ERIC ED435245: Salary-Trend Study of Faculty in Occupational Therapy for the Years 1995-96 and 1998-99.

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ED 435 245
AUTHOR
Howe, Richard D.
Salary-Trend Study of Faculty in Occupational Therapy for
TITLE
the Years 1995-96 and 1998-99.
Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC.; College and Univ.
INSTITUTION
Personnel Association, Washington, DC.
PUB DATE
1999-00-00
19p.; For other salary-trend studies for 1995-96 and
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*Allied Health Occupations; *College Faculty; Comparative
DESCRIPTORS
Analysis; Higher Education; Intellectual Disciplines;
Occupational Therapists; *Occupational Therapy; *Private
Colleges; Professional Education; *Public Colleges;
Statistical Data; *Teacher Salaries; Trend Analysis
*Classification of Instructional Programs
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This report, covering 648 occupational therapy faculty, is
part of an annual national survey of faculty salaries. The survey consists of
two parts: one covering public and one covering private four-year colleges
and universities. Data for the baseline year 1995-96 and the 1998-99 trend
year were collected for full-time teaching faculty in 53 selected academic
disciplines from 279 public and 386 private institutions. The first section
of the report defines the methodology and terms used; this is followed by a
data page listing average occupational therapy faculty salaries for both
public and private participating institutions by faculty rank (including a
new assistant professor rank), faculty mix percent, and salary factors. A
brief summary of the data follows. A concluding section compares salary trend
information for public and private institutions for the 2 study years with
trend information for all fields and with the Consumer Price Index. It notes
that average occupational therapy faculty salaries in 1995-96 in public and
private institutions were, respectively, 12.5 percent and 14.6 percent below
that of all ranks in all major fields; in 1998-99, these averages were,
respectively, 13.2 percent and 14.8 percent lower than average salaries in
all major fields. Appended is a list of the 53 selected academic disciplines,
as well as lists of the participating public and private colleges.
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SALARY-TREND STUDY OF FACULTY IN
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
FOR THE YEARS
1995-96 AND 1998-99
Foreword
by
Richard D. Howe
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Since 1982-83 the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA) in Washington,
DC, in cooperation with Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, have conducted annual na-
tional faculty salary surveys by discipline and rank each year through 1998-99. Two separate sur-
for
veys are conducted each year, one for public senior colleges and universities and the other
private senior colleges and universities.
Salary data from the 1995-96 and 1998-99 surveys were collected and tabulated for full-
time teaching faculty in 53 selected academic disciplines/major fields chosen from among those
defined by A Classification of Instructional Programs. 1990.
Each of the 53 academic disciplines/major fields presents a summary of the overall aver-
age salary increase in that academic discipline/major field from the "baseline year" of 1995-96 to
and including the "trend year" of 1998-99 for both public and private participating institutions.
Of the 329 public institutions which participated in CUPA's public survey of 1995-96, 279 also
participated in the 1998-99 survey. Data from those same 279 institutions were used in both the
baseline year and the trend year studies. Of the 530 institutions which participated in CUPA's
private survey of 1995-96, 386 also participated in the 1998-99 survey. Data from those same
386 institutions were used in both the baseline year and the trend year.
In addition to listing the average salaries in Occupational Therapy for both public and
private participating institutions by rank, including "new assistant professor," and listing the
faculty mix percentage (FAC MIX PCT) and the salary factor, comparisons are made between
the two public surveys and the two private surveys for each of the two study years (1995-96 and
1998-99) and with the CP1 (Consumer Price index) of changes in cost-of-living.
The list of all 53 selected academic disciplines/major fields surveyed, including
Occupational Therapy, is found in appendix A, and the lists of all participating senior colleges
and universities are found in appendixes B (public) and C (private) of this article.
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SALARY-TREND STUDY OF FACULTY IN
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
FOR THE YEARS
1995-96 AND 1998-99
by
Richard D. Howe
Association (CUPA) in Washington,
Since 1982-83 the College and University Personnel
University in Boone, North Carolina, has conducted
D.C., in cooperation with Appalachian State
public
by discipline and rank through 1998-99: one for
two annual national faculty salary studies
private senior colleges and universities.
senior colleges and universities, and the other for
for full-time teaching faculty in 53
Salary data for each study were collected and tabulated
from among those defined by A Classification
selected academic disciplines/major fields chosen
Occupational Therapy. The CT defines the
of Instructional Programs *(CIP), 1990, including
discipline/major field of Occupational Therapy as,
individuals to employ
A group of instructionalprograms that prepares
for patients
self-care, work, and play activities as therapeutic regimes
enhance development,
in order to increase independent functioning,
in adapting
and assist recovery from disability. Includes instruction
independence
therapeutic tasks or environments to achieve maximum
and enhance the quality of life for each patient.*
(Washington, D.C.:
[*A Classification of Instructional Programs
185 --
National Center for Education Statistics, [1990]. P.
