Associate Professor Salary at Illinois Colleges
The 2023 average associate professor salary at Illinois colleges is $79,898 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago has the highest associate professor salary of $155,000 among Illinois colleges followed by University of Chicago ($148,526) and Spertus College ($148,500).
The following table lists the Illinois colleges with associate professor salary information by contract length where the salary data is available. The table is sorted by salary in descending order. The number in parenthesis is the number of faculty for the contract length relatively.
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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoChicago, IL | $155,000 (2) | $155,000 (2) | - | - | - |
| University of ChicagoChicago, IL | $148,526 (246) 7.28% | $153,906 (210) 7.22% | - | $143,205 (36) 5.84% | - |
| Spertus CollegeChicago, IL | $148,500 (1) 10.00% | - | - | - | $198,000 (1) 10.00% |
| Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL | $133,959 (375) 4.63% | $133,959 (375) 4.63% | - | - | - |
| Rush UniversityChicago, IL | $129,709 (53) 35.67% | - | - | - | $172,945 (53) 35.67% |
| University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL | $124,227 (437) 1.72% | $124,798 (371) 0.84% | - | - | $161,357 (66) 8.11% |
| Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL | $116,402 (100) 1.88% | $114,335 (75) 1.00% | $135,654 (12) | $148,186 (11) | $177,797 (2) 36.06% |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL | $114,999 (38) 7.24% | - | - | - | $153,332 (38) 7.24% |
| University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | $113,311 (559) 4.38% | $114,001 (535) 4.32% | $74,309 (3) 3.48% | - | $136,471 (21) 5.56% |
| DePaul UniversityChicago, IL | $107,058 (327) 1.00% | $107,799 (310) 1.04% | - | $114,362 (17) 3.74% | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, IL | $105,634 (9) 0.01% | $105,634 (9) 0.01% | - | - | - |
| Midwestern University-Downers GroveDowners Grove, IL | $105,633 (40) 0.59% | - | - | - | $140,844 (40) 0.59% |
| College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, IL | $105,396 (56) 3.87% | $105,396 (56) 3.87% | - | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, IL | $104,017 (11) 1.01% | $104,017 (11) 1.01% | - | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, IL | $101,903 (28) 0.17% | $101,903 (28) 0.17% | - | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago, IL | $101,446 (14) 0.95% | $101,446 (14) 0.95% | - | - | - |
| Elgin Community CollegeElgin, IL | $101,350 (27) 1.08% | $101,350 (27) 1.08% | - | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, IL | $100,572 (26) 1.24% | $100,572 (26) 1.24% | - | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, IL | $100,251 (17) 5.07% | $100,251 (17) 5.07% | - | - | - |
| Loyola University ChicagoChicago, IL | $99,750 (204) 6.77% | $104,613 (174) 2.31% | - | - | $95,393 (30) 29.33% |
| William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, IL | $99,714 (62) 2.17% | $99,714 (62) 2.17% | - | - | - |
| Illinois College of OptometryChicago, IL | $97,812 (25) 2.95% | - | - | - | $130,415 (25) 2.95% |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, IL | $95,741 (16) 4.97% | $95,741 (16) 4.97% | - | - | - |
| School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL | $93,977 (69) 0.89% | $93,977 (69) 0.89% | - | - | - |
| Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, IL | $93,288 (227) 2.15% | $92,780 (213) 2.51% | $103,070 (3) 4.67% | - | $137,697 (11) 0.34% |
| Oak Point UniversityOak Brook, IL | $90,388 (2) 4.31% | - | - | - | $120,518 (2) 4.31% |
| Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL | $90,220 (62) 2.03% | $90,220 (62) 2.03% | - | - | - |
| Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, IL | $89,536 (22) 0.01% | $89,536 (22) 0.01% | - | - | - |
| Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL | $89,258 (201) 6.95% | $90,359 (192) 7.01% | - | - | $87,681 (9) 12.99% |
| Chicago Theological SeminaryChicago, IL | $89,183 (3) 38.67% | $89,183 (3) | - | - | - |
| Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, IL | $88,699 (27) 37.25% | $88,699 (27) | - | - | - |
| Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL | $88,354 (84) 1.95% | $88,354 (84) 1.75% | - | - | - |
| Adler UniversityChicago, IL | $88,330 (15) 0.66% | - | $92,760 (5) 2.51% | - | $121,003 (10) 3.52% |
| Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL | $86,461 (152) 0.17% | $81,985 (114) 1.93% | - | - | $133,185 (38) 2.62% |
| Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, IL | $85,454 (13) 0.07% | $85,454 (13) 0.07% | - | - | - |
| Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL | $85,065 (85) 4.31% | $85,045 (83) 4.07% | - | - | $114,515 (2) 28.25% |
| Erikson InstituteChicago, IL | $84,950 (6) 0.61% | - | $95,785 (3) 0.49% | - | $111,590 (3) 0.15% |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological SeminaryEvanston, IL | $84,684 (9) 0.37% | $84,684 (9) 0.37% | - | - | - |
| Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, IL | $84,398 (97) 1.28% | $84,580 (96) 1.07% | - | - | $89,304 (1) |
| Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford, IL | $83,827 (1) 0.49% | - | - | - | $111,769 (1) 0.49% |
| Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL | $83,084 (58) 1.97% | $83,190 (57) 2.57% | $85,620 (1) 0.06% | - | - |
| Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, IL | $82,800 (32) 4.73% | $82,800 (32) 4.73% | - | - | - |
| Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL | $82,633 (13) 1.34% | $82,633 (13) 1.34% | - | - | - |
| Meadville Theological School of Lombard CollegeChicago, IL | $82,572 (1) - | - | - | - | $110,096 (1) - |
| Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, IL | $82,471 (5) 7.38% | $82,471 (5) 7.38% | - | - | - |
| University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, IL | $81,862 (82) 6.95% | $82,222 (81) 7.00% | - | - | $70,282 (1) 2.00% |
| Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL | $81,728 (84) 2.27% | $81,180 (81) 1.85% | - | - | $128,704 (3) 12.10% |
| Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL | $81,173 (117) 2.47% | $81,173 (117) 2.47% | - | - | - |
| Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL | $80,785 (45) 0.18% | $81,570 (39) 0.58% | - | - | $100,911 (6) 3.66% |
| Oakton Community CollegeDes Plaines, IL | $80,234 (33) 4.23% | $80,234 (33) 4.23% | - | - | - |
| American Islamic CollegeChicago, IL | $79,988 (4) 0.55% | $79,988 (4) 0.55% | - | - | - |
| Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, IL | $79,819 (59) 1.34% | - | $90,417 (51) 0.39% | - | $93,194 (8) 5.67% |
| North Central CollegeNaperville, IL | $79,742 (53) 6.84% | $79,559 (52) 6.59% | - | - | $119,025 (1) |
| Parkland CollegeChampaign, IL | $79,636 (57) 0.48% | $79,636 (57) 0.48% | - | - | - |
| Chamberlain University-Administrative OfficeChicago, IL | $78,948 (39) 1.58% | - | - | - | $105,265 (39) 1.58% |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at ChicagoChicago, IL | $78,031 (26) 2.43% | - | - | - | $104,042 (26) 2.43% |
| John Wood Community CollegeQuincy, IL | $77,786 (2) 4.82% | $77,786 (2) 4.82% | - | - | - |
| Aurora UniversityAurora, IL | $77,421 (47) 1.71% | $76,781 (42) 2.08% | - | - | $110,390 (5) 0.50% |
| Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, IL | $76,784 (24) 6.59% | $77,424 (23) 6.77% | - | $75,880 (1) 6.00% | - |
| St. John's College-Department of NursingSpringfield, IL | $76,295 (5) 17.58% | - | $84,772 (5) | - | - |
| Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL | $75,808 (56) 0.45% | $74,906 (52) 0.74% | - | - | $116,713 (4) 2.25% |
| East-West UniversityChicago, IL | $75,522 (3) - | $75,522 (3) - | - | - | - |
| Benedictine UniversityLisle, IL | $75,391 (37) 3.12% | $75,104 (35) 3.15% | - | $94,956 (1) | $110,838 (1) - |
| Lakeview College of NursingDanville, IL | $74,517 (2) 2.32% | $74,517 (2) 13.93% | - | - | - |
| Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, IL | $74,489 (33) 5.46% | $74,489 (33) 5.46% | - | - | - |
| Principia CollegeElsah, IL | $74,196 (10) 8.50% | $75,070 (8) 8.22% | $78,558 (2) 9.12% | - | - |
| Prairie State CollegeChicago Heights, IL | $73,799 (25) 1.82% | $73,799 (25) 1.04% | - | - | - |
| Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.Chicago, IL | $73,765 (3) 1.53% | - | - | - | $98,353 (3) 1.53% |
| Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, IL | $73,676 (45) 2.97% | - | $81,862 (45) 2.97% | - | - |
| Augustana CollegeRock Island, IL | $73,334 (45) 0.27% | $73,564 (43) 0.41% | - | - | $91,194 (2) 2.20% |
| Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL | $72,142 (43) 1.11% | $72,142 (43) 1.11% | - | - | - |
| Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, IL | $72,019 (15) 18.42% | $72,019 (15) 18.42% | - | - | - |
| Saint Francis Medical Center College of NursingPeoria, IL | $71,505 (3) 0.28% | - | $79,450 (3) 0.28% | - | - |
