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What tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty are paid, college by college

WSU-wide, the average budgeted salary (per 1.0 FTE) of a tenure-track (TT) faculty member is $99.2K in FY27 ($88.2K in FY22) and of a non-tenure-track (NTT) $75.1K ($62.6K). For the same faculty employed in both years the raise is +17.6% for TT (182 people) and +30.1% for NTT (83), anyone who chaired in between left out. Each card is one college; hover a point for the average, median and headcount.

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What it shows

  • Raises differed by college (+8.2% to +42.1% tenure-track, by college, FY22–FY27).
  • Tenure-track pay lost purchasing power (−3.8% after inflation; +17.6% before inflation, FY22–FY27).

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  • “Same people” lines follow the faculty on the books in every year, so joiners and leavers do not move the average.
  • A dagger (†) marks a group of fewer than five people.

The ranking, FY27

Average tenure-track salary, highest to lowest

  1. Barton School of Business: $151,083 (+8.2% since FY22 for the same 22 faculty)
  2. College of Engineering: $124,618 (+28.3% since FY22 for the same 32 faculty)
  3. College of Health Professions: $100,425 (+42.1% since FY22 for the same 10 faculty)
  4. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: $86,518 (+13.1% since FY22 for the same 72 faculty)
  5. College of Education: $82,985 (+23.5% since FY22 for the same 14 faculty)
  6. College of Fine Arts: $75,184 (+15.8% since FY22 for the same 29 faculty)

Average non-tenure-track salary, highest to lowest

  1. Barton School of Business: $106,147 (+46.6% since FY22 for the same 7 faculty)
  2. College of Engineering: $85,801 (+49.3% since FY22 for the same 6 faculty)
  3. College of Health Professions: $81,184 (+19.0% since FY22 for the same 32 faculty)
  4. College of Education: $65,711 (+37.5% since FY22 for the same 3 faculty)
  5. College of Fine Arts: $64,025 (+22.9% since FY22 for the same 4 faculty)
  6. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: $62,998 (+37.2% since FY22 for the same 31 faculty)

Fastest tenure-track pay growth for the same faculty, FY22→FY27

  1. College of Health Professions: +42.1% ($78.3K → $111.2K, 10 faculty)
  2. College of Engineering: +28.3% ($93.3K → $119.6K, 32 faculty)
  3. College of Education: +23.5% ($63.7K → $78.6K, 14 faculty)
  4. College of Fine Arts: +15.8% ($66.4K → $76.9K, 29 faculty)
  5. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: +13.1% ($78.7K → $89.1K, 72 faculty)
  6. Barton School of Business: +8.2% ($138.5K → $149.9K, 22 faculty)

Tenure-track premium over non-tenure-track, FY27

  1. College of Engineering: TT paid 45% more ($124.6K vs $85.8K)
  2. Barton School of Business: TT paid 42% more ($151.1K vs $106.1K)
  3. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: TT paid 37% more ($86.5K vs $63.0K)
  4. College of Education: TT paid 26% more ($83.0K vs $65.7K)
  5. College of Health Professions: TT paid 24% more ($100.4K vs $81.2K)
  6. College of Fine Arts: TT paid 17% more ($75.2K vs $64.0K)

By college

Who
Raises

Barton School of Business

$149.9K TT+8.2%/ $115.4K NTT +46.6% since FY22, same people
$70K$160KFY22 NTT same 7 people: $78,696$78.7KFY23 NTT same 7 people: $100,820FY24 NTT same 7 people: $108,696FY25 NTT same 7 people: $113,783FY26 NTT same 7 people: $113,069FY27 NTT same 7 people: $115,355$115.4KFY22 TT same 22 people: $138,483$138.5KFY23 TT same 22 people: $140,457FY24 TT same 22 people: $143,762FY25 TT same 22 people: $147,203FY26 TT same 22 people: $147,021FY27 TT same 22 people: $149,874$149.9KFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Solid lines: the same 22 TT and 7 NTT (a small group) faculty every year FY22–FY27 (same track, chairs left out). Dashed lines: everyone in the college that year.

