The AAUP today released its annual survey of faculty salaries, reporting an average increase of 1.2% in 2009-10, the lowest in the 50-year history of the survey.  Here are the Top 10 national universities and liberal arts colleges in average salaries for full professors:

National Universities:

1. Harvard ($191,200)
2. Columbia ($188,600)
3. Chicago ($184,100)
4. Stanford ($181,400)
5. Princeton ($181,000)
6. Yale ($174,100)
7. Cal Tech ($171,900)
8. NYU ($171,700)
9. Yeshiva ($170,700)
10. Penn ($170,100)

Liberal Arts Colleges:

1. Wellesley ($142,900)
2. Amherst ($135,300)
3. Claremont McKenna ($135,100)
4. Pomona ($134,700)
5. Barnard ($134,100)
6. Harvey Mudd ($130,700)
7. Williams ($130,500)
8. Wesleyan ($129,400)
9. Smith ($128,400)
10. Bowdoin ($127,800)

• AAUP, 2009-10 Report on the Economic Status of the Profession
• Chronicle of Higher Education, Professors’ Pay Rises 1.2%, Lowest Increase in 50 Years
• Inside Higher Ed, The Worst Salary Year
• New York Times, Study Finds a 1.2% Increase in Faculty Pay, the Smallest in 50 Years