Salaries of most YSU faculty rank below US average

YOUNGSTOWN — Salaries of Youngstown State University faculty are lower than those at other four-year colleges, while many staff salaries are higher,

according to a Chronicle of Higher Education database.

The data show that YSU professors, associate and assistant professors all earn less than their counterparts at other institutions, based on the 2013-14 school year. Instructors, those without advanced degrees, however, earn slightly more, $48,357 compared with $48,027 at other four-year colleges.

“This is no surprise,” Annette Burden, president of the YSU-Ohio Education Association, the union representing YSU faculty, said in an email. “The YSU OEA negotiating team has addressed this inequity for well over three contracts now.”

She said that when reporting faculty salary averages, YSU includes department chairmen and women, along with directors.

“Since these are administrative positions, including them in the computation inflates the true faculty average and gives the appearance that faculty in each rank make more than they do,” Burden said.

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