The Gender Gap in Salaries of Educational Administration Professors

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Abstract
A recent study indicated that women faculty earn, on average, approximately $10,000 less than their male colleagues. Further, even when controlling for rank, women faculty still earn approximately $5,000 less than men (McCarthy, Kuh, Newell, & lacona, 1988). Although these data suggest possible gender bias in compensation, descriptive statistics do not adequately verify wage and salary discrimination. Therefore, this study explores the problem of a make/female salary differential for professors, discusses relevant factors that may explain this salary disparity, and applies a model for detecting bias in compensation to a sample of educational administration professors' salaries. Results of the study indicate that a statistically significant proportion of the salary variance (beyond that of other compensable factors) is explained by gender. Further, the salary loss uniquely due to gender for female professors of educational administration averages more than $3,000 per academic year.

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