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Quality of Professional Life: Faculty Compensation and Appointments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

James N. Trapp
James N. Trapp*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Abstract

The average real salary of agricultural economists has risen approximately 20 percent over the last two decades. Currently agricultural economists' salaries are approximately 6 percent above the average college of agricultural salary and 1 percent above the average of all university faculty. Over the last two decades agricultural economists' salaries have remained among the highest in the college of agriculture and their numbers have risen as a percentage of total agricultural faculty. Conversely our profession, and the college of agriculture in general, has experienced declines in salary levels and faculty numbers relative to average university salaries and total faculty numbers.

Keywords

agricultural economicsappointmentsfacultysalaries
Type
Invited Papers and Discussions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 27 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1993

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