| University of St FrancisJoliet, IL | $71,282 (18) 4.37% | $71,282 (18) 4.37% | - | - | - |
| Richland Community CollegeDecatur, IL | $71,139 (12) 7.87% | $71,139 (12) 7.87% | - | - | - |
| Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, IL | $71,036 (216) 2.62% | $72,360 (201) 2.76% | - | - | $71,058 (15) 4.04% |
| Knox CollegeGalesburg, IL | $69,407 (31) 7.79% | $69,407 (31) 7.79% | - | - | - |
| Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL | $68,647 (1) 5.50% | - | $76,274 (1) 4.45% | - | - |
| Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixon, IL | $67,947 (12) 2.32% | $67,947 (12) 2.32% | - | - | - |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincy, IL | $67,881 (5) 28.30% | - | $79,414 (3) 10.80% | - | $83,325 (2) 110.29% |
| Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria, IL | $67,304 (12) 2.82% | $67,304 (12) 2.82% | - | - | - |
| John A Logan CollegeCarterville, IL | $67,292 (5) 0.65% | - | $74,769 (5) 0.65% | - | - |
| Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL | $67,093 (17) 1.72% | $67,093 (17) 1.72% | - | - | - |
| DeVry University-IllinoisNaperville, IL | $66,425 (16) 2.15% | - | - | - | $88,567 (16) 2.16% |
| Rock Valley CollegeRockford, IL | $66,282 (50) 0.26% | $66,282 (50) 0.26% | - | - | - |
| McCormick Theological SeminaryChicago, IL | $65,561 (1) 23.67% | - | - | - | $87,414 (1) 23.67% |
| Trinity International University-IllinoisDeerfield, IL | $65,517 (14) 20.03% | - | $72,797 (14) | - | - |
| Trinity Christian CollegePalos Heights, IL | $65,193 (17) 0.13% | $67,958 (12) 0.88% | $65,495 (2) 9.58% | $71,267 (3) 4.91% | - |
| Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, IL | $64,731 (34) 1.32% | $64,508 (33) 1.28% | - | - | $96,117 (1) 2.50% |
| Heartland Community CollegeNormal, IL | $63,662 (8) 6.36% | $65,037 (5) 7.31% | - | - | $81,827 (3) 7.01% |
| Judson UniversityElgin, IL | $63,470 (12) 4.38% | $63,516 (5) 3.59% | $72,500 (2) 28.68% | $76,664 (5) 0.39% | - |
| McKendree UniversityLebanon, IL | $62,978 (16) 3.78% | $62,978 (16) 3.78% | - | - | - |
| Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, IL | $62,432 (40) 0.54% | $63,070 (36) 0.45% | - | - | $75,585 (4) 8.84% |
| Black Hawk CollegeMoline, IL | $62,309 (13) 4.15% | $62,309 (13) 4.15% | - | - | - |
| Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, IL | $61,809 (32) 0.04% | - | $68,677 (32) 0.04% | - | - |
| Olney Central CollegeOlney, IL | $61,788 (1) 8.78% | $61,788 (1) 8.78% | - | - | - |
| Northwestern CollegeOak Lawn, IL | $61,325 (5) 15.58% | - | - | - | $81,767 (5) 15.58% |
| National Louis UniversityChicago, IL | $60,487 (53) 0.71% | - | $68,779 (36) 2.11% | - | $76,657 (17) 2.08% |
| Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL | $58,578 (10) 12.93% | $58,578 (10) 12.93% | - | - | - |
| Greenville UniversityGreenville, IL | $58,429 (12) 2.70% | $58,570 (10) 2.81% | $64,139 (2) 1.74% | - | - |
| VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL | $57,574 (4) 0.17% | - | - | - | $76,765 (4) 9.15% |
| Rockford UniversityRockford, IL | $57,350 (19) 0.34% | $57,350 (19) 0.34% | - | - | - |
| Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, IL | $56,535 (37) 19.45% | - | - | - | $75,380 (37) |
| Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL | $56,113 (38) 5.08% | - | $63,425 (33) 4.79% | - | $66,283 (5) 0.71% |
| Rend Lake CollegeIna, IL | $55,857 (13) 8.47% | $69,255 (4) 13.72% | - | - | $66,536 (9) 4.23% |
| Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, IL | $55,376 (36) 2.62% | - | - | - | $73,834 (36) 2.61% |
| Methodist CollegePeoria, IL | $52,276 (3) 5.30% | - | - | - | $69,701 (3) |
| North Park UniversityChicago, IL | $51,651 (26) 22.94% | - | - | - | $68,868 (26) |
| Eureka CollegeEureka, IL | $50,933 (14) 1.59% | $50,933 (14) 1.59% | - | - | - |
| National University of Health SciencesLombard, IL | $49,482 (7) 2.24% | - | - | - | $65,976 (7) 2.24% |
| University of Saint Mary of the LakeMundelein, IL | $47,325 (2) 5.07% | - | - | - | $63,101 (2) 5.07% |
| Generations CollegeChicago, IL | $45,852 (2) 2.57% | - | - | - | $61,137 (2) 2.57% |
| Catholic Theological Union at ChicagoChicago, IL | $44,918 (6) 33.86% | $43,195 (3) 41.24% | - | - | $62,187 (3) 2.47% |
| Lincoln Christian UniversityLincoln, IL | $39,411 (3) 5.26% | - | - | - | $52,548 (3) 5.26% |
| Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL | $36,638 (3) 11.01% | - | - | - | $48,851 (3) 11.01% |