[AISWorld] Overdue results from 2008 and 2009 Salary Surveys
Galletta, Dennis
galletta at katz.pitt.edu
Thu Jan 21 03:32:28 EST 2010
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 U.S. where many professors must supplement their earnings with consulting. For reporting averages, it makes sense to minimize variance. If there were enough data points from outside the U.S., I would report many more averages. Note that the sample size continues to be small, so these numbers need to be interpreted with caution.
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
(-9.8%)
89,500 (n=9)
-7,778
(-8.0%)
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
(+ 2.5%)
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
(-3.6%)***
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
(-16.1%)
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
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