Average salary of instructional faculty and graduate assistants, by academic rank
| Academic rank | Average salary |
|---|---|
| Full professors | $121,764 |
| Associate professors | $86,035 |
| Assistant professors | $73,394 |
| Instructors | $65,351 |
| Lecturers | $60,685 |
| Graduate assistants | $13,969 |
Notes: Salary data by academic rank are for full-time instructional faculty on nine-month contracts and are in 2017–2018 school year dollars. Graduate assistantship amounts are for the 2015–2016 school year, inflation adjusted into 2017–2018 school year dollars using CPI-U. We are assuming that “school year dollars” refers to August–May. On average, graduate student employees work 22.7 hours per week.
Sources: Salary data are from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), College and Career Tables Library [online data], Table 4.2, accessed November 2019, and the NCES Digest of Education Statistics, Table 316.10, accessed November 2019. Work hours data are from NCES College and Career Tables Library Table 2.4-A, accessed November 2019.