Stanford Faculty Salary Information 2005-2006
This is the text of notes on the annual publication of faculty salaries prepared by the Office of the Provost
Stanford has disclosed for many years summary measures of faculty salaries to give faculty and administrators a reasonable idea of how each individual’s salary compares with others, either graphically or in tables. This year, the Office of the Provost is publishing summary measures of faculty salaries for academic year 2005/2006 in tables. Starting last year, the format of the salary tables has been changed from quartiles to thirds.
For all schools except the Law School and the School of Medicine, the table shows information separately by years in rank for each school with further disaggregation to reflect the divisional structures in the School of Humanities and Sciences. The Law School shows information by years since degree. The School of Medicine table has been redesigned to accommodate the School’s new salary structure. The 33rd percentile and the 66th percentile and the number of faculty in the category are shown in each row. The 33rd percentile is the level below which 33 percent of the salaries of the faculty in the category fall. (Conversely, 66 percent of the faculty members in the category have salaries above this level.) The 66th percentile is similarly defined for the category. The salary figures for cases of small populations, defined as fewer than eight faculty members, are not shown to assure that individual salaries remain private. The years in rank categories vary from school to school to ensure privacy and meaningful group size.