Average Faculty Salary for Alabama Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Alabama Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $70,846 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $91,856 (up 2.56% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $76,265 (up 5.66% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $66,598 (up 2.28% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $53,235 (up 5.25% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $51,528 (up 6.01% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $51,034 (up 3.18% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $105,803 (year-over-year change: +3.00%)
- R2 research universities: $70,376 (year-over-year change: -0.06%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $67,687 (year-over-year change: +4.05%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $62,396 (year-over-year change: +7.42%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $67,687 (year-over-year change: +4.05%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in Alabama or its salary information is not available.
- Faith-related institutions: $50,055 (year-over-year change: +1.33%)
- No Community colleges in Alabama or its salary information is not available.
Alabama Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for alabama colleges' faculty by academic rank in the academic year 2024-2025. The average amount is based on a 9-month contract or equated employees. You can check the average salary information for your desired state and school category.
State
| Academic Rank | All Colleges | R1 Universities | R2 Universities | Master's Colleges | BS Colleges | Community Colleges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Faculty Total | $70,846 3.48% |
$105,803 3.00% |
$70,376 0.06% |
$67,687 4.05% |
$62,396 7.42% |
- - |
| Professor | $91,856 2.56% |
$154,860 2.29% |
$92,452 1.45% |
$83,339 3.14% |
$72,381 2.64% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $76,265 5.66% |
$107,010 2.71% |
$74,398 0.57% |
$74,981 4.75% |
$65,257 11.61% |
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| Assistant professor | $66,598 2.28% |
$89,210 3.04% |
$66,315 0.86% |
$64,506 3.68% |
$58,807 1.80% |
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| Instructor | $53,235 5.25% |
$71,228 6.12% |
$51,902 0.03% |
$45,312 0.38% |
$53,861 11.10% |
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| Lecturer | $51,528 6.01% |
$65,179 5.02% |
- - |
$46,067 2.88% |
- - |
- - |
| No academic rank | $51,034 3.18% |
$41,710 1.07% |
- - |
$54,437 0.44% |
- - |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Alabama Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- University of Alabama at Birmingham $113,387
- Auburn University $110,439
- The University of Alabama $103,324
- University of Alabama in Huntsville $96,060
- Samford University $91,754
- Athens State University $86,501
- University of North Alabama $82,522
- University of Montevallo $81,764
- Auburn University at Montgomery $80,841
- Alabama A & M University $78,336