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Table 3

Comparisons of Average UW Full Professor FTE Salaries by College, Division, and Department with Peer Institutions: 1997-98

  8 Peers   UCLA   U of Wash   % to Attain Parity   $ Gap
  $ Ratio N   $ Ratio N   $ Ratio N   Peer UCLA   Peer UCLA
All 9 month FT Faculty                                  
Arts and Sciences $80,301 1.00 2874   $90,407 1.00 467   $67,029 1.00 418   20% 35%   -$13,272 -$23,378
                               
Arts $67,877 0.85 351   $78,468 0.87 46   $55,902 0.83 41   21% 40%   -$11,975 -$22,566
Art $66,784 0.83 101   $79,954 0.88 15   $55,420 0.83 19   21% 44%   -$11,364 -$24,534
Dance $62,507 0.78 4   --     $67,810 1.01 1   *** ***   *** ***
Drama $66,402 0.83 33   $71,169 0.79 13   $62,672 0.93 2   *** ***   *** ***
Music $68,730 0.86 212   $82,447 0.91 18   $55,045 0.82 19   25% 50%   -$13,685 -$27,402
Humanities $76,158 0.95 504   $84,089 0.93 99   $60,727 0.91 65   25% 38%   -$15,431 -$23,362
Comp Lit $70,168 0.87 5   --     $70,520 1.05 2   *** ***   *** ***
Asian LL $71,190 0.89 19   $74,106 0.82 5   $58,498 0.87 7   22% 27%   -$12,692 -$15,608
Classics $74,708 0.93 45   $76,210 0.84 5   $55,557 0.83 4   *** ***   -$19,151 -$20,653
English $75,957 0.95 205   $90,605 1.00 31   $61,917 0.92 26   23% 46%   -$14,040 -$28,688
German $76,460 0.95 35   $85,244 0.94 6   $61,606 0.92 8   24% 38%   -$14,854 -$23,638
Linguistics $73,386 0.91 42   $76,628 0.85 14   $57,686 0.86 5   27% 33%   -$15,700 -$18,942
Near East $77,169 0.96 22   $79,516 0.88 6   $51,408 0.77 1   *** ***   *** ***
Romance L $78,535 0.98 81   $86,886 0.96 18   $67,349 1.00 4   *** ***   *** ***
Scandinavian $90,980 1.13 5   $77,733 0.86 3   -- 0   *** ***   *** ***
Slavic $73,961 0.92 29   $78,648 0.87 7   $60,841 0.91 3   *** ***   *** ***
Speech Comm $78,317 0.98 12   $111,500 1.23 1   $56,012 0.84 5   40% --   -$22,305 ***
Natural Sciences $83,311 1.04 1234   $92,122 1.02 199   $69,468 1.04 213   20% 33%   -$13,843 -$22,654
Geophysics $96,763 1.21 22   $96,769 1.07 22   $64,702 0.97 8   50% 50%   -$32,061 -$32,067
Applied Math $99,992 1.25 1   --     $95,724 1.43 6   -- --   -- --
Astronomy $79,717 0.99 37   --     $71,863 1.07 9   11% --   -$7,854 --
Atm Sci $96,549 1.20 27   $94,050 1.04 6   $67,379 1.01 12   43% 40%   -$29,170 -$26,671
Biology $77,018 0.96 137   $84,312 0.93 24   $68,270 1.02 29   13% 23%   -$8,748 -$16,042
Chemistry $89,121 1.11 169   $101,567 1.12 25   $73,086 1.09 25   22% 39%   -$16,035 -$28,481
Genetics --     --     $68,797 1.03 5   -- --   -- --
Geol Sci $71,099 0.89 74   --     $66,344 0.99 10   7% --   -$4,755 --
Math $82,760 1.03 266   $95,872 1.06 42   $63,792 0.95 35   30% 50%   -$18,968 -$32,080
Physics $84,880 1.06 249   $96,086 1.06 40   $67,015 1.00 36   27% 43%   -$17,865 -$29,071
Psychology $81,827 1.02 198   $85,003 0.94 39   $72,863 1.09 25   12% 17%   -$8,964 -$12,140
Speech/Hear Sci $74,769 0.93 8   --     $68,635 1.02 5   9% --   -$6,134 --
Statistics $91,924 1.14 43   --     $78,114 1.17 8   18% --   -$13,810 --
Social Sciences $83,798 1.04 784   $95,689 1.06 122   $70,529 1.05 99   19% 36%   -$13,269 -$25,160
Am Ethnic Stud $73,406 0.91 10   --     $77,712 1.16 3   *** ***   *** ***
Communications $72,455 0.90 64   --     $63,585 0.95 4   *** ***   *** ***
Anthropology $77,033 0.96 82   $82,800 0.92 12   $65,848 0.98 9   17% 26%   -$11,185 -$16,952
Economics $99,389 1.24 128   $110,626 1.22 17   $85,669 1.28 15   16% 29%   -$13,720 -$24,957
Int'l Studies $71,786 0.89 33   $52,900 0.59 1   $70,004 1.04 15   3% -24%   -$1,782 --
Geography $76,361 0.95 34   $85,244 0.94 6   $58,945 0.88 6   30% 45%   -$17,416 -$26,299
History $80,390 1.00 159   $95,251 1.05 28   $65,269 0.97 18   23% 46%   -$15,121 -$29,982
Philosophy $85,915 1.07 54   $101,900 1.13 6   $62,210 0.93 5   38% 64%   -$23,705 -$39,690
Political Sci $86,322 1.07 122   $99,871 1.10 23   $75,004 1.12 11   15% 33%   -$11,318 -$24,867
Sociology $86,277 1.07 87   $92,064 1.02 26   $71,778 1.07 11   20% 28%   -$14,499 -$20,286
Women Studies $75,596 0.94 7   --     $56,484 0.84 2   *** ***   *** ***
                             