51.2306).]
increases in the discipline/major field of
This article summarizes the overall average salary
from the "baseline year" of 1995-96
Occupational Therapy for both public and private institutions
Of the 329 institutions which participated in CUPA's
to and including the "trend year" of 1998-99.
Data from those same 262 institutions
PUBLIC study of 1995-96, 262 also participated in 1998-99.
participated in
and the trend year. Of the 530 institutions which
were used in both the baseline year
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in 1998-99. Data from those same 386
CUPA's PRIVATE study of 1995-96, 386 also participated
institutions were used in both the baseline year and the trend year.
field of Occupational Therapy
This article lists the average salaries for the discipline/major
PROF
(new
rank, including NEW ASST
for both public and private participating institutions by
SALARY FACTOR.
mix percentage), and the
assistant professor), the FAC MIX PCT (faculty
Price Index) changes in cost-of-living
Comparisons are also made using the CPI's (Consumer
(1995-96 and 1998-99).
between the two studies for each of the two study years
measures/tabulates prices of food, clothing,
The CPI uses a base period of 1982-84 and
and other goods and services people
shelter and fuels, transportation, medical care, entertainment
faculty salary, it is important to consider any
buy for day-to-day living. When examining trends in
inflation. Comparing changes in the faculty
changes in the purchasing power of salaries due to
of what "real" salary increases are, that is,
salaries with the CPI gives one a more precise view
buying power.
salary of full-time faculty, and
The salary is based on a nine- or 10-month academic year
Salary for summer academic work, fringe
does not include any faculty teaching less than 51 percent.
data. The average salary is based on the
benefits, and perquisites are also not included in the salary
full-time. The average salary displayed
study information with the assumption that all employees are
given rank and discipline.
is an average of all faculty salaries reported for a
salaries were included to compute
"NUM" refers to the number of faculty members whose
the average salary.
salary data for a given academic rank
"N/IN" refers to the number of institutions that reported
and discipline/major field.
discipline/majorfield who
PCT represents the percentage of faculty in a given
FAC MIX
The
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21.0 for associate professors
hold a given academic rank. For example, a FAC MIX PCT factor of
that 21.0 percent of the faculty in that
of Occupational Therapy in the 1995-96 public study means
discipline/major field held the rank of associate professor.
discipline/major field represents the
The SALARY FACTOR for a given rank in a given
all institutions in each of the four studies:
ratio of the average salary to the total average salary of
and PRIVATE 1998-99. For example, a
PUBLIC 1995-96, PUBLIC 1998-99, PRIVATE 1995-96
the discipline/major field of Occupational
SALARY FACTOR of 1.00 for associate professors in
salary is exactly the same as the
Therapy in the 1995-96 public study means that their average
in all institutions in that study.
average salary for all associate professors
professors hired for the first time in
NEW ASST PROF refers to the grouping of assistant
for this group was included in the
the fall of the study year (1995-96 or 1998-99). All information
ASST PROF group for reporting purposes.
all 53 disciplines/majorfields in each
ALL MAJOR FIELDS refers to the entire data base for
the discipline/major field of
of the four studies. Among other things, it is used to compare
Occupational Therapy with the entire data base for each study.
dollar value is based
The reader will find the size of the sample on which each percentage or
number in the group, the greater the effect of extreme
to be of particular importance. The smaller the
the average. It should also be noted that any large disparity
scores on a descriptive statistic such as
the "trend year" of 1998-99 will
in the sample sizes between the "baseline year" of 1995-96 and
might make based on a simple
lessen the reliability and validity of any conclusions that one
comparison of averages.
