AAUP Updates, AAUP Reports Third Consecutive Year of Faculty Wages Falling Short of Inflation:

Today, the AAUP released the 2022–23 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, which presents key findings from the AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey. Data collection for the survey concluded in March 2023, with nearly 900 US colleges and universities providing employment data for more than 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members as well as senior administrators at more than 500 institutions.

Key Findings

• Despite increases in average salaries of 4.1 percent for full-time faculty members from fall 2021 to fall 2022—the greatest one-year increase since 1990–91—real average salaries decreased 2.4 percent after adjusting for inflation.
• Real average salaries have declined sharply for three consecutive years, with a cumulative decrease of 7.5 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2022.

• Times Higher Ed, US Faculty Pay Sags Against Inflation
• University Business, Remuneration Under Inflation: Adjusted Faculty Salaries and Benefits Continue to Plummet