College of Education

$78.6K TT+23.5%/ $71.6K NTT +37.5% since FY22, same people
$50K$90KFY22 NTT same 3 people: $52,088$52.1KFY23 NTT same 3 people: $58,459FY24 NTT same 3 people: $65,164FY25 NTT same 3 people: $68,935FY26 NTT same 3 people: $68,935FY27 NTT same 3 people: $71,601$71.6KFY22 TT same 14 people: $63,663$63.7KFY23 TT same 14 people: $70,050FY24 TT same 14 people: $71,802FY25 TT same 14 people: $75,166FY26 TT same 14 people: $77,345FY27 TT same 14 people: $78,607$78.6KFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Solid lines: the same 14 TT and 3 NTT (a small group) faculty every year FY22–FY27 (same track, chairs left out). Dashed lines: everyone in the college that year.

College of Engineering

$120.0K TT+29.3%/ $88.4K NTT +49.3% since FY22, same people
$50K$130KFY22 NTT same 6 people: $59,251$59.3KFY23 NTT same 6 people: $65,476FY24 NTT same 6 people: $68,780FY25 NTT same 6 people: $87,108FY26 NTT same 6 people: $88,253FY27 NTT same 6 people: $88,442$88.4KFY22 TT same 31 people: $92,810$92.8KFY23 TT same 31 people: $96,233FY24 TT same 31 people: $100,141FY25 TT same 31 people: $115,730FY26 TT same 31 people: $118,392FY27 TT same 31 people: $120,008$120.0KFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Solid lines: the same 31 TT and 6 NTT (a small group) faculty every year FY22–FY27 (same track, chairs left out). Dashed lines: everyone in the college that year.

College of Fine Arts

$77.0K TT+15.4%/ $55.8K NTT +13.7% since FY22, same people
$40K$80KFY22 NTT same 3 people: $49,095$49.1KFY23 NTT same 3 people: $49,933FY24 NTT same 3 people: $50,840FY25 NTT same 3 people: $51,751FY26 NTT same 3 people: $51,751FY27 NTT same 3 people: $55,835$55.8KFY22 TT same 28 people: $66,739$66.7KFY23 TT same 28 people: $70,139FY24 TT same 28 people: $73,253FY25 TT same 28 people: $75,188FY26 TT same 28 people: $75,869FY27 TT same 28 people: $77,020$77.0KFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Solid lines: the same 28 TT and 3 NTT (a small group) faculty every year FY22–FY27 (same track, chairs left out). Dashed lines: everyone in the college that year.

College of Health Professions

$111.2K TT+42.1%/ $87.3K NTT +19.8% since FY22, same people
$70K$120KFY22 NTT same 30 people: $72,863$72.9KFY23 NTT same 30 people: $79,771FY24 NTT same 30 people: $82,620FY25 NTT same 30 people: $86,016FY26 NTT same 30 people: $87,599FY27 NTT same 30 people: $87,291$87.3KFY22 TT same 10 people: $78,251$78.3KFY23 TT same 10 people: $96,434FY24 TT same 10 people: $101,589FY25 TT same 10 people: $104,047FY26 TT same 10 people: $105,956FY27 TT same 10 people: $111,213$111.2KFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Solid lines: the same 10 TT and 30 NTT faculty every year FY22–FY27 (same track, chairs left out). Dashed lines: everyone in the college that year.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

$89.1K TT+13.1%/ $64.3K NTT +37.2% since FY22, same people
$40K$90KFY22 NTT same 31 people: $46,832$46.8KFY23 NTT same 31 people: $56,117FY24 NTT same 31 people: $58,688FY25 NTT same 31 people: $60,477FY26 NTT same 31 people: $62,425FY27 NTT same 31 people: $64,254$64.3KFY22 TT same 72 people: $78,735$78.7KFY23 TT same 72 people: $82,787FY24 TT same 72 people: $86,314FY25 TT same 72 people: $88,032FY26 TT same 72 people: $89,250FY27 TT same 72 people: $89,053$89.1KFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Solid lines: the same 72 TT and 31 NTT faculty every year FY22–FY27 (same track, chairs left out). Dashed lines: everyone in the college that year.

Staff paid $80K or more in FY22: the same people, FY22–FY27

Paid in FY22

Non-faculty staff and administrators grouped by what they were paid in FY22 and followed to FY27; the averages cover people on the books every year, and those who left are counted separately.

Year by year, and with a changed job title or not

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