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NEW ASST
ASST
ASSOC
ALL RANKS
INSTRUCTOR
PROF
PROF
PROF
PROF
N/IN
SALARY NUM
SALARY NUM N/IN
SALARY NUM N/IN SALARY NUM N /IN
SALARY NUM N/IN
SALARY NUM N/IN
DISCIPLINE: HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED SCIENCES
MAJOR FIELD: Occupational Therapy
PUBLIC. 1995-96:
AVERAGE
20
43147
138
33410
25
6
11
38893
41095
11
65
19
29
47253
14
SALARY:
56708
8
19
FAC MIX
100.0%
18.1%
8.0%
47.1%
21.0%
13.8%
PCT:
SALARY
0.89
1.14
1.06
1.05
1.00
FACTOR:
0.94
ALL MAJOR FIELDS
AVERAGE
279
90660
5946 251
48543
4205 272
29192
36754
25458 279
27143 279
39120
47365
32113 279
SALARY:
60591
FAC MIX
100.0%
6.6%
4.6%
28.1%
29.9%
35.4%
PCT:
DISCIPLINE: HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED SCIENCES
MAJOR FIELD: Occupational Therapy
PUBLIC. 1998-99:
AVERAGE
20
47162
157
36603
31
11
8
43651
13
44097
58
18
48
51670
15
9
20
SALARY:
61598
FAC MIX
100.0%
19.7%
8.3%
36.9%
30.6%
12.7%
PCT:
SALARY
0.88
1.14
1.07
1.04
0.99
FACTOR:
0.91
ALL MAJOR FIELDS
AVERAGE
279
89174
6254 239
53370
4386 260
32241
40911
24888 279
26937 279
42557
52140
31095 279
SALARY:
67342
FAC MIX
100.0%
7.0%
4.9%
27.9%
30.2%
34.9%
PCT:
DISCIPLINE: HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED SCIENCES
MAJOR FIELD: Occupational Therapy
PRIVATE. 1995-96:
AVERAGE
28
42120
144
26
38129
14
9
41250
24
12
40334
78
46874
33
15
6
SALARY:
54427
7
FAC MIX
100.0%
18.1%
8.3%
54.2%
22.9%
4.9%
PCT:
SALARY
0.87
1.24
1.15
1.06
1.01
FACTOR:
0.88
ALL MAJOR FIELDS
AVERAGE
386
43114
1983 292
48264
30749
350
35928
2041
386
38154
13141
385
13559
46184
382
SALARY:
61833
14431
FAC MIX
100.0%
4.6%
4.7%
30.5%
31.4%
33.5%
PCT:
DISCIPLINE: HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED SCIENCES
MAJOR FIELD: Occupational Therapy
PRIVATE. 1998-99:
AVERAGE
37
209
47310
36
43312
18
27
43908
16
34
45379
118
22
47
53025
SALARY:
60213
7
8
FAC MIX
100.0%
17.2%
12.9%
56.5%
22.5%
3.8%
PCT:
SALARY
0.87
1.25
1.10
1.08
1.04
FACTOR:
0.86
ALL MAJOR FIELDS
AVERAGE
386
44803
1974 294
54316
34625
339
2178
13139 386
39867
41924
386
14285
51127
383
SALARY:
70365 15405
FAC MIX
100.0%
4.4%
4.9%
29.3%
31.9%
34.4%
PCT:
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AND 1998-99
RESULTS OF THE TWO PUBLIC STUDIES: 1995-96
discipline/major field of Occupational
In the PUBLIC 1995-96 study in the above table, the
salary of the 138 faculty was
Therapy was reported in 20 of the 279 public institutions. The average
lower than the average salary of
$43,147. This average salary was approximately 12.5 percent
the same 1995-96 public study.
$48,543 for all 90,660 faculty in ALL MAJOR FIELDS in
table, Occupational Therapy was reported
For the PUBLIC 1998-99 salary study in the above
salary of the 157 faculty was $47,162. This
in 20 of the same 279 public institutions. The average
for all
13.2 percent lower than the average salary of $53,370
average salary was approximately
public study.
89,174 faculty in ALL MAJOR FIELDS in the 1998-99
in the discipline/major field of
The three-year increase in average salaries for all faculty
($47,162 minus $43,147
Occupational Therapy in the public institutions studied was 9.3 percent
October 1995 and October 1998 was 6.7
equals $4,015). The CPI of increase cost-of-livingbetween
relative increase in Occupational Therapy average
percent. In comparison, with the CPI, there was a
of 0.9 percent each year
faculty salaries over the three-year period by 2.6 percent or an average
above the cost-of-living.
FIELDS over three years in
The increase in average salaries for all faculty in ALL MAJOR
($53,370 minus $48,543 equals $4,827). In
the public institutions studied was 9.9 percent
Therapy (9.3%), the faculty in ALL
comparison to the discipline/major field of Occupational
their salaries of 0.6 percent more than the faculty
MAJOR FIELDS received a relative increase in
in the discipline/major field of Occupational Therapy.
Occupational Therapy is lower at the
In the 1995-96 study the faculty mix percentage in
47.1 percent; in the 1998-99
professor rank than at the assistant professor rank: 13.8 percent vs.
faculty mix percentage at the ranks of
study it is 12.7 percent vs. 36.9 percent. The differences in
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public studies are 35.4 percent
professor and assistant professors in ALL MAJOR FIELDS for both
27.9 percent (1998-99).
vs. 28.1 percent (1995-96) and 34.9 percent vs.
Occupational Therapy in the public
Finally, the hiring rate of new assistant professors in
in 1995-96, 8.0 percent (11/138)
studies was higher than the hiring rate of ALL MAJOR FIELDS
higher in 1998-99, 8.3 percent (13/157) vs. 4.9 percent
vs 4.6 percent (4,205/90,660) and
(4,386/89,174).
