Analysis of Average and Median Salaries for Full-Time Faculty in Massachusetts Community Colleges

The report highlights the average and median salaries for full-time faculty members in Massachusetts community colleges for the year 2023. It compares the salaries across different colleges and ranks, noting changes from previous years. The distribution of salaries appears relatively balanced without significant skewness. The data exclude DCE pay, and Quinsigamond College stands out with the highest average salary for two consecutive years.

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• Community Colleges
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1. MCCC Research Coordinator Delegate Assembly Report of 2023 Hilaire Jean-Gilles

2. Average & median salaries for full-time faculty at Massachusetts community colleges The table below provides a snapshot of average & median salaries for full-time faculty per college. As of April 2023, the average salary for a full-time faculty in the college system is $68,386 versus last year's average of $68,388. It should be noted that Quinsigamond has had the highest average salary for two consecutive years. The chart below also shows that, in general, the median salary among faculty members is not substantially less than the average salaries. In other words, the distribution of faculty members by salary level is not highly skewed. It's worth noting that the average and median salaries are calculated without DCE pay.

3. Average Salaries for FT Faculty Media Salaries for FT Faculty $62,838 $64,143 $65,879 $71,418 $65,383 $66,428 $66,725 $68,242 $65,095 $65,235 $64,569 $63,747 $67,340 $61,554 $67,117 Colleges Berkshire Community College Bristol Community College Bunker Hill Community College Cape Cod Community College Greenfield Community College Holyoke Community College Massasoit Community College MassBay Community College Middlesex Community College Mount Wachusett Community College Norhtern Essex Community College North Shore Community College Quinsigamond Community College Roxbury Community College Springfield Technical Community College $64,968 $66,357 $68,791 $71,309 $68,626 $68,036 $69,719 $69,463 $67,853 $69,527 $65,768 $65,726 $72,849 $65,497 $71,303 Source: HR/CMS payroll

4. Average full-time faculty salaries by rank in the community college system of Massachusetts Rank Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2016 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2017 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2018 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2019 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2020 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2021 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2022 Average full-time faculty salaries spring 2023 Percentage change spring 2022 to 2023 -0.26% Professor $72,283 $75,068 $74,285 $73,183 $76,634 $75,204 $73,975 $73,785 0.15% Associate Professor $59,154 $61,144 $60,871 $60,571 $64,081 $63,867 $63,447 $63,545 0.63% Assistant Professor $54,138 $57,058 $56,389 $56,317 $60,302 $59,855 $60,931 $61,312 0.26% Instructor $49,582 $54,387 $54,800 $54,920 $56,583 $57,318 $59,736 $59,890

5. Percentage changes of average full-time faculty salaries by rank from 2016 to 2023 The chart below shows that the full-time faculty salaries in the communit college system has been relatively flat since 2020-2021 because of no pay raises. Rank Percentage change spring 2016 to 2017 Percentage change spring 2017 to 2018 Percentage change spring 2018 to 2019 Percentage change spring 2019 to 2020 Percentage change spring 2020 to 2021 Percentage change spring 2021 to 2022 Percentage change spring 2022 to 2023 Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor 3.85% 3.36% -1.04% -0.45% -1.48% -0.49% 4.72% 5.79% -0.87% 0.33% -1.63% 0.66% 0.26% 0.15% 5.39% -1.17% -0.13% 7.08% 0.74% 1.80% 0.63% Instructor 9.69% 0.76% 0.22% 3.03% 1.30% 1.30% 0.26%

6. Average and Median Salaries for Full-time Faculty Spring 2023 $74,000 $72,000 $70,000 $68,000 $66,000 $64,000 $62,000 $60,000 $58,000 $56,000 $54,000 Average salaries FT faculty Median Salaries FT faculty

7. Fall Credit Full-time Enrollment (FTE) at Massachusetts Community Colleges The table below shows that the fall 2022 students FTE enrollment dropped by 7 % on average compared to fall 2021. As can be seen, the fall credit FTE student has been declining since 2014. Those drop-offs can be explained by various reasons such as students who opt for work in good economic time, age of the student population, and the pandemic that hit in 2020. In fall 2022, Massasoit had the highest drop percentage in student FTE followed by Northern Essex, Roxbury, and Mount Wachusett/North Shore respectively.

