<p>from Chronicle of Higher Education April 20, 2007
average in thousands, excludes med schools</p>
<p>All private universities</p>
<p>Rockefeller U $186.4
Harvard 177.4
Stanford 164.3
Princeton 163.7
U Chicago 162.5
Yale 157.6
U Pennsylvania 156.5
Caltech 155.8
Yeshiva 150.5
NYU 149.5</p>
<p>public universities</p>
<p>New Jersey Inst of Tech $134.8
UCLA 133.2
UC Berkeley 131.3
U Michigan Ann Arbor 130.4
U Maryland Baltimore 130.3 (not Baltimore County)
Georgia Tech 129.5
U Virginia 128.0
U North Carolina Chapel Hill 126.8
Rutgers Newark 124.5
UC San Diego 124.4</p>
<p>1) The pay scale varies a good deal by specialty. For example, I know someone who was offered a visiting Law Prof/lecturer gig, with no experience, at a much higher salary than a Humanities Prof he knows was getting from the same U after teaching there for a number of years. So Us that have these rather high-paying specialties might tend to have higher reported salaries, particularly if the relevant departments are relatively large.</p>
<p>2) Cost of living makes a huge difference in buying power of one's salary, and local/regional differences here can be quite significant. A couple years ago I compared Harvard to Wash U and found that, after cost of living adjustment, Wash U profs were economically better off. There are various websites that do comparative cost of living calculations.</p>
<p>For example, I understand that despite Barnard's high average faculty salaries, as reported above, it is actually dinged a considerable amount in the relevant ranking category due to cost of living adjustment US News uses.</p>
<p>Moneydad is right. Those figures are inflated by salaries paid to teachers in the medical school, engineering, and business. Other profs, especially in the humanities, are paid astoundingly low salaries.</p>
<p>I'll bet these numbers also include benefits (such as the portion of health insurance premiums that is paid by the institution), or else are based on a 9 month salary that is multiplied by 12/9ths to come up with these figures. My husband is a full professor who has been at the same LAC since 1987 and his (9 month) salary is nowhere close to those listed in post #1.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, but how much to life science professors expect to make? I know it depends heavily on location, cost of living, seniority, etc, but I'm just wondering. And where does the money come from? Does the university pay most of their professor's salaries or does the professor have to draw from his/her grants for the bulk of their salary?</p>
<p>I'm just curious... I'd like to be a professor one day, though I'm still just a lowly prefrosh (yes, I know it takes a lot of work, determination, luck, skill, connections, whatever, I know it's a hard path but I'd still like to take it).</p>
<p>I don't think they include benefits. UVa's newspaper publishes all the faculties (and TAs) salaries annually, and looking at full professors, almost all of them made over 100k a year--the highest I saw were medical and law professors (who made over 500k/yr).</p>
<p>interestingly, Al Groh, the football coach, made several salaries...I don't really know where that comes from.</p>
<p>full professors average salary, 9-month equivalent if on 12-month contract</p>
<p>Harvard University 165149
Princeton University 156838
University of Chicago 155085
Stanford University 155038
Yale University 151260
University of Pennsylvania 149919
California Institute of Technology 149126
Columbia University in the City of New York 145762
New York University 144020
Northwestern University 140795
Duke University 138260
Emory University 136956
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 135647
Georgetown University 134842
Washington University in St Louis 132833
Vanderbilt University 129270
Cornell University 128911
University of Southern California 128715
Brown University 128378
Boston College 127933
Rice University 126996
Touro College 125730
Santa Clara University 125421
Carnegie Mellon University 123468
American University 122629
University of Notre Dame 121152
Johns Hopkins University 120741
Keck Graduate Institute 119687
George Washington University 119044
Dartmouth College 118732
The New School 118600
St. John's University-New York 118393
Case Western Reserve University 117379
Boston University 116963
Teachers College at Columbia University 116386
Northeastern University 116140
Southern Methodist University 115834
Bentley College 115245
Hofstra University 114683
Pace University-New York 114543
Claremont Graduate University 114476
Fordham University 114449
Tufts University 113986
University of San Francisco 113755
Drexel University 112818
University of Rochester 112259
University of Miami 111347
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110822
Villanova University 110573
Yeshiva University 110314
University of Richmond 110314
Suffolk University 110099
Lehigh University 108636
New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury 108420
Pepperdine University 108144
University of San Diego 108047
Gallaudet University 107580
Bryant University 107424
Brandeis University 106677
Wake Forest University 106229
Illinois Institute of Technology 106048
Quinnipiac University 105833
Monmouth University 105818
Stevens Institute of Technology 104254
Golden Gate University-San Francisco 103216
Tulane University of Louisiana 103060
Loyola University Chicago 102104
Loyola Marymount University 101949
Chapman University 101805
DePaul University 101232
New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan Campus 101221
Brigham Young University 101018
Emerson College 100496
Marquette University 100096
Rensselaer Hartford Graduate Center Inc 99745
Polytechnic University 99414
Rochester Institute of Technology 98868
Syracuse University 98645
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 98351
University of Denver 97516
Saint Joseph's University 97328
Western New England College 97206
Loyola College in Maryland 97147
Seattle University 97098
Adelphi University 96376
Seton Hall University 96345
Nova Southeastern University 96323
University of Tulsa 96258
Saint Thomas University 95852
Fairfield University 95662
Mills College 94945
Trinity University 94715
Loyola University New Orleans 94497
