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Table 4

Comparisons of Average UW Associate and Assistant Professor FTE Salaries by College and Division 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 Assoc Professors                                  
                                   
Arts and Sciences $53,435 1.00 1371   $58,284 1.00 143   $46,779 1.00 179   14% 25%   -$6,656 -$11,505
Arts $48,647 0.91 271   $55,266 0.95 19   $44,701 0.96 17   9% 24%   -$3,946 -$10,565
Humanities $51,713 0.97 332   $55,961 0.96 43   $44,761 0.96 55   16% 25%   -$6,952 -$11,200
Natural Sciences $56,448 1.06 376   $57,961 0.99 41   $48,095 1.03 54   17% 21%   -$8,353 -$9,866
Social Sciences $55,321 1.04 391   $62,709 1.08 39   $48,199 1.03 53   15% 30%   -$7,122 -$14,510
                                   
Other Colleges:                                  
Arch and Urban S $55,099 1.03 97   $60,659 1.04 7   $49,978 1.07 13   10% 21%   -$5,121 -$10,681
Business Administration $87,021 1.63 122   $90,471 1.55 14   $69,736 1.49 9   25% 30%   -$17,285 -$20,735
Education $53,143 0.99 137   $57,325 0.98 9   $50,320 1.08 13   6% 14%   -$2,823 -$7,005
Engineering $69,555 1.30 349   $70,354 1.21 26   $62,802 1.34 52   11% 12%   -$6,753 -$7,552
Forest Resources $49,086 0.92 6   -- --     $53,706 1.15 6   -9% --   $4,620 --
Law $72,144 1.35 19   -- --     $61,746 1.32 3   ** **   ** **
Ocean/Fishery $49,916 0.93 23   -- --     $52,618 1.12 7   -5% --   $2,702 --
Public Affairs $64,014 1.20 9   -- --     $63,497 1.36 4   ** **   ** **
Social Work $56,808 1.06 41   $55,766 0.96 3   $56,678 1.21 10   0% -2%   -$130 $912
Nursing $55,275 1.03 68   -- --     $52,182 1.12 25   6% --   -$3,093 --
                                   
All 9 month FT Assistant Professors                                  
Arts and Sciences $44,474 1.00 1043   $50,019 1.00 111   $40,851 1.00 126   9% 22%   -$3,623 -$9,168
Arts $39,956 0.90 178   $44,612 0.89 10   $38,374 0.94 23   4% 16%   -$1,582 -$6,238
Humanities $41,643 0.94 220   $46,652 0.93 23   $39,190 0.96 32   6% 19%   -$2,453 -$7,462
Natural Sciences $47,142 1.06 298   $50,177 1.00 31   $43,090 1.05 26   9% 16%   -$4,052 -$7,087
Social Sciences $46,309 1.04 346   $52,788 1.06 47   $42,005 1.03 45   10% 26%   -$4,304 -$10,783
                             
Colleges:                  
Arch and Urban S $44,041 0.99 61   $45,500 0.91 2   $40,830 1.00 9   8% 11%   -$3,211 -$4,670
Business Administration $79,552 1.79 153   $86,664 1.73 22   $75,239 1.84 24   6% 15%   -$4,313 -$11,425
Education $44,384 1.00 91   $46,940 0.94 5   $40,233 0.98 16   10% 17%   -$4,151 -$6,707
Engineering $60,077 1.35 211   $60,611 1.21 16   $52,388 1.28 17   15% 16%   -$7,689 -$8,223
Forest Resources $41,630 0.94 5   -- --       4   ** **   ** **
Law $80,181 1.80 22   -- --     $63,271 1.55 7   27% --   -$16,910 --
Ocean/Fishery $44,361 1.00 11   -- --     $42,363 1.04 8   5% --   -$1,998 --
Public Affairs $53,782 1.21 10   $51,050 1.02 2   $45,020 1.10 4   ** **   ** **
Social Work $46,674 1.05 31   $49,320 0.99 5   $43,715 1.07 5   7% 13%   -$2,959 -$5,605
Nursing $47,394 1.07 64   -- --     $50,972 1.25 6   -7% --   $3,578 --

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