8. Massachusetts Community Colleges / Fall Student FTE Trends from 2013 to 2022 70,000 61,017 60,000 58,947 56,119 52,947 50,396 50,000 47,535 45,495 40,000 39,855 37,244 34,491 30,000 20,000 10,000 - Fall Term-2013 Fall Term-2014 Fall Term-2015 Fall Term-2016 Fall Term-2017 Fall Term-2018 Fall Term-2019 Fall Term-2020 Fall Term-2021 Fall Term-2022

9. Full-time members and non-members in the college system from fall 2020 to fall 2022 The table below is a breakdown of full-time members and non-members per college. Compared to fall 2021, the total of full-time members and non-members increased by 1% in fall 2022 despite the pandemic. Overall, there has been an upward trend in these figures, although modest, since 2020. Fall 2022 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Non- Unit College names Berkshire Bristol Bunker Hill Cape Cod Greenfield Holyoke MassBay Massasoit Middlesex Mount Wachusett North Shore Northern Essex Quinsigamond Roxbury Springfield Tech. TOTAL FT Unit Non-Unit Total FT Unit Non-Unit Total FT Unit 64 148 174 84 74 137 71 129 157 122 144 123 177 59 147 1810 Total 84 188 233 103 80 170 121 153 161 132 191 176 199 77 172 2240 64 161 188 89 78 164 76 152 171 110 166 133 187 50 159 1948 12 26 53 4 5 17 28 14 3 12 15 42 6 16 12 265 76 187 241 93 83 181 104 166 174 122 181 175 193 66 171 2213 68 156 183 87 75 149 72 147 165 114 159 121 185 50 158 1889 14 33 52 9 14 23 35 17 3 11 25 46 15 15 15 327 82 189 235 96 89 172 107 164 168 125 184 167 200 65 173 2216 20 40 59 19 6 33 50 24 4 10 47 53 22 18 25 430 Source: Information from MCCC central office

11. Adjuncts Membership Trends 2012 to 2022 4369 4333 4320 4251 4223 4144 4123 4106 4060 4000 3562 3358 3318 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

12. Full-time College Administrators to Faculty Ratios from 2010 to 2022 The chart below illustrates the hiring practice of the colleges when it comes to full-time administrators and faculty. As can be seen, Mount Wachusett, Middlesex, MassBay, and Northern Essex have respectively the highest full-time college administrator to faculty ratios despite the adjustment made in the computations of those numbers. Springfield has the lowest full-time college administrator to faculty ratios as a result of excluding the non-managerial NUP positions. It s worth mentioning that last fall ratios for Roxbury were used in the chart below because that college has yet to answer the fall 2022 survey.

13. Full-time college administrator in the college system since 2018 According to the chart below, the numbers of full-time college administrators declined by 7% on average in fall 2022 to stop a growing trend since 2018. Perhaps the decline is due to the way colleges were asked to count the numbers of college administrators hired in 2022. This will have to be monitored in the future before a firm conclusion can be made. It should be noted that Roxbury s figures for 2021 were used in 2022 as that college has yet to respond to the latest survey.

14. # FT College Administrators % change Fall 2021 to Fall 2022 -15% -5% 11% 5% 3% -28% -10% 1% -1% -3% 10% -35% 4% 0% -37% -7% # FT College Administrators Fall 2018 42 75 98 52 31 91 57 80 115 108 85 108 107 31 18 1098 # FT College Administrators Fall 2019 35 68 107 55 34 88 90 82 117 104 83 110 115 47 15 1150 # FT College Administrators Fall 2020 33 75 110 58 33 80 91 81 115 103 84 110 112 59 25 1169 # FT College Administrators Fall 2021 33 79 113 55 40 78 87 83 110 90 83 114 118 46 91 1220 # FT College Administrators Fall 2022 28 75 125 58 41 56 78 84 109 87 91 74 123 46 57 1132 College names Berkshire Bristol Bunker Hill Cape Cod Greenfield Holyoke Massasoit MassBay Middlesex Mount Wachusett North Shore Northern Essex Quinsigamond Roxbury Springfield Tech. TOTAL

