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This is how much your professors make

Professor salaries didn’t grow much last year

Photo courtesy of jeremy.wilburn on Flickr

Statistics Canada has released their annual professor salary report. Across 29 universities, average salaries for full-time teaching staff grew 2.5 per cent, from $113,148 in 2010 to $116,024 in 2011. Prices also rose 2.7 per cent for the 12 months ending in July, so it’s not much of a gain.

But women did make gains. The report shows a 1.3 per cent rise in the share of women teachers, compared to a 0.3 per cent rise the year before. Still, men account for 62.4 per cent of staff.

Here is the median pay for associate professors.*

York — 123,959
Guelph — 123,142
McMaster — 117,750
Calgary — 116,092
Ottawa — 115,565
Windsor — 115,339
Brock — 115,062
Trent — 114,333
Athabasca — 112,517
UBC — 111,449
Memorial — 108,686
UOIT — 108,345
RMC — 108,150
Lethbridge — 107,387
SFU — 106,817
Dalhousie — 106,498
Mount Royal — 104,014
Moncton — 101,320
UPEI — 99,250
Nipissing — 99,115
Manitoba — 98,996
Brandon — 95,220
OCAD — 94,852
Saint Mary’s — 94,070
St. Thomas — 92,816
Capilano — 84,896
Cape Breton — 84,768
UFV — 83,231
VIU — 82,946

*Associate professors are often tenure-tracked. They have secure full-time jobs, but haven’t fulfilled the requirements of Full Professor. For a full explanation, read this post by Professor Todd Pettigrew.

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