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2020 National Epidemiology Academic
Salary Survey
By The University
of Pennsylvania's Harvey Feldman, Glen Laferty & Lisbeth Dennis
Today we share with
readers the latest results of an innovative collaboration between the
Epidemiology Monitor and the Center for Clinical Epidemiology
and Biostatistics (CCEB) at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman
School of Medicine. Now in its fourth year of partnership with this
publication, this national survey of faculty salaries—designed to help
leaders in departments of epidemiology and preventive medicine
identify and promote competitive compensation for faculty
members—continues to be an important and effective tool used to gather
these data. As noted in the chart that accompanies this article, the
survey returned salary data for 468 individuals from 25 departments
across the nation.
Key Findings
Among the 25 reporting
institutions, more than half are located at public universities.
Eleven institutions were associated with a medical school or a
university hospital. Compared to last year’s survey, fewer
departments representing a smaller number of faculty members reported
and there was lesser representation from larger midwestern
institutions. Notably, when viewing median salaries, there was no
consistent change among the title/years-in-rank/sex-specific
categories between 2019 and 2020. As expected, the data once again
demonstrate higher salaries among more senior faculty ranks.
Some other notable
findings from this year’s survey include comparisons of non-physician
salaries by sex. For most of the reporting categories median salaries
for women are either similar or lower than for men, a pattern that was
also observable in the 2019 data. As well, although the data for
physician salaries are relatively sparse, they appear broadly similar
to non-physician salaries at the ranks of assistant and associate
professor and somewhat higher at the rank of professor.
Evolving and
Improving
The CCEB began
implementing this survey more than 20 years ago, soliciting data
annually from across the nation to fill an unmet need. Few other
large-scale surveys of faculty salaries are available as a national
yardstick to help leaders in departments of epidemiology and
preventive medicine identify and promote competitive compensation for
faculty members.
For the latest survey,
the survey partners reached out, once again, to department chairs
across the country to request data. Although the report should not
serve as the sole basis for decision-making about compensation, we
hope it will provide a useful perspective for assessing academic
faculty salary levels in epidemiology.
Future Surveys, Even
Bigger Aims
The CCEB and the
Epidemiology Monitor strive to implement this survey to acquire
salary data that are representative of US academic epidemiology
faculty members and that reflect national trends. The success of the
survey and its value in providing the field with a standard that can
inform salary decisions depends on the rate of participation. We look
forward to engaging even more respondents next year to gather a yet
larger and more robust data set. Work will begin on the next survey in
fall 2021, when epidemiology department chairs will receive a request
for data. Department chairs who would like to join the survey
should contact The Epidemiology Monitor <editor@epimonitor.net>.
We are grateful to all of the departments contributing data to make
this salary report possible.
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2020
Epidemiology
Survey
All
Schools (N=
45) |
Non-Physician
Salary
Levels |
| |
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|
TITLE |
YEARS
IN
RANK |
MALE/
FEMALE |
TOTAL
COUNT |
Top, 1ST
QUARTILE |
MEDIAN |
Top, 3RD
QUARTILE |
90TH
PERCENTILE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assistant |
0 to
1 |
17
Female
12
Male |
29 |
$
$ |
105,000
95,000 |
$
$ |
112,875
117,667 |
$
$ |
126,000
130,000 |
$
$ |
134,804
134,400 |
|
|
|
2 to
3 |
44
Female
22
Male |
66 |
$
$ |
100,306
104,144 |
$
$ |
117,936
112,234 |
$
$ |
129,634
135,467 |
$
$ |
149,348
139,050 |
|
|
|
Professor |
4 to
5 |
26
Female
11
Male |
37 |
$
$ |
93,400
91,918 |
$
$ |
103,716
113,050 |
$
$ |
120,438
122,265 |
$
$ |
140,000
138,444 |
|
|
|
6+ |
27
Female
8
Male |
35 |
$ |
100,737 |
$
$ |
118,500
118,074 |
$ |
134,506 |
$ |
154,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Associate |
0 to
1 |
12
Female
3
Male |
15 |
$ |
128,644 |
$
$ |
134,893
142,000 |
$ |
153,836 |
$ |
161,460 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 to
3 |
26
Female
7
Male |
33 |
$ |
120,199 |
$
$ |
133,177
145,000 |
$ |
156,000 |
$ |
169,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professor |
4 to
5 |
23
Female
11
Male |
34 |