15. Full-time College Administrators 2018 to 2022 1240 1220 1220 1200 1180 1169 1160 1150 1140 1132 1120 1100 1098 1080 1060 1040 1020 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Full-time College Administrators

16. Full-time faculty in the college system since 2018 The table below illustrates that the numbers of full-time faculty members have been systematically declining for the past five years. It appears that COVID 19 has taken a toll on the full-time faculty hiring throughout the college system. From 2021 to 2022, the number of full-time faculty in the college system declined by 3% on average; the exact same trend was observed from 2020 to 2021. It s worth noting that the same numbers reported in 2021 were used in 2022 for Roxbury Community College that has yet to respond to the fall 2022 information request.

17. Full-time Faculty Trends from 2018 to 2022 2500 2257 2213 2206 2000 Full-Time Faculty Membership 1500 1360 1326 1000 500 0 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Years

18. Full-time professional staff in the college system since 2018 The graph below shows that when compared to fall 2021, the numbers of full-time professional staff were relatively stable in fall 2022. There was, however, a modest increase of 2% in professional staff in fall 2022 based on the data provided by the colleges thus far. Overall, there has not been much improvement in the hiring practice for full-time professional staff in the college system over the last five years. RCC is the only college that has yet to respond to the information request of fall 2022 about the number of full-time professional staff at that institution. As a result, the same number reported for fall 2021 was used in fall 2022.

19. % change in # FT Prof. Staff Fall 2021 to Fall 2022 -15% 7% -2% 65% -3% 0% 28% -17% -2% 5% 5% 12% -4% 0% -7% 2% # FT Prof. Staff Fall 2018 22 49 86 26 23 57 32 58 57 44 63 55 65 21 92 750 # FT Prof. Staff Fall 2019 22 50 96 24 26 56 30 59 55 51 62 54 67 23 90 765 # FT Prof. Staff Fall 2020 23 61 99 26 24 57 32 54 60 57 62 67 58 23 108 811 # FT Prof. Staff Fall 2021 34 67 94 23 36 60 32 58 60 60 61 58 70 23 41 777 # FT Prof. Staff Fall 2022 29 72 92 38 35 60 41 48 59 63 64 65 67 23 38 794 College names Berkshire Bristol Bunker Hill Cape Cod Greenfield Holyoke Mass Bay Massasoit Middlesex Mount Wachusett North Shore Northern Essex Quinsigamond Roxbury Springfield Tech. TOTAL

21. DCE course sections including intercessions offered at the colleges since spring 2017 From 2021 to 2022, the number of DCE sections offered by the colleges plummeted by 4.77% on average, compared to a sharp decline of 28% in the previous year. It s worth noting that the continuing reduction in DCE offerings is mostly due to a consistent drop in student enrollment since the beginning of the pandemic. While Berkshire, Middlesex, and Bristol have made some significant gains from spring 2021 to 2022, the remaining institutions are negatively impacted by the downfall in course offerings over that same period. Overall, the spring 2022 course offerings show a slow recovery from the significant downfall of 2021. It should also be noted that the number reported by RCC last year was used again in 2022 since that college did not respond to the fall 2022 information request.

