Volume 1999, Issue 1
Society of American Law Teachers
March 1999
1997-99 SALT Salary Survey Howard A. Glickstein, former SALT President and Dean of Touro
College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, has completed his surveys of law school salaries for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 academic years. The surveys represent the median salaries for each of the three faculty ranks, in alphabetical order by school, in each of seven regions. Information was received from 94 schools; in other words, nearly onehalf of our nation's law school deans have declined to participate. SALT members who are affiliated with any of the 84 non-responding schools are encouraged to seek future cooperation from their deans.
SALT Membership Although this salary survey is being made available to many nonmembers, regular issues of The SALT Equalizer are mailed exclusively to SALT members. In addition, members are entitled to reduced rates at SALT conferences, receive advance bulletins on issues affecting legal education, and enjoy the opportunity to work with more than 800 colleagues across the nation who are committed to progressive values in legal education. Constituting the oldest and largest organization of law professors, SALT members regularly express their views on matters of law and public policy through amicus briefs and nation-wide lobbying. To join SALT, simply send a check for $50.00 to Professor Norm Stein, University of Alabama School of Law, 101 Paul Bryant Drive East, Box 870382, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487.
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REGION I (FAR WEST)
NAME OF SCHOOL Arizona Arizona State Brigham Young UC Berkeley UC Davis Hastings UCLA Cal Western Chapman Golden Gate Hawaii Loyola (Los Angeles)
ASST PROF
ASSOC PROF
FULL PROF
FRINGE BENEFIT
97-98
98-99
97-98
98-99
97-97
N/A
N/A
69,481
-
73,340
106,018
107,344
22%'
22%'
74,700 78,100 80,076 80,796
88,200 89,000
92,200 94,092
113,300 114,060
118,400 119,244
N/A
N/A
64,131 67,986
N/A
81,988 79,000
84,442 82,500
99,852 94,000
104,295 100,000
33% 22.5%
33% 22.5%
75,000 78,500
85,000
90,200
99,500
107,500
26%
25.1%
N/A
98-99
97-98
98-99
-
2
2
McGeorge
Pepperdine San Diego San Francisco t Santa Clara
usc
Southwestern Stanford Thomas Jefferson Utah Western State Whittier
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(NORTHWEST AND GREAT PLAINS) NAME OF SCHOOL Creigliton Drake Gonzaga Hamline Idalio Iowa Lewis & Clark Minnesota Mitchell Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon Seattle South Dakota Washington (Seattle) Willamette Wyoming The SALT Equalizer
ASST PROF
97-98
98-99
ASSOC PROF 97-98
N/A
98-99
FULL PROF
77,500 74,378 69,986 82,000 81,500
97-98 92,626 92,035 91,500 88,868 73,017 116,000 106,000
98-99 94,941 87,272 92,400 91,727 83,501 121,000 109,000
N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
94,000
100,150
63,500 64,572 46,840 j44,0004 63,172 66,697
50,987 54,124 63,271 62,096
66,979 54,568 65,563 79,450 60,355 61,746
72,524 56,205 72,647 81,450 64,634 75,032
51,344 51,556
61,384
63,218
98,576 65,110 90,357 102,300 78,256 89,831 84,900 78,920
100,271 67,064 95,451 104,300 84,822 93,094 87,500 82,715
N/A N/A
72,300
67,000 70,000
-
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
68,544 69,000
72,500 72,119 68,507 80,000 77,000
N/A
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N/A
FRINGE BENEFITS
97-98
3
98-99 3
26% 26% 20% 20% 23% 23% Apx 25% Apx25% l 24% 24% 21% N/A 22%
22%
23% 23% 27% 27% 33.69% 33.68% 27% 28% 18%4 18%5 21 % 21% 23.4% 5 23.4% 6 22% 22%
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REGION III
(SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL) NAME OF SCHOOL
ASST PROF 97-98 98-99 Arkansas-Fayetteville 63,818 66 4,991 Arkansas-Little Rock 59 ,885 60,023 Baylor Colorado N/A N/A Denver 69 000 71,070 Houston N / A 70,000 Kansas 56,738 56,738 LSU Loyola (New Orleans) 64,480 55,386 Missouri-Columbia N/A N/A Missouri-Kansas City 64,053 65,635 60,984 66,000 New Mexico N/A N/A Oklahoma Oklahoma City 67,000 69,010 l St. Louis N/A St. Mary's N/A LSouth Texas Southern 63,827 65,846 [ Southern Methodist Texas 90,067 86,278 82,000 82,000 LTexas Southern Texas Tech 75,246 71,978 Texas Wesleyan N/A N/A Tulane rTulsa 50,000 53,250 Washburn N/A N/A rwashington (St. Louis)
