| WHERE PROFESSORS EARN THE MOST AND LEAST |
| Full professors who earn more than $100,000 |
| Harvard U | $144.7 |
| Rockefeller U | $139.5 |
| Princeton U | $131.7 |
| Yale U | $131.2 |
| Stanford U | $131.0 |
| U of Chicago | $129.2 |
| U of Pennsylvania | $128.0 |
| California Institute of Technology | $127.7 |
| New York U | $126.4 |
| Columbia U | $125.5 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $123.2 |
| Northwestern U | $122.3 |
| Babson College | $121.9 |
| Duke U | $118.8 |
| Emory U | $117.7 |
| U of California at Berkeley | $115.9 |
| U of California at Los Angeles | $115.7 |
| Rice U | $114.0 |
| Georgetown U | $112.3 |
| Rutgers U at Newark | $111.9 |
| Pacific Graduate School of Psychology | $111.6 |
| Washington U in St Louis | $111.5 |
| Boston College | $111.4 |
| Albany Law School | $111.0 |
| Cornell U Endowed Colleges | $110.6 |
| U of Notre Dame | $109.9 |
| Dartmouth College | $109.1 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $109.0 |
| U of Michigan at Ann Arbor | $108.9 |
| Carnegie Mellon U | $108.8 |
| U of Southern California | $108.5 |
| U of Maryland at Baltimore | $108.1 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | $107.9 |
| U of Virginia | $107.6 |
| Santa Clara U | $107.1 |
| Vanderbilt U | $106.9 |
| Institute of Paper Science and Technology | $106.9 |
| Georgia State U | $106.3 |
| U of California at San Diego | $106.2 |
| Rutgers U at Camden | $106.2 |
| Rutgers U at New Brunswick | $105.7 |
| U of Maryland at College Park | $105.6 |
| Johns Hopkins U | $105.0 |
| Swarthmore College | $105.0 |
| U of California atSanta Barbara | $104.9 |
| Wellesley College | $104.3 |
| Southwestern U School of Law | $104.0 |
| American U | $103.4 |
| U or North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $103.4 |
| George Washington U | $103.3 |
| U of California at Irvine | $103.1 |
| Williams College | $102.9 |
| Princeton Theological Seminary | $102.8 |
| U of Connecticut | $102.6 |
| Claremont McKenna College | $102.0 |
| Brown U | $101.8 |
| Pomona College | $101.7 |
| Amherst College | $101.5 |
| St John's U (NY) | $101.5 |
| U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | $100.9 |
| Barnard College | $100.9 |
| Fordham U | $100.6 |
| U of San Francisco | $100.5 |
| State U of New York Upstate Medical U | $100.3 |
| Wake Forest U | $100.2 |
| Lowest-paid full professors |
| Southern Adventist U | $34.8 |
| U Politechnica de Puerto Rico | $35.9 |
| Lackawanna College | $36.3 |
| Central Baptist College (Ark) | $36.4 |
| Bethany College (Kan) | $36.5 |
| Truett McConnell College | $37.2 |
| Faith Baptist Bible College and Seminary | $37.3 |
| Tennessee Wesleyan College | $37.7 |
| Thomas U | $37.7 |
| Lane College | $38.3 |
| Missouri Baptist College | $38.3 |
| Bethel College (Kan) | $38.4 |
| Saint Paul's College (Va) | $38.7 |
| Ohio Valley College (WVa) | $39.0 |
| McPherson College | $39.1 |
| Highest-paid full professors at liberal-arts colleges |
| Swarthmore College | $105.0 |
| Wellesley College | $104.3 |
| Williams College | $102.9 |
| Claremont McKenna College | $102.0 |
| Pomona College | $101.7 |
| Amherst College | $101.5 |
| Barnard College | $100.9 |
| Colby College | $100.0 |