22. Spring 2017 Spring 2018 Spring 2019 Spring 2020 Spring 2021 Spring 2022 % change 2021 to 2022 College Names Berkshire 326 326 330 332 224 258 15.18% Bristol Bunker Hill 1708 1316 1708 1197 1503 1250 1497 1134 1195 919 1247 778 4.35% -15.34% Cape Cod Greenfield 436 279 412 246 439 249 440 289 556 234 445 224 -19.96% -4.27% Holyoke MassBay 799 939 752 819 645 812 625 834 528 691 472 697 -10.61% 0.87% Massasoit Middlesex 763 925 893 919 871 755 796 876 645 602 565 918 -12.40% 52.49% Mount Wachusett North Shore 688 727 526 629 559 584 446 535 444 581 350 391 -21.17% -32.70% Northern Essex Quinsigamond 661 956 582 964 535 2746 719 2741 366 946 422 962 15.30% 1.69% Roxbury Springfield 520 913 388 919 262 751 98 644 87 635 87 424 0.00% -33.23% Total 11956 11280 12291 12006 8653 Source: Information reported by the colleges 8240 -4.77%

23. DCE v.s Non-DCE members in the college system from fall 2018 to 2022 The graph below provides a snapshot of pure DCE members and non-members in the community college system over the last five years. It should be noted that pure DCE mainly referred to adjuncts who only taught DCE courses. The numbers of pure adjuncts have been declining since 2018. In fall 2022, the number of pure adjuncts dropped by 5% compared to the previous year. It s also worth mentioning that such a decline is partly due to the pandemic which triggered lower student enrollment collegewide.

24. Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Non- DCE College names Berkshire Bristol Bunker Hill Cape Cod Greenfield Holyoke MassBay Massasoit Middlesex Mount Wachusett North Shore Northern Essex Quinsigamond Roxbury Springfield Tech. TOTAL DCE 39 268 284 88 57 117 102 172 218 116 163 113 204 55 92 2088 Non-DCE 43 102 193 40 47 81 61 108 105 73 82 46 116 58 63 1218 Total DCE 82 370 477 128 104 198 163 280 323 189 245 159 320 113 155 3306 Non-DCE 40 92 223 49 47 74 60 127 108 76 77 54 137 52 57 1273 Total 73 324 483 134 97 188 166 302 318 181 217 166 365 109 157 3280 DCE 16 164 217 61 41 93 111 103 191 78 102 87 205 30 63 1562 Non-DCE 24 81 195 40 34 60 61 70 97 59 79 33 120 36 50 1039 Total DCE 40 245 412 101 75 153 172 173 288 137 181 120 325 66 113 2601 Non-DCE 33 82 170 48 34 63 45 72 104 56 82 34 127 26 58 1034 Total 59 245 394 118 68 143 131 189 285 145 204 122 330 57 124 2614 DCE Total 65 252 350 103 77 134 123 176 270 138 204 122 294 63 109 2480 33 232 260 85 50 114 106 175 210 105 140 112 228 57 100 2007 26 163 224 70 34 80 86 117 181 89 122 88 203 31 66 1580 25 164 204 61 40 70 80 112 163 84 117 83 167 36 58 1464 40 88 146 42 37 64 43 64 107 54 87 39 127 27 51 1016

25. Snapshot of Day part-time faculty and professional staff in the college system from 2020 to 2022 The table below provides three years of data on part-time professional staff and Day part-time faculty. The key point is that part-time professional staff numbers have been declining since fall 2020. On the other hand, the numbers of Day part-time faculty have been slightly increasing over those same years.

26. # of Part- Time Prof. Staff Fall 2020 # of Part- Time Prof. Staff Fall 2021 # of Part- Time Prof. Staff Fall 2022 # of Day Part- Time Faculty Fall 2020 # of Day Part- Time Faculty Fall 2021 # of Day Part- Time Faculty Fall 2022 College Names Berkshire Bristol 2 39 5 41 5 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bunker Hill Cape Cod 24 72 49 68 58 63 0 62 0 68 0 62 Greenfield Holyoke 9 90 7 94 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 MassBay Massasoit 49 126 43 111 46 87 0 33 0 64 0 79 Middlesex Mt. Wachusett 49 78 48 72 58 85 8 0 9 0 11 0 North Shore Northern Essex 71 46 69 36 55 32 0 7 0 5 0 5 Quinsigamond Roxbury 114 0 104 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Springfield Total 51 820 64 811 52 802 2 2 2 112 148 159