Average Faculty and Staff Salary Working on US Colleges By Academic Ranks and Occupation

This page summaries the average salary for faculty by academic ranks and staffs by occupation working for US colleges. First, next table shows the faculty (instructional Staff) average salary by academic rank. The average salary is calculated and weighted with for all 9, 10, 11, or 12-months contracted instructional staffs.

Average Faculty (Instructional Staff) Salary By Academic Rank At US colleges

Academic Rank	Headcount	Average Salary (Month)	Average Salary (Annual)
Professor	159,049	$8,505	$102,060
Associate professor	135,646	$6,987	$83,844
Assistant professor	133,809	$6,064	$72,768
Instructor	95,856	$4,959	$59,508
Lecturer	32,672	$5,391	$64,692
No academic rank	53,950	$5,060	$60,720
All instructional staff total	610,982	$5,927	$71,124

Next table summarizes non-instructional Staffs average salary and headcount by occupation.

Average Staffs Salary By Occupation At US colleges

Occupation	Headcount	Average Salary (Month)	Average Salary (Annual)
Non-instructional staff total	1,542,074	$4,499	$53,993
Postsecondary Teachers - Research	43,590	$5,504	$66,048
Postsecondary Teachers - Public service	9,061	$5,376	$64,518
Librarians, Curators, Archivists, other teaching and Instructional support	113,886	$4,172	$50,066
Management	230,532	$7,773	$93,272
Business and Financial Operations	158,953	$4,653	$55,835
Computer, Engineering, and Science	174,464	$4,968	$59,619
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	133,682	$4,398	$52,775
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	36,694	$4,799	$57,594
Service	190,304	$2,794	$33,528
Sales and related	13,417	$3,541	$42,491
Office and Administrative Support	349,634	$3,175	$38,105
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	71,665	$3,698	$44,377
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	16,192	$3,579	$42,950

You can access all staffs and faculties statistics including occupation, gender, race, and new hiring at US colleges on Staff/Faculty Salary Directory