, one person at $70,000 failed to indicate teaching load.
***
Recast since last report due to changes in data.
Results for Assistants who Switched Schools (USA only,
PhD only):
|
Year |
Overall |
Research Only |
Change |
Teaching Only |
change |
|
2009/2010 |
98,800 (n=5) |
120,000 (n=1) |
n/a |
93,500 (n=4) |
+1,900 (2.1%) |
|
2008/2009 |
91,600 (n=5 |
(none) |
n/a |
91,600 (n=5) |
+1,267 (1.4%) |
|
2007/2008 |
92,750 (n=4) |
100,000 (n=1) |
n/a |
90,333 (n=3) |
8,666 (+10.6%) |
|
2006/2007 |
81,667 (n=3) |
(none) |
n/a |
81,667 (n=3) |
-3,333 (-3.9%) |
|
2005/2006 |
97,500 (n=4) |
101,667 (n=3) |
- 6,833 (-6.3%) |
85,000 (n=1) |
-4,833 (-5.4%) |
|
2004/2005 |
100,500 (N=7) |
108,500 (n=4) |
+22,871 (26.4%) |
89,833 (n=3) |
4,875 (5.7%) |
|
2003/2004 |
85,188 (N=16) |
85,875 (n=4) |
-14,696 (-14.6%) |
84,958 (n=12) |
3,244 (4.0%) |
|
2002/2003 |
94,286 (N=21) |
100,571 (n=14) |
+ 1,935 ( 2.0%) |
81,714 (n=7) |
2,481 (3.1%) |
|
2001/2002 |
90,770 (N=37) |
98,636 (n=22) |
+ 8,958 (10.0%) |
79,233 (n=15) |
1,419 (1.8%) |
|
2000/2001 |
83,966 (N=27) |
89,679 (n=14) |
|
77,814 (n=13) |
|
Results
for Associates (USA only, PhD only, both tenured and untenured):
|
Year |
Overall |
Research Only |
change |
Teaching Only |
% change |
|
2009/2010 |
135,000 (n=1) |
None (n=0) |
n/a |
135,000 (n=1) |
+57,000 (+73.1%) |
|
2008/2009 |
99,800 (n=5) |
132,500 (n=2) |
-11,000 (-7.7%) |
78,000 (n=3) |
-15,000 |
|
2007/2008 |
118,250 (n=2) |
143,500 (n=1) |
+23,500(19.6%) |
93,000 (n=1) |
12,333 (15.3%) |
|
2006/2007 |
96,400 (n=5) |
120,000 (n=2) |
+29,000(31.9%) |
80,667 (n=3) |
-
4,000 (-4.7%) |
|
2005/2006 |
87,200 (n=5) |
91,000 (n=2) |
-34,333(-27.4%) |
84,667 (n=3) |
-10,333 (-10.9%) |
|
2004/2005 |
121,000 (N=7) |
125,333 (n=6) |
n/a |
95,000 (n=1) |
- 23,333 (-19.7%) |
|
2003/2004 |
118,333 (N=3) |
none (n=0) |
n/a |
118,333 (n=3) |
+38,133 (47.6%) |
|
2002/2003 |
89,045 (N=11) |
96,417 (n=6) |
-10,271 (-9.6%) |
80,200 (n=5) |
- 4,467 (-5.2%) |
|
2001/2002 |
100,682 (N=22) |
106,688 (n=16) |
+ 2,688 (2.6%) |
84,667 (n=6) |
+ 3,416 (4.2%) |
|
2000/2001 |
91,001 (N=14) |
104,000 (n=6) |
|
81,251 (n=8) |
|
Results for Summer Support (all)
|
Year |
Overall |
Research Only |
Proportion |
Teaching Only |
Proportion |
|
2009/2010 |
11.832 |
20,000 |
2 of 8 (25%) |
6,387 |
3 of 19 (16%) |
|
2008/2009 |
14,615 |
20,393 |
13 of 19 (68%) |
8,356 |
12 of 20 (60%) |
|
2007/2008 |
12,021 |
18,542 |
6 of 9 (67%) |
4,400 |
5 of 20 (25%) |
|
2006/2007 |
13,580 |
15,895 |
14 of 20 (70%) |
9,528 |
8 of 24 (33%) |
|
2005/2006 |
13,251 |
16,595 |
14 of 18 (78%) |
9,350 |
12 of 17 (71%) |
|
2004/2005 |
11,172 |
15,676 |
12 of 24 (50%) |
7,015 |
13 of 33 (39%) |
|
2003/2004 |
15,075 |
17,929 |
35 of 44 (80%) |
9,525 |
18 of 33 (55%) |
|
2002/2003 |
16,246 |
18,414 |
53 of 62 (85%) |
9,062 |
16 of 28 (57%) |
|
2001/2002 |
17,666 |
19,443 |
93 of 103 (90%) |
11,056 |
25 of 42 (60%) |
|
2000/2001 |
13,785 |
17,365 |
83 of 93 (89%) |
7,182 |
45 of 66 (68%) |
Results for Teaching Load, in number
of courses (see below) (recast as U.S. only, PhD only, all positions)
|
Year |
Overall |
Research Only |
Teaching Only |
|
2009/2010 |
6.1 |
3.8 |
7.0 |
|
2008/2009 |
5.6 |
3.5 |
7.1 |
|
2007/2008 |
5.3 |
3.3 |
6.4 |
|
2006/2007 |
4.9 |
3.4 |
6.3 |
|
2005/2006 |
5.0 |
3.6 |
6.8 |
|
2004/2005 |
5.4 |
3.8 |
6.5 |
|
2003/2004 |
4.7 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
|
2002/2003 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
5.7 |
|
2001/2002 |
4.2 |
3.7 |
5.7 |
|
2000/2001 |
4.6 |
3.6 |
6.0 |
-.29
= 2009/2010 Correlation between teaching load and salary
-.95 = 2009/2010
Correlation between teaching load and summer support
A “course” is considered to be in 3-credit
equivalents, which counts for 45 nominal class hours (including breaks) times
4=180, or 37.5 teaching hours times 4=150. As before, a maximum teaching load
of 4 courses per year defined "research institutions," and those
schools above 4 courses per year were labeled "teaching
institutions." Even though schools with higher teaching loads often value
and even require research productivity, it seems logical to categorize the
schools based on this single, explicit, and quantifiable indicator of a
school’s support (not just desire) for research. Although it is an imperfect
measure, it does capture much of the decision process of candidates, who
consider 180 nominal class hours (including breaks) or 150 teaching hours to be
the limit for what they consider a research orientation.
This Year’s Survey
This year, we are continuing to allow
candidates to choose either an anonymous or non-anonymous (only to Dennis)
entry.
Anonymous submissions are certainly
appreciated, but in the past some deans stated that they did not wish to pay
attention to anonymous data. It seems that we need a substantial body of
verified/verifiable data for extending the impact of the survey. A
non-anonymous entry will simply have a "yes" in the "identity
revealed?" column as before. Just visit http://www.pitt.edu/~galletta/salsurv.html .
We hope you find the results from last year
interesting and useful, and that we receive a larger number of submissions this
year, especially with identities revealed!
Dennis Galletta
Page Editor: Salary Survey