CompensationJun 17, 2018
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How much does a university professor earn?

How much does PhD professor teaching in universities for BS or MS earn? Also, is it different for different fields like CS, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanics, Biomedical etc?

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Visa shaolin Jun 17, 2018

For public university, its in state's database and the info is public. Google it and see how much your prof made.

Oracle of · Nada Jun 17, 2018

Depend on the school and yes, the field Public schools generally have salary info publically available, so you can look all that up. Just search "XYZ university salary"

Northrop Grumman fahq Jun 18, 2018

Med school profs make the most, engineering and cs are equivalent and other hard sciences don't get less than that typically. A good Prof at a top 100 uni in EE can get over 200k salary.

General Mills DataQueen Jun 18, 2018

Base is about 50-60k then additional money comes in through grants, research, books, etc. Base will differ 10k here or there based on subject matter and location.

Lazard fin/tech Jun 18, 2018

Only for entry level.. My aunt pulled in $150k+ when she was tenure (microbiology).

General Mills DataQueen Jun 18, 2018

Agreed. Tenured professors get a pretty big bump but it also takes a while. New trends in education aren’t offering tenure track positions as much anymore. At least in the humanities. My husband is a history professor tenure track in the Midwest. He’s about three years in and his salary falls in the range I mentioned. He has mentors that fall into the 150k range but they are 20ish years into their career at Columbia and are super stars.

Compass FUPayMe Jun 18, 2018

Most professors are adjunct. Adjuncts make ~$12-$25/hr. They make slave wages. And often have to work at multiple colleges to make ends meet.

Microsoft Dhxjsjjn Jun 18, 2018

When I checked public data from one of top 50 state colleges 7 years ago, CS professor made about 85k for assistant, 105k for associate, 130k for full professor. Note this is for 9 months. If you teach in summer or have research grant, it will be 33% more. Other engineering professors generally paid about 10% less. Language and other social science department paid half of CS professors. Medical school professors got 150k for teaching and 150k for practice. So their total was at least 300k.

NAVEX Global HollaBackG Jun 18, 2018

I have professors in my family and they make $80-$90k