Colleges:                            
Arch and Urban S $73,922 0.92 111   $78,724 0.87 9   $64,756 0.97 10   14% 22%   -$9,166 -$13,968
Business Administration $109,690 1.37 232   $112,485 1.24 35   $92,426 1.38 41   19% 22%   -$17,264 -$20,059
Education $77,113 0.96 197   $85,358 0.94 25   $64,574 0.96 25   19% 32%   -$12,539 -$20,784
Engineering $96,065 1.20 743   $97,832 1.08 75   $82,512 1.23 103   16% 19%   -$13,553 -$15,320
Tech Comm -- -- --   -- -- --   $68,981 1.03 4   *** ***   *** ***
Aero & Astro $90,491 1.13 54   -- -- --   $77,574 1.16 12   17% --   -$12,917 --
Chemical $100,153 1.25 51   $92,112 1.02 8   $92,131 1.37 10   9% 0%   -$8,022 $19
Civil $93,040 1.16 164   $97,123 1.07 29   $75,931 1.13 19   23% 28%   -$17,109 -$21,192
Electrical $98,948 1.23 118   -- -- --   $82,179 1.23 20   20% --   -$16,769 --
Computer Science $95,176 1.19 118   $92,839 1.03 10   $90,835 1.36 17   5% 2%   -$4,341 -$2,004
Industrial $96,327 1.20 37   -- -- --   $94,961 1.42 3   *** ***   *** ***
Mechanical $97,107 1.21 134   $102,819 1.14 22   $79,233 1.18 14   23% 30%   -$17,874 -$23,586
Material Science $99,151 1.23 64   $99,100 1.10 5   $86,492 1.29 4   *** ***   *** ***
Forest Resources $70,697 0.88 7   --     $67,505 1.01 24   5% --   -$3,192 --
Law $119,750 1.49 229   $125,864 1.39 48   $89,831 1.34 22   33% 40%   -$29,919 -$36,033
Ocean/Fishery $76,471 0.95 69   --     $69,149 1.03 30   11% --   -$7,322 --
Public Affairs $94,462 1.18 26   $104,706 1.16 7   $86,905 1.30 5   9% 20%   -$7,557 -$17,801
Social Work $78,882 0.98 55   $89,509 0.99 5   $75,887 1.13 11   4% 18%   -$2,995 -$13,622
Nursing $75,713 0.94 29   --     70664 1.05 16   7% --   -$5,049 --

Notes: --no comparison group; ***less than 5 observations

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