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ASSOC PROF 97-98 98-99 75,800 78 795 N/A 68,592
FULL PROF 97-98 98-99 86,300 89,841 74,470 80,672
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FRINGE BENEFITS 97-98 98-99 24.6% 24.85% 21% 21%
77,300 78,250 82,000
75,900 80,598 80,800
110,500 94,100 110,000
118,000 96,923 111 ,508
23% 22.5% N/A
68,569 72,500 77,094 72,158 79,142 64,340 71 ,000
68,569 73,338 79,406 71,528 87,546 71,340 73,130
99,217 84,808 114,250 85 822 83 ,572 90,801 76,000
100,230 86 553 119,115 88,633 91,250 107,850 78,280
18% 18% 27% 27% 23% 23% 20% 20% 17.2% 17.5% 28% 28% 21.5% 22%
82,500
85,000
93,214
100,000
17.5%
17.5%
72,647
76,548
89,455 93,033
22%
22%
N/A 85,000 83,601
N/A 136,1846 139,7407 24-31% 85,000 95,000 95,000 26.5% 84,902 109,677 113,569 20%
24-31% 26.5% 19%
101,000 67,740 71,412
103,000 123,725 68,550 80,880 74,004 96,000
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123,750 82,925 100,440
22.5% 31% 21%-
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24 % 22.5% N/A
22.5% 31% 21%
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REGION IV (GREAT LAKES)
NAME OF SCHOOL Akron Capital (Columbus) Case Western Chicago Chicago-Kent Cincinnati Cleveland-Marshall Cooley Dayton DePaul Detroit Univ. Detroit College Illinois Indiana- Bloomington Indiana- Indianapolis John Marshall Loyola (Chicago) Marquette Michigan Northern Illinois Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State Southern Illinois Toledo Valparaiso Wayne State West Virginia
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FRINGE BENEFITS 97-98 98-99
ASSOC. PROF. 97-98 98-99
FULL PROF. 97-98 98-99
66,539 76,405
70,263 79,100
79,524 98,689
80,028 103,310 72,960 76,586
82,278 97,571 76,001 78,884
29%
71,470 85,300
73,983 86,300
24% N/A
68,650 75,494
73,184
75,550
93,993
97,455
40.37% 8
39.17% 8
67,000 69,311 99,500 100,000 N/A 65,502
73,948 N/A 69,528
74,833 N/A 72,051
92,456 158,000 91,550
93,434 162,500 93,605
29% 21.3%
29% 21.3%
75,062 78,042 N/A N/A 65,112 64,064
80, 106 N/A 84,175
82,496 N/A 86,807
104,992 92,146 97,212
115,572 93,413 99,999
21% 20%
21% 20%
N/A N/A 72,301 75,000 N/A N/A
70,550 87,438 66,348
70,750 89,988 67,104
84,260 98,931 84,807
87,335 107,152 87,537
ASST. PROF. 97-98 98-99
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84,676 101,647
29% 28%
9
10
9
10
25%
25%
22.8%
23.5%
24.2%
24.2%
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REGION
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(SOUTHEAST)
NAME OF SCHOOL Alabama Catholic (PR) Cumberland Emory Florida Florida State Georgia Georgia State Inter-American Kentucky Louisville Memphis State Mercer Miami Mississippi College Mississippi Univ. Northern Kentucky Nova Puerto Rico St. Thomas Stetson Tennessee Vanderbilt
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ASST. PROF.
97-98
98-99
70,433 77,250
70,973 82,500
ASSOC. PROF.
97-98
98-99
FULL PROF.
97-98
98-99
110,187 116,325 102,520 55,688
N/A N/A
45,937 46,224
FRINGE BENEFITS
97-98
98-99
25 .38% 27% 29.31% 15%
24.4% 27% 27.01% 18%
67,024 69,060
56,856
81,324
57,900
N/A
54,000 77,500
N/A N/A
75,301 75,552
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85,459
95,500 97,500 59,600 62,600 96,500 100,500 107,788
108,588
24%11 25% 24%
24%
28%
28%
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REGION VI (MID-ATLANTIC)
NAME OF SCHOOL American Baltimore Campbell Catholic (D.C.) Dickinson District of Columbia Duke Duquesne George Mason Georgetown George Washington Howard JAG Maryland North Carolina North Carolina Cent. Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Regent Richmond Rutgers-Camden Rutgers-Newark Seton Hall South Carolina Temple Villanova Virginia Wake Forest Washington and Lee Widener William and Mary
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ASST. PROF.
97-98
98-99
66,084 72,057
N/A
N/A
69,048 72,603 59,167 62,717
ASSOC. PROF.
FULL PROF.