| Trinity College (Conn) | $99.9 |
| Colgate U | $99.2 |
| Vassar College | $98.7 |
| Smith College | $98.0 |
| Harvey Mudd College | $97.6 |
| Mount Holyoke College | $96.4 |
| Middlebury College | $95.6 |
| Bowdoin College | $95.6 |
| Highest-paid full professors at community colleges |
| Passaic County Community College | $90.4 |
| Miami U at Hamilton | $88.9 |
| Westchester Community College | $87.3 |
| City U of New York New York City Technical College | $82.7 |
| City U of New York Kingsborough Community College | $82.1 |
| City U of New York Queensborough Community College | $81.5 |
| City U of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College | $81.1 |
| City U of New York Bronx Community College | $80.4 |
| Suffolk County Community College | $79.8 |
| City U of New York Hostos Community College | $79.6 |
| City U of New York La Guardia Community College | $77.7 |
| Cerro Coso Community College | $76.2 |
| Miami U at Middletown | $75.8 |
| Burlington County College | $74.4 |
| Niagara County Community College | $73.3 |
| Highest-paid assistant professors |
| Babson College | $82.3 |
| California Institute of Technology | $79.0 |
| U of Pennsylvania | $76.7 |
| Albany Law School | $76.7 |
| Harvard U | $75.0 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $74.8 |
| Stanford U | $73.9 |
| U of Texas at Dallas | $71.9 |
| New York U | $70.2 |
| Carnegie Mellon U | $69.8 |
| U of Chicago | $69.6 |
| Cornell U Endowed Colleges | $69.2 |
| U of Maryland at College Park | $69.2 |
| Northwestern U | $69.1 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | $68.3 |
| Note: Average salaries are reported in thousands of dollars, rounded to the nearest hundred. The figures exclude those at medical schools. |
|
SOURCE: American Association of University Professors |
| AVERAGE SALARIES FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, 2001-2 |
| Doctoral institutions |
| |
All
| Public
|
Private, independent
|
Church-related
|
| |
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
| Professor |
$94,788
|
+4.4%
|
$89,631
|
+4.2%
|
$112,534
|
+4.9%
|
$99,426
|
+3.7%
|
| Associate professor |
$64,953
|
+3.8%
|
$63,049
|
+3.5%
|
$73,470
|
+5.1%
|
$68,045
|
+4.5%
|
| Assistant professor |
$55,404
|
+5.3%
|
$53,392
|
+5.1%
|
$64,149
|
+5.2%
|
$56,863
|
+6.9%
|
| Instructor |
$37,959
|
+4.3%
|
$36,832
|
+4.7%
|
$43,372
|
+3.1%
|
$47,205
|
+5.3%
|
| Lecturer |
$44,025
|
--
|
$43,337
|
--
|
$46,590
|
--
|
$42,433
|
--
|
| No rank |
$47,160
|
--
|
$43,962
|
--
|
$53,009
|
--
|
$53,073
|
--
|
|
All |
$72,183
|
+3.8%
|
$68,717
|
+3.7%
|
$86,004
|
+4.0%
|
$74,959
|
+4.%5
|
| Comprehensive institutions |
| |
All
| Public
|
Private, independent
|
Church-related
|
| |
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
| Professor |
$73,504
|
+4.0%
|
$72,770
|
+3.9%
|
$77,310
|
+4.7%
|
$73,328
|
+3.6%
|
| Associate professor |
$57,908
|
+4.2%
|
$57,780
|
+4.1%
|
$59,442
|
+4.7%
|
$56,774
|
+4.2%
|
| Assistant professor |
$47,447
|
+4.6%
|
$47,476
|
+4.6%
|
$48,501
|
+4.8%
|
$46,218
|
+4.3%
|
| Instructor |
$36,637
|
+4.2%
|
$36,275
|
+4.2%
|
$38,934
|
+2.3%
|
$37,181
|
+5.7%
|
| Lecturer |
$37,471
|
--
|
$36,905
|
--
|
$41,773
|
--
|
