The 2002-2003 salaries are based on April 03 and not on the Fall Semester of the previous year as we usually do. The reason for this change is the large number of salary market adjustments that were made last spring. The amounts of the adjustments were reported in last years salary study. Using the Fall 2002 data would not have included these adjustments, since they were made in midyear.  

I am grateful for the assistance of Mike Dale and academic computing in compiling these data files. These files have gone through several revisions, however some errors might still be possible.

Claus Ernst
Member of the Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities Committee

The salary study consists of six excel spreadsheet files, which can be downloaded below.  Each file is explained below.  In addition, the explanation can also be downloaded for further reference by clicking here.

Explanation of the Salary Study Files

This file contains salaries of all regular full-time faculty ranked from high to low. If there were salary increases above 6% then a reason for the increase is given, if it is possible. Such reasons are for example promotions or conversions form temporary full time to a tenure track position. These comments are based on information provided by Mike Dale, assistant vice president in academic affairs. For some cases no explanations were on file, in those cases the salary raise was mostly generated within the department.  The univrank file is the only one that has been edited in this way.

This file contains salaries of all regular full-time faculty ranked from high to low within each department.

This file contains salaries of all part-time faculty ranked from high to low.

This file contains salaries of all part-time faculty ranked from high to low within each department.

The final two files are part of a gender study. In these files the average salaries of females and males are compared within equal rank and within each department. When looking at these numbers one has to exercise care. Often the reported difference can be explained by the number of years of service or by special assignments of one single person within a department. Thus reporting such difference does not automatically mean that there is discrimination between genders. A more careful analysis is needed to support any such claim.

This file contains the average salaries of regular full-time faculty for each gender and for each department.

This file contains the average salaries of part-time faculty for each gender and for each department.

Revised April 20, 2004
Western Kentucky University
Comments to Douglas.Smith@wku.edu