Wichita State employee pay
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What it shows
- Tenure-track faculty average $99.2K in FY27, non-tenure-track $75.1K — and the gap between them is narrowing.
- Tenure-track pay lost purchasing power (−3.8% after inflation; +17.6% before inflation, FY22–FY27).
- Most years: no raise (4 of 7 budget years, FY21–FY27).
- Departing faculty earned more than new hires (Left after FY26 $107.7K vs New for FY27 $70.4K, FY26 → FY27).
How to use this page
- Look up anyone in the People table: type a name, or filter by year, college, department or track, then click a name for the full history.
- Salaries are budgeted and shown per 1.0 FTE; actual pay from state payroll sits beside them.
- Type a question in Ask the data for an answer in words, with the source.
Ask about a salary, a department or college average, a budget line, a trend, or a comparison between universities. Answers come only from the source documents, with a table or chart when the numbers call for one — or click a suggested follow-up.
Tenure-track faculty average $99.2K in FY27, non-tenure-track $75.1K — and the gap between them is narrowing
Budgeted salary per 1.0 FTE in the six colleges, by track
Year by year: what the same people got
Across-the-board = the general raise the budget books document that year; “got more” = above it by over half a point (a market, equity or other individual adjustment). The “without promotion” view removes promotion and award increments first.
Click here to see by college data →Average budgeted salary per 1.0 FTE of faculty lines above 0.5 FTE in WSU's six colleges (chairs included, Dean and Associate/Assistant Dean roles excluded): tenure-track faculty average $99.2K in FY27 ($88.2K in FY22) and non-tenure-track $75.1K ($62.6K). The solid lines follow one fixed group: the 180 tenure-track faculty employed in every year FY22–FY27 went from $85.3K to $100.4K (+17.6%), and the 80 non-tenure-track from $60.6K to $79.1K (+30.6%); anyone who chaired in those years is left out. Without promotion and award money (67 of the 180 were promoted in these years and 17 received a Professor Incentive Award) the same tenure-track group went to $97.0K (+13.7%) and the non-tenure-track to $75.2K (+24.1%). Counting everyone employed in both FY22 and FY27: TT +17.6% for 182 people, NTT +30.1% for 83. A tenure-track professor earned 41% more than a non-tenure-track colleague in FY22; by FY27 the premium is 32%.
FY27 is the first year in the series that the tenure-track average fell — $101.4K in FY26 to $99.2K (−2.2%). The 43 tenure-track faculty who dropped off the list after FY26 averaged $110.7K; the 20 who joined it average $75.5K. The premium ranges from 45% in the Engineering to 17% in Fine Arts. See every college →
Look up anyone: budgeted salary, raise, promotion and actual pay
Everyone named in the budget books, faculty and staff: budgeted salary for the year you pick, the change from the year before, any promotion, Professor Incentive Award or administrative role the books record, and actual pay from the state payroll. Set From year for a range; pick a college for its faculty and staff; click a name for the full history.
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