The average salary for assistant professors equated to a 9-month contract.

Benchmark data from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC):

All national and regional data are presented as medians

Region	Total Schools	Description
Far West	67	includes institutions from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington
West	78	includes institutions from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
National	752	includes institutions nationwide
750-1500	188	Size of institution based upon 12-month full-time equivalency of undergraduate, graduate and first-professional student enrollment
<750	80	Size of institution based upon 12-month full-time equivalency of undergraduate, graduate and first-professional student enrollment
* Data Source: 2013 CIC and May 2014 Scorecard