97-98
98-99
97-98
77,543
81,863 78,000
94,373 100,232 89,232 91,900
75,564 71,940
99,960 75,109
74,959
N/.A
67,868
98-99
101,448 79,615
FRINGE BENEFITS
97-98
98-99
28% 28% 27.27% 22.01% 24.1% 23.58% 20% N/A
J N/A
-
N/A
82,260
N/A 75,177 68,900 65,578
N/ A 74,675
N/A N/A N/A
86,862 92,217 91,326
55,154
N/A
71,780
87,272
100,450
106,459
19%
81,076 76,915
101,712
N/A
107,396 89,948
25%
86,736 95,775 94,419
112,818 121,771 112,821
114,645 127,376 118,667
20% 23% 20% 23% 28% 28%
-
-
,_ 81,000 88,450
82,700
19%
N/A 32.7%
25%
J l
88,500
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109,500
119,250
28%
28%
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REGION VII (NORTHEAST)
NAME OF SCHOOL Albany Boston College Boston Univ. Brooklyn Buffalo Columbia Connecticut Cornell CUNY Fordham Franklin Pierce Harvard Hofstra Maine New England New York Law NYU Northeastern
Pace
Quinnipiac r Roger Williams St. John's Suffolk Syracuse fTouro Vermont f Western New England Yale Yeshiva
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
ASST. PROF. 97-98 98-99
72,830 77,930 86,000 89,000
ASSOC. PROF. 97-98 98-99
84,850 84,850 108,200 114,000
-
106,661 123,900
-
106,971 126,500
FRINGE BENEFITS 97-98 98-99 28% 26%
28% 26%
-
N/A
94,800
99,000
123,500
126,200
35%12
35%13
57,724 63,072
69,495
75,932
83,792
91,553
33%
33%
81,032 82,400 81,198 84,040
93,772 91 ,494
96,585 94,696
106,840 123,181
110,452 128,562
28.9% 28.9 % 18%13 18%14
86,00 65,000
86,000 69,807 92,976 81,546
88,600 70,000 92,976 71,437
104,000 90,075 115,055 86,053 95,795
106,000 93,453 115,055 86,553 97,795
28% 28% 35.3% 38. 1% 24% 24% 23% 23% 32% 32%
N/A
84,000 61 ,961
N/A
N/A
61,153 63,502 71,000 73,750
N/A N/A
FOOTNOTES - 1997 - 1998 Estimate. Cannot be expressed as a %as Benefit Plan Enrollments (specifically$) vary considerably. Only FICA, to Include OASOI and medical tax, can be expressed as a %. Up to $70,200: 26.6%; over $70,200: 8.5% additional. Calculation includes workman's comp, SD retiremen t. social security. health and life insurance. Based on average salary of tenure-track faculty. With supplement. 29.5 for six months; 28.5 for six months. Includes fringe benefits, FICA and retirement. Fringe benefits vary depending on salary and enrollment in va rious benefit plans. Fringe benefits are determined by Individual enrollment in various plans. but include health. retirement. life and disability Insurance. These are hypothetical rates based on the average employee. School uses these percentages for budgeting. Varies by retirement plan. This figure does not include the value of the tuition remission benefit.
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FOOTNOTES - 1998 - 1999 Estimate. Cannot be expressed as a % as Benefit Plan Enrollments (specifically $) vary considerably. Only FICA. to Include OASOI and medical tax. can be expressed as a %. Up to $70,200: 26.6%; over $70.200: 8.5% additional. Vis itor. Calculation includes workman's comp. SD retirement. social security, health and life insurance. Based on average salary of tenure-track faculty. With supplement. Includes fringe benefits. FICA and retirement. Fringe benefits vary depending on salary and enrollment in various benefit plans. Fringe benefits are determined by individual enrollment in various plans . but include hea lth. retirement, life and disability insurance. These are hypothetical rates based on the average employee. School uses these percentages for budgeting. A 2 % salary increase was effective 1/ 1/ 99. If this increase is considered and annualized, the medians would be $77,15 1 (Assoc. Prof.) and $110,889 (Full Prof.). Varies by retirement plan. This figure does not include the value of the tuition remission benefit.
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Society of American Law Teachers Co-Presidents Phoebe A. Haddon (Temple) Stephanie Wildman (San Francisco) Past Presidents Norman Dorsen (NYU) Howard Lesnick (Pennsylvania) David L. Chambers (Michigan) George J. Alexander (Santa Clara) Wendy W. Williams (Georgetown) Rhonda R. Rivera (Ohio State) Emma Coleman Jordan (Georgetown) Charles R. Lawrence III (Georgetown) Howard A. Glickstein (TouroJ Sylvia A. Law (NYU) Patricia A. Cain (Iowa) Jean C. Love (Iowa) Linda S. Greene (Wisconsin) Past Vice Presidents Anthony G. Amsterdam (NYU} Derrick A. Bell, Jr. (NYU) Gary Bellow (Harvard} Ralph S. Brown, Jr. (Yale) Thomas Emerson (Yale) Treasurer Norm Stein (Alabama} Editor Michael Rooke-Ley (Nova Southeastern} Historian Joyce Saltalamachia (New York}
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