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College Pay In Idaho Below Average

Associated Press

The faculty salary survey requested by the state Board of Education confirms what faculty members have been saying for years.

The survey by the Hay Group showed the average salary for a full professor at Idaho’s three universities to be about $11,000 below the market average of comparable institutions.

The comparison of associate and assistant professors has Idaho salaries about $6,000 below the average, and instructors about $1,000 under the market price.

“I think this substantiates what we have known, and what other studies have pointed out all along,” Professor Bonnie Hulstrand said. “We are below the average.”

Hulstrand, president of the Faculty Council at Idaho, said the Legislature needs to take notice.

The board’s survey produced similar results to one in the fall by the American Federation of Teachers.

That survey covered only faculty at Idaho. In the 1994-95 review, full professors were $13,000 below the norm, associate and assistant professors were $6,370 and $2,560 behind, respectively.

The state board is establishing a list of peer institutions.

Hulstrand said the biggest concern is the University of Idaho’s ability to recruit new professors.

“If we are hiring someone for a position and our salary is $7,000 to $10,000 lower than a comparable university, we have a problem,” she said.