$39,482
|
--
|
| No rank |
$43,076
|
--
|
$40,480
|
--
|
$51,696
|
--
|
$49,375
|
--
|
| All |
$57,518
|
+3.7%
|
$57,104
|
+3.5%
|
$60,257
|
+4.5%
|
$56,638
|
+4.1%
|
| Baccalaureate institutions |
| |
All
| Public
|
Private, independent
|
Church-related
|
| |
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
| Professor |
$67,000
|
+3.9%
|
$64,508
|
+2.9%
|
$76,692
|
+4.7%
|
$58,927
|
+3.3%
|
| Associate professor |
$51,500
|
+3.7%
|
$52,451
|
+3.3%
|
$54,929
|
+4.4%
|
$48,186
|
+3.5%
|
| Assistant professor |
$42,903
|
+4.0%
|
$43,789
|
+3.6%
|
$45,368
|
+4.3%
|
$40,575
|
+3.8%
|
| Instructor |
$35,016
|
+3.7%
|
$35,041
|
+3.6%
|
$36,641
|
+4.6%
|
$34,343
|
+3.5%
|
| Lecturer |
$38,678
|
--
|
$35,853
|
--
|
$46,046
|
--
|
$35,640
|
--
|
| No rank |
$40,439
|
--
|
$40,376
|
--
|
$48,767
|
--
|
$32,499
|
--
|
| All |
$51,981
|
+3.7%
|
$50,779
|
+3.3%
|
$58,426
|
+4.2%
|
$47,407
|
+3.4%
|
| Two-year institutions with academic ranks |
| |
All
| Public
|
Private, independent
|
Church-related
|
| |
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
| Professor |
$60,803
|
+2.6%
|
$60,997
|
+2.6%
|
$52,678
|
+3.7%
|
$45,574
|
+4.1%
|
| Associate professor |
$47,967
|
+2.3%
|
$48,046
|
+2.3%
|
$46,662
|
+1.9%
|
$41,952
|
+7.2%
|
| Assistant professor |
$42,667
|
+3.1%
|
$42,755
|
+3.2%
|
$42,228
|
+2.4%
|
$36,637
|
+3.4%
|
| Instructor |
$35,421
|
+4.4%
|
$35,445
|
+4.4%
|
$34,948
|
+8.2%
|
$32,156
|
+3.0%
|
| Lecturer |
$41,687
|
--
|
$41,693
|
--
|
$38,938
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| No rank |
$39,685
|
--
|
$39,685
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| All |
$47,834
|
+2.6%
|
$47,934
|
+2.5%
|
$45,451
|
+4.4%
|
$39,613
|
+5.%4
|
| Institutions without ranks |
| |
All
| Public
|
Private, independent
|
Church-related
|
| |
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
| All |
$49,050
|
+2.4%
|
$49,162
|
+2.4%
|
$47,603
|
+4.4%
|
$38,074
|
-0.8%
|
| Institutions with academic ranks |
| |
All
| Public
|
Private, independent
|
Church-related
|
| |
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
Salary
|
1-year change
|
| Professor |
$83,282
|
+4.2%
|
$81,317
|
+4.1%
|
$96,091
|
+4.8%
|
$72,188
|
+3.6%
|
| Associate professor |
$59,496
|
+3.8%
|
$59,441
|
+3.6%
|
$63,428
|
+4.8%
|
$54,946
|
+3.9%
|
| Assistant professor |
$49,505
|
+4.8%
|
$49,626
|
+4.8%
|
$53,160
|
+4.9%
|
$44,692
|
+4.5%
|
| Instructor |
$36,620
|
+4.2%
|
$36,215
|
+4.4%
|
$40,062
|
+3.4%
|
$36,113
|
+4.2%
|
| Lecturer |
$41,732
|
--
|
$40,872
|
--
|
$45,940
|
--
|
$40,015
|
--
|
| No rank |
$44,305
|
--
|
$41,908
|
--
|
$52,104
|
--
|
$39,911
|
--
|
| All |
$62,895
|
+3.8%
|
$62,024
|
+3.6%
|
$71,460
|
+4.2%
|
$55,346
|
+3.9%
|
| Note: The figures cover full-time members of the instructional staff except those in medical schools. The salaries are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year. The salary figures are based on data from 1,433 institutions representing 1,700 campuses. Percentage changes are based on data from 1,238 institutions representing 1,456 campuses that reported comparable data for both years. A dash indicates that no data were reported. |
| SOURCE: American Association of University Professors |