Saint Louis University-Main Campus 94312
Clarkson University 94185
Texas Christian University 93897
Lewis & Clark College 93854
Rider University 93848
Southampton College of Long Island University 92917
University of the Pacific 92873
Gonzaga University 92629
Clark University 92411
Duquesne University 92185
Simmons College 91907
Drew University 91208
Manhattan College 90899
Catholic University of America 90822
St Marys University 90690
Iona College 90581
Stetson University 89906
Creighton University 89566
Providence College 89374
University of Dayton 89323
Baylor University 89219
University of Puget Sound 88829
The College of New Rochelle 88649
Saint Marys College of California 88648
Drake University 88030
Valparaiso University 87357
Arcadia University 87161
Roger Williams University 87151
Willamette University 86797
Sacred Heart University 86509
Rollins College 85899
Capital University 85637
Bradley University 85380
University of Redlands 85305
Mercer University 85205</p>
<p>average 9-month or 9-month equivalent salaries at LACs
full-time full professors</p>
<p>United States Coast Guard Academy 124586
United States Naval Academy 124333
Wellesley College 123088
Barnard College 120286
Widener University-Delaware Campus 120000
Pomona College 118471
Swarthmore College 118176
Amherst College 117907
Claremont McKenna College 117217
Middlebury College 116476
Wesleyan University 115378
Harvey Mudd College 115187
Williams College 115141
Bowdoin College 114133
Vassar College 112691
Colgate University 110331
Smith College 110111
United States Merchant Marine Academy 108201
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango 107676
Trinity College 106164
Scripps College 105259
Colby College 104283
Mount Holyoke College 103927
Hamilton College 102491
Bucknell University 101557
Grinnell College 101283
Macalester College 100850
Franklin and Marshall College 100797
Haverford College 100400
Nevada State College at Henderson 100339
Davidson College 100195
Whittier College 100070
Washington and Lee University 99438
Carleton College 98614
Fashion Institute of Technology 98510
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 98032
Wheaton College 97859
Colorado College 97412
Bryn Mawr College 96966
College of the Holy Cross 96741
Lafayette College 96476
Oberlin College 96291
Occidental College 95812
Bates College 95203
Bard College 95109
Brigham Young University-Hawaii 95031
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College 94883
Union College 94824
Denison University 94303
Hobart William Smith Colleges 93671
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington 92952
Dickinson College 92910
Gettysburg College 91849
Christopher Newport University 91831
California State University-Channel Islands 90769
Pitzer College 90674
Reed College 90070
Whitman College 89728
Hampshire College 89137
Connecticut College 88844
Thomas Aquinas College 88649
Saint Josephs College-Main Campus 88614
University of New Hampshire-Manchester 88200
CUNY York College 87810
Skidmore College 87806
St Lawrence University 87752
CUNY New York City College of Technology 87626
CUNY Medgar Evers College 87277
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkil 87153
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Campus 87084
California Maritime Academy 87007
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington 86948
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver 86747
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley 86586
Farmingdale State University of New York 86300
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State McKeesport 86157
Goucher College 85973
Stonehill College 85809
Pennsylvania State University-Delaware County 85026
Sewanee: The University of the South 84569
St Francis College 84530
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York 84390
DePauw University 84290
Ohio Northern University 83862
California State University-Monterey Bay 83833
York College Pennsylvania 83804
Lake Forest College 83468
Furman University 83432
Morehouse College 82935
Ohio University-Southern Campus 82908
United States Military Academy 82492
United States Air Force Academy 82073
SUNY College at Old Westbury 81714
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre 81606
Siena College 81437
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto 81369
Texas A & M University at Galveston 81285
Illinois Wesleyan University 81130
Southwestern University 80942
Marymount Manhattan College 80722
Fisk University 80525
Muhlenberg College 80388
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks 80279
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona 80155
Kenyon College 80082
St Mary's College of Maryland 79555
Athens State University 79225
Washington College 79223
Ursinus College 79181
Westmont College 78994
Agnes Scott College 78687
Kent State University-Trumbull Campus 78605
Rhodes College 78421
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Dubois 78134
New College of Florida 77727
Virginia Military Institute 77452
Juniata College 77313
St. Olaf College 77244
Pennsylvania College of Technology 77229
Susquehanna University 77035
Buena Vista University 76800
Saint Johns University 76518
University of Houston-Downtown 76325
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith 76275
Maryville College 76081
Hampden-Sydney College 76027</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that benefits can be signficant. Not just health and retirement, but sabatical policies. For example, Swarthmore guarantees at least one semester sabattical at full pay after ever six semesters of teaching and endowments are in place to make this a full year sabbatical at full pay for many professors.</p>
<p>Also, remember that, at a research university, a professor is often required to generate the funding sources for employment by obtaining research grants.</p>
<p>public universities average 9-month or 9-month equivalent average salaries
full-time full professors</p>
<p>New Jersey Institute of Technology 127230
University of California-Los Angeles 126374
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 125971
University of California-Berkeley 125632
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 125004
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus 124381
