2026 AACSB Trend Watch: Faculty Salaries

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30 June 2026

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Analysis of full-time business school faculty compensation by rank, discipline, gender, tenure status, qualification, institution type, region, school size, and longitudinal trends.

The 2026 AACSB Trend Watch: Faculty Salaries report provides a comprehensive analysis of full-time faculty salaries at AACSB-accredited business schools, offering insights to support hiring, retention, budgeting, and workforce planning. Based on data from the 2025–26 Staff Compensation and Demographics Survey, the report explores salary trends across faculty rank, discipline, gender, qualification category, institution type, and region. The report provides timely benchmarks to help institutions understand today’s faculty compensation landscape and to establish a foundation for tracking academic workforce trends in the years ahead.

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