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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A total of 14,957 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By employment type, there are 13,794 full-time and 1,163 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 6,339 female and 8,618 male employees are working at MIT.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,716, which is 11.47% of total employees. On average, 3 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 476 Librarians, 724 management occupation, 1,445 computer/engineering, and 658 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 9,382 white (62.73%), 633 black (4.23%), and 1,391 asian (9.30%) employees working at MIT. A total of 1,371 non-resident alien employees work at MIT.

Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.

Occupation Gender Race/Ethnicity Non-resident Alien
Faculty & Staffs by Occupation and Working Status at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs14,957 13,794 1,163
Postsecondary Teachers6,856 6,216 640
Instructional staff1,716 1,391 325
Research5,140 4,825 315
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support476 448 28
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists106 94 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 30 9
Librarians67 64 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support370 354 16
Management724 692 32
Business and Financial Operations1,739 1,665 74
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,445 1,403 42
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media641 586 55
Healthcare Practioners and Technical193 172 21
Service Occupations658 629 29
Sales and Related Occupations30 29 1
Office and Administrative Support1,474 1,243 231
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance624 615 9
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 96 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs14,957 6,339 8,618
Postsecondary Teachers6,856 2,002 4,854
Instructional staff1,716 527 1,189
Research5,140 1,475 3,665
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support476 348 128
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists106 77 29
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 28 11
Librarians67 49 18
Other teaching and Instructional Support370 271 99
Management724 366 358
Business and Financial Operations1,739 1,229 510
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,445 430 1,015
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media641 397 244
Healthcare Practioners and Technical193 147 46
Service Occupations658 247 411
Sales and Related Occupations30 16 14
Office and Administrative Support1,474 1,046 428
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance624 100 524
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 11 86
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs14,957 241,391633 849109,382 2461,051
Postsecondary Teachers6,856 9762130 27833,875 107411
Instructional staff1,716 519755 7201,053 29216
Research5,140 456575 20632,822 78195
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support476 03028 410327 1528
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists106 062 6081 26
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 000 3029 13
Librarians67 062 3052 13
Other teaching and Instructional Support370 02426 350246 1322
Management724 24736 251557 353
Business and Financial Operations1,739 4163107 11531,188 33117
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,445 315863 9301,002 2374
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media641 13520 320476 1755
Healthcare Practioners and Technical193 01728 180113 314
Service Occupations658 26271 1040240 3145
Sales and Related Occupations30 013 0024 11
Office and Administrative Support1,474 293123 11111,009 3591
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance624 11418 262504 653
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 096 6067 09
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,371 433 938
Postsecondary Teachers1,281 381 900
Instructional staff89 33 56
Research1,192 348 844
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support7 6 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists3 3 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 3 0
Librarians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support4 3 1
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations9 5 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science29 15 14
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media5 2 3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations31 15 16
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support9 9 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving0 0 0

Employment Status

According to the IPEDS, Full-time staff and Part-time staff is determined by the institution. The type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time or part time. The employee\s term of contract is not considered in making the determination of full or part time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc basis or occasional basis to meet short-term needs) and students in the College Work-Study Program (CWS) are not considered part-time staff.