University of Virginia-Main Campus 123715
Naval Postgraduate School 123469
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 119895
University of California-San Diego 117591
Rutgers University-Newark 117039
University of Connecticut 116731
University of Maryland-College Park 115695
The University of Texas at Austin 115688
Rutgers University-Camden 115422
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 115348
Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway 115281
University of California-Santa Barbara 114602
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 114415
University of California-Irvine 114260
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 113880
Temple University 113044
University of Washington-Bothell Campus 112882
College of William and Mary 112843
SUNY at Buffalo 111743
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 110311
Ohio State University-Main Campus 110140
Georgia State University 110134
Stony Brook University 109949
University of Baltimore 109899
George Mason University 109864
University of California-Riverside 108814
The University of Texas at Dallas 108329
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 108231
University of California-Davis 108220
Colorado School of Mines 107826
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus 107574
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley 107215
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 106455
Michigan State University 105891
Indiana University-Bloomington 104922
University of Illinois at Chicago 104251
University of Central Florida 104186
Texas A & M University 104146
University of Nevada-Reno 104098
University of Nevada-Las Vegas 104014
University of Houston 103899
University of Massachusetts-Amherst 103506
University of California-Santa Cruz 103416
University of Alabama at Birmingham 103082
University of Iowa 102928
University of Colorado at Boulder 102764
Purdue University-Main Campus 102626
SUNY at Albany 102126
University of Arizona 102106
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 101812
University of Massachusetts-Lowell 101430
University of Florida 101419
Wayne State University 100521
University of Massachusetts-Boston 100008
University of Maryland-Baltimore County 99084
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 98630
SUNY at Binghamton 98370
University of Wisconsin-Madison 98189
University of Utah 97879
Virginia Commonwealth University 97849
University of Kansas Main Campus 97833
The University of Alabama 97693
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 97599
William Paterson University of New Jersey 97479
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center 97330
The University of Texas at San Antonio 97255
University of Missouri-Rolla 96923
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 96816
University of South Carolina-Columbia 96694
University of Missouri-Columbia 96684
Prairie View A & M University 96294
University of Missouri-Kansas City 96256
CUNY City College 96067
University of Georgia 95929
Auburn University Main Campus 95439
Iowa State University 95413
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 95358
University of Nebraska at Lincoln 95226
University of Louisville 95024
Ramapo College of New Jersey 94985
Kean University 94876
Clemson University 94803
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 94638
The University of Tennessee 94460
University of South Florida 94397
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 94395
Montclair State University 94166
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 93796
New Jersey City University 93676
University of Kentucky 93399
Colorado State University 93345
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 93160
Texas Tech University 93036
Miami University-Oxford 92878
Rowan University 92722
University of Rhode Island 92484
Florida International University 92441
The College of New Jersey 92299
CUNY Brooklyn College 92060
CUNY John Jay College Criminal Justice 91989
University of North Carolina at Charlotte 91973
Wright State University-Main Campus 91900
Florida State University 91848
University of Hawaii at Manoa 91801
CUNY Lehman College 91679
University of Alabama in Huntsville 91667
Kent State University-Kent Campus 91648
CUNY Queens College 91254
CUNY Hunter College 91087
University of Vermont 90709
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 90322
Cleveland State University 90134
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania 90128
CUNY College of Staten Island 89887
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 89800
Western Michigan University 89776
Florida Atlantic University 89535
California University of Pennsylvania 89377
University of Toledo-Main Campus 89309
Governors State University 89273
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 89058
University of Missouri-St Louis 89032
The University of Texas at Arlington 89020
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 88973
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 88966
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 88928
Arizona State University at the West Campus 88806
Washington State University 88801
University of Arkansas Main Campus 88768
Old Dominion University 88704
Millersville University of Pennsylvania 88673
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 88266
University of Oregon 88222
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 88143
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania 88118
Clarion University of Pennsylvania 88077
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 88053
San Diego State University 87898
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 87873
California State University-East Bay 87631
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 87629
San Francisco State University 87565
Oakland University 86984
California State University-Fullerton 86957
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 86918
University of Memphis 86789
Ohio University-Main Campus 86692
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 86593
San Jose State University 86469
Western Connecticut State University 86464
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania 86456
California State University-Fresno 86375</p>