Money Matters

Inside Higher Ed reproduces AAUP data on faculty salaries across various institutions. See below:

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Top Average Salaries for Full Professors at Private Doctoral Universities, 2021–22

Columbia University $288,000

Stanford University $269,100

Princeton University $266,100

Harvard University $262,700

University of Chicago $260,200

Massachusetts Institute of Technology $255,600

University of Pennsylvania* $246,300

Yale University $243,700

New York University $242,500

Dartmouth College $234,600

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*The University of Pennsylvania excluded non-tenure-track faculty members from the data reported to AAUP.

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Top Average Salaries for Full Professors at Public Doctoral Universities, 2021–22

University of California, Los Angeles $240,300

University of California, Berkeley $222,500

University of California, Santa Barbara $209,600

University of California, San Diego $203,900

Colorado School of Mines $199,500

Rutgers University at Newark $195,100

University of Virginia $194,900

University of California, Irvine $194,400

University of Texas at Austin $194,200

New Jersey Institute of Technology $193,700

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Top Average Salaries for Full Professors at Liberal Arts Colleges, 2021–22

Barnard College $183,100

Claremont McKenna College $175,000

University of Richmond $165,400

Pomona College $163,200

Amherst College $163,000

Wesleyan University $160,400

Wellesley College $160,100

Harvey Mudd College $156,800

Swarthmore College $156,300

Williams College $155,900

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Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/07/professor-pay-fell-5-percent-year-counting-inflation.

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The full story notes that with a 7%-ish rate of inflation, the real value of faculty pay is declining.