1998-99
RESULTS OF THE TWO PRIVATE STUDIES: 1995-96 AND
table indicates that the discipline/major
The PRIVATE 1995-96 salary study in the above
private institutions. The average salary
field of Occupational Therapy was reported in 28 of the 386
lower than the average salary of
of the 144 faculty was $42,120, an average salary 14.6 percent
1995-96 private study.
$48,264 for all 43,114 faculty in ALL MAJOR FIELDS in the
table, 37 of the same 386 private
In the PRIVATE 1998-99 salary study in the above
of the 209 faculty was $47,310, an
institutions reported Occupational Therapy. The average salary
the average salary of 54,316 for all 44,803 faculty in ALL
average salary 14.8 percent lower than
MAJOR FIELDS in the 1998-99 private study.
Occupational Therapy in the
The three-year increase in average salaries for all faculty in
$42,120 equals $5,190). The CPI
private institutions studied was 12.3 percent ($47,310 minus
6.7 percent. A more realistic
increased cost-of-livingbetween October 1995 and October 1998 was
Therapy over the three-year time
increase, therefore, in the average faculty salaries of Occupational
cost-of-living.
period, is 5.6 percent or 1.9 percent each year above the
ALL MAJOR FIELDS in the
The three-year increase in average salaries for all faculty in
$48,264 equals 6,052). In comparison
private institutions studied was 12.5 percent (54,316 minus
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in ALL MAJOR FIELDS increased their salaries
to Occupational Therapy (12.3%), the faculty
Therapy.
percent more than faculty in Occupational
field of Occupational Therapy, the faculty mix
For both studies in the discipline/major
comparison to the assistant professor rank: 4.9 percent
percentage is lower at the professor rank in
differences in the ranks
and 3.8 percent vs 56.5 percent, (1998-99). The
vs. 54.2 percent (1995-96);
MAJOR FIELDS for both private studies are 33.5
of professor and assistant professor in ALL
29.3 percent (1998-99).
percent vs. 30.5 percent (1995-96) and 34.4 percent vs.
Occupational Therapy was higher than
Finally, the hiring rate for new assistant professors in
1995-96 private study: 8.3 percent (12/144) vs. 4.7
the hiring rate in ALL MAJOR FIELDS in the
private study: 12.9 percent (27/209) vs. 4.9 percent
percent (2,041/43,114) and higher in the 1998-99
(2,178/44,803).
CONCLUSION
the academic discipline/major field of
This article presents salary-trend information on
with both ALL MAJOR FIELDS and the CPI
Occupational Therapy and compares that information
the "trend year" of 1998-
from the "baseline year" of 1995-96 through
over a period of three years,
other for private institutions--were conducted
99. Two studies--one for public institutions, and the
the
of four studies. A total of 648 (.2%) faculty in
for the baseline year and for the trend year--a total
participated and were included in the 53
discipline/major field of Occupational Therapy
the overall total of 267,751 participating
disciplines/major fields in each of the four studies and in
386 private institutions in the United
faculty. The same 279 public institutions and the same
trend year.
States participated in the baseline year and in the
interpreted in a variety of ways, several
Although the public and private studies data may be
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in the discipline/majorfield
significant points are as follows. First, the average faculty salary factors
less than that of all ranks in
of Occupational Therapy for the 1995-96 public study was 11 percent
study it was 13.0 percent less than the
ALL MAJOR FIELDS (1.00); and for the 1995-96 private
ranks in ALL MAJOR FIELDS (1.00). In both the public and
average faculty salary factors for all
in Occupational Therapy in 1998-99
private studies the average faculty salary factors for all ranks
lower than the average salary factors for all ranks in ALL
were 12.0 percent lower and 13.0 percent
MAJOR FIELDS (1.00), respectively.
the October 1995 CPI and
Second, the October 1998 CPI reflects an 6.7 percent increase over
public institutions received an average
indicates that the faculty in Occupational Therapy in the
the private institutions the annual
annual salary increase of 0.9 percent above the cost-of-living. In
above the cost-of-living.
average salary increase was 1.9 percent
Therapy, the professor
Third, in both the 1995-96 and 1998-99 public studies in Occupational
rank. In the 1995-96 and 1998-
rank FAC MIX PCTs are lower than those for the assistant professor
professor rank than at the assistant
99 private studies the FAC MIX PCTS were lower at the
professor rank, as well.
Therapy in the 1995-96
Finally, the hiring rate of new assistant professors in Occupational
private studies were higher than the
and 1997-98 public studies and in the 1995-96 and 1998-99
hiring rate of ALL MAJOR FIELDS.
the academic discipline/major
Because a significant data base of average faculty salaries in
anticipated that this information
field of Occupational Therapy has now been developed, it is
interested administrators and professors.
will serve as a valuable reference and evaluation tool for
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