Standard Four: Faculty
CUPA-HR National Faculty Salaries, 2008-2009
Comparator group data indexed to reflect the UM faculty distribution by discipline and rankby rank within disciplines
Comparison Group / Public Research Universities with High Research Activity (RU/H) (Carnegie 2005)
Unweighted statistics / N - Number of Incumbents.
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Code/Title / The University of Montana / Comparison Group / UM Average as a Percentage of Comp Group
(Based on Reported Average Salaries*)
N / Average / Average / Median / N / Average / Median
ALL 4-DIGIT DISCIPLINES REPORTED BY FOCUS UNIT COMBINED /
OVERALL INDEX / 479 / 66,351 / 79,743 / 73,145 / 19,971 / 83.2 / 90.7
Professor / 207 / 77,737 / 97,890 / 91,754 / 6,884 / 79.4 / 84.7
Associate Professor / 121 / 62,806 / 73,854 / 68,851 / 6,456 / 85.0 / 91.2
Assistant Professor / 133 / 55,842 / 61,363 / 56,923 / 5,994 / 91.0 / 98.1
New Assistant Professor / 28 / 53,905 / 59,375 / 55,000 / 628 / 90.8 / 98.0
Instructor / 18 / 36,906 / 46,445 / 43,022 / 637 / 79.5 / 85.8
[03.] NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
03.01 Conservation & Research
Index / 6 / 60,500 / 79,408 / 70,719 / 124 / 76.2 / 85.6
03.05 Forestry /
Index / 24 / 63,645 / 73,537 / 69,444 / 128 / 86.5 / 91.6
[05.] AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND GENDER STUDIES
05.01 Area Studies /
Index / 1 / 91,561 / 105,272 / 99,993 / 15 / 87.0 / 91.6
05.02 Ethnic, Cultural Minority & Gender Studies
Index / 6 / 64,365 / 80,931 / 84,664 / 124 / 79.5 / 76.0
[09.] COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM AND RELATED PROGRAMS
09.01 Communication & Media Studies /
Index / 6 / 63,890 / 72,064 / 65,018 / 534 / 88.7 / 98.3
09.04 Journalism /
Index / 9 / 58,246 / 71,992 / 70,912 / 222 / 80.9 / 82.1
09.07 Radio, Television & Digital Communication
Index / 3 / 53,936 / 67,209 / 69,920 / 67 / 80.3 / 77.1
[11.] COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES
11.01 General /
Index / 8 / 78,337 / 95,449 / 91,840 / 587 / 82.1 / 85.3
[13.] EDUCATION
13.03 Curriculum & Instruction
Index / 16 / 57,542 / 70,343 / 65,149 / 673 / 81.8 / 88.3
13.04 Ed Administration & Supervision
Index / 5 / 58,782 / 70,224 / 69,104 / 446 / 83.7 / 85.1
13.11 Student Counseling & Personnel Srvcs /
Index / 3 / 68,515 / 83,682 / 91,754 / 163 / 81.9 / 74.7
[16.] FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS
16.01 Linguistic, Comp & Rel Studies & Srvcs /
Index / 26 / 56,612 / 62,701 / 59,907 / 715 / 90.3 / 94.5
[22.] LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND STUDIES
22.01 Law (LL.B., J.D.) /
Index / 17 / 96,526 / 114,344 / 131,607 / 433 / 84.4 / 73.3
[23.] ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS
23.01 General /
Index / 30 / 60,603 / 72,078 / 73,145 / 1,352 / 84.1 / 82.9
[24.] LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES
24.01 Liberal Arts & Sci, Gen Studies & Humanities /
Index / 5 / 68,171 / 82,786 / 95,114 / 99 / 82.3 / 71.7
[26.] BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
26.01 General /
Index / 27 / 66,434 / 81,250 / 68,851 / 994 / 81.8 / 96.5
[27.] MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
27.01 Mathematics /
Index / 19 / 64,263 / 76,811 / 91,965 / 1,387 / 83.7 / 69.9
[31.] PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE AND FITNESS STUDIES
31.05 Health & Physical Education/Fitness /
Index / 11 / 61,618 / 79,538 / 91,642 / 362 / 77.5 / 67.2
[38.] PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
38.01 Philosophy /
Index / 5 / 70,211 / 62,573 / 51,192 / 387 / 112.2 / 137.2
[40.] PHYSICAL SCIENCES
40.05 Chemistry /
Index / 11 / 75,052 / 89,781 / 103,504 / 975 / 83.6 / 72.5
40.06 Geological & Earth Sci/Geosciences
Index / 11 / 70,950 / 81,674 / 94,306 / 571 / 86.9 / 75.2
40.08 Physics
Index / 8 / 55,753 / 75,835 / 71,627 / 827 / 73.5 / 77.8
[42.] PSYCHOLOGY
42.01 General /
Index / 16 / 65,364 / 80,349 / 81,683 / 959 / 81.3 / 80.0
[44.] PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS
44.07 Social Work
Index / 9 / 56,792 / 69,359 / 57,354 / 357 / 81.9 / 99.0
[45.] SOCIAL SCIENCES
45.02 Anthropology /
Index / 19 / 56,240 / 66,559 / 64,170 / 301 / 84.5 / 87.6
45.06 Economics /
Index / 8 / 67,826 / 89,436 / 81,655 / 412 / 75.8 / 83.1
45.07 Geography & Cartography
Index / 6 / 60,275 / 73,055 / 65,676 / 251 / 82.5 / 91.8
45.10 Political Science & Government /
Index / 9 / 67,617 / 79,435 / 91,005 / 693 / 85.1 / 74.3
45.11 Sociology /
Index / 9 / 61,401 / 72,591 / 65,208 / 623 / 84.6 / 94.2
[50.] VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
50.05 Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft
Index / 14 / 51,902 / 62,503 / 60,245 / 411 / 83.0 / 86.2
50.06 Film/Video & Photographic Arts
Index / 5 / 55,496 / 85,364 / 106,222 / 47 / 65.0 / 52.2
50.07 Fine & Studio Art /
Index / 11 / 57,133 / 71,335 / 81,166 / 776 / 80.1 / 70.4
50.09 Music /
Index / 21 / 54,644 / 67,682 / 58,979 / 1,235 / 80.7 / 92.6
[51.] HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED CLINICAL SCIENCES
51.02 Communication Disorders Sci & Srvcs
Index / 4 / 65,589 / 60,877 / 57,079 / 154 / 107.7 / 114.9
51.20 Pharmacy, Pharm Sci & Admin
Index / 29 / 68,667 / 85,246 / 79,527 / 189 / 80.6 / 86.3
51.22 Public Health /
Index / 3 / 92,910 / 99,893 / 110,497 / 87 / 93.0 / 84.1
51.23 Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions /
Index / 8 / 78,170 / 82,386 / 83,437 / 170 / 94.9 / 93.7
[52.] BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES
52.02 Admin, Mgt & Operations
Index / 16 / 85,837 / 102,027 / 105,260 / 777 / 84.1 / 81.5
52.03 Accounting & Related Srvcs /
Index / 13 / 90,391 / 121,847 / 117,330 / 521 / 74.2 / 77.0
52.12 Mgt Information Sys & Srvcs /
Index / 8 / 96,286 / 119,416 / 119,693 / 237 / 80.6 / 80.4
[54.] HISTORY GENERAL
54.01 History
Index / 14 / 70,211 / 75,496 / 90,051 / 586 / 93.0 / 78.0