$
$ |
126,000
134,612 |
$
$ |
130,171
149,730 |
$
$ |
160,000
166,767 |
$
$ |
190,022
179,014 |
|
|
|
6+ |
33
Female
14
Male |
47 |
$
$ |
122,321
136,079 |
$
$ |
140,108
150,832 |
$
$ |
169,261
159,978 |
$
$ |
203,694
219,348 |
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|
|
|
|
Professor |
0 to
1 |
10
Female
4
Male |
14 |
$ |
162,200 |
$ |
188,686 |
$ |
246,513 |
$ |
285,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 to
3 |
6
Female
1
Male |
7 |
|
$ |
225,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 to
5 |
13
Female
5
Male |
18 |
$ |
166,214 |
$
$ |
191,152
190,962 |
$ |
194,545 |
$ |
209,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6+ |
41
Female
31
Male |
72 |
$
$ |
195,700
186,000 |
$
$ |
213,375
228,448 |
$
$ |
260,676
278,733 |
$
$ |
301,060
304,597 |
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2019
Epidemiology
Survey
All
Schools (N=
55) |
Non-Physician
Salary
Levels |
| |
|
|
TITLE |
YEARS IN RANK |
MALE/ FEMALE |
TOTAL
COUNT |
TOP
1ST QUARTILE |
MEDIAN |
TOP
3RD QUARTILE |
90TH PERCENTILE |
|
Assistant Professor |
0 to 1 |
46 female 22 male |
68 |
95,790
102,838 |
114,947
115,004 |
125,000
122,000 |
155,000
131,800 |
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2 to 3 |
52 female 25 male |
77 |
102,000
90,456 |
114,712
110,698 |
126,400
127,184 |
155,000
139,050 |
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4 to 5 |
37 female 9 male |
46 |
97,375 |
116,448
127,900 |
123,940 |
134,506 |
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|
|
|
|
6+ |
29 female 11 male |
40 |
96,588
105,000 |
105,765
113,121 |
117,601
125,000 |
133,900
135,300 |
|
Associate Professor |
0 to 1 |
19 female 11 male |
30 |
122,210
145,000 |
128,125
150,000 |
145,000
182,327 |
150,000
200,000 |
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2 to 3 |
35 female 14 male |
49 |
119,796
110,254 |
135,000
131,235 |
158,321
153,830 |
169,261
171,600 |
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4 to 5 |
30 female 14 male |
44 |
115,640
122,485 |
124,887
134,754 |
137,600
150,000 |
172,425
164,800 |
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6+ |
43 female 29 male |
72 |
131,403
122,443 |
142,125
153,555 |
159,217
161,800 |
171,369
201,791 |
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Professor |
0 to 1 |
9 female 6 male |
15 |
149,592 |
160,000 |
185,000 |
203,400 |
|
2 to 3 |
13 female 11 male |
24 |
182,900
131,128 |
188,976
154,352 |
210,000
205,000 |
266,000
208,200 |
|
4 to 5 |
13 female 7 male |
20 |
160,500 |
213,375
251,678 |
220,000 |
240,000 |
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|
|
|
|
6+ |
48 female 64 male |
112 |
180,660
185,000 |
208,701
216,400 |
230,000
244,314 |
260,000
318,778 |
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2020
Epidemiology
Survey
All
Schools (N=
65) |
Physician
Salary
Levels |
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TITLE |
YEARS
IN
RANK |
MALE/
FEMALE |
TOTAL
COUNT |
Top, 1ST
QUARTILE |
MEDIAN |
Top, 3RD
QUARTILE |
90TH
PERCENTILE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assistant
Professor |
0 to
3 |
2
Female
2
Male |
4 |
|
$ |
132,637 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4+ |
4
Female
2
Male |
6 |
|
$ |
115,687 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Associate
Professor |
0 to
3 |
3
Female
4
Male |
7 |
|
$ |
127,853 |
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|
|
|
|
4+ |
5
Female
7
Male |
12 |
$ 127,818 |
$ |
151,830 |
$ 214,200 |
$ |
281,750 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Professor |
0 to
3 |
3
Female
2
Male |
5 |
|
$ |
245,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4+ |
7
Female
20
Male |
27 |
|
$
$ |
264,744
245,444 |
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|
|
$ 213,000 |
$ 291,214 |
$ 329,264 |
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2019
Epidemiology
Survey
All
Schools (N=
65) |
|
Physician
Salary
Levels |
| |
|
|
TITLE |
YEARS IN RANK |
MALE/ FEMALE |
TOTAL
COUNT |
TOP
1ST QUARTILE |
MEDIAN |
TOP
3RD QUARTILE |
90TH PERCENTILE |
|
Assistant Professor |
0 to 3 |
3 female 2 male |
5 |
|
102,000 |
|
|
|
4+ |
5 female 4 male |
9 |
|
112,990 |
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|
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Associate Professor |
0 to 3 |
5 female 4 male |
9 |
|
204,800 |
|
|
|
4+ |
8 female 12 male |
20 |
|
153,320
143,235 |
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|
|
117,143 |
153,928 |
160,000 |
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Professor |
0 to 3 |
2 female 4 male |
6 |
|
222,335 |
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|
|
4+ |
14 female 33 male |
47 |
164,866
189,500 |
200,632
239,035 |
224,032
265,369 |
330,878
294,080 |
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