Instructor Salary at Kentucky Colleges
The 2023 average instructor salary at Kentucky colleges is $45,087 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. Eastern Kentucky University has the highest instructor salary of $77,690 among Kentucky colleges followed by Frontier Nursing University ($71,513) and University of Kentucky ($65,100).
The following table lists the Kentucky colleges with instructor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, KY | $77,690 (2) 12.59% | $77,690 (2) 12.59% | - | - | - |
| Frontier Nursing UniversityVersailles, KY | $71,513 (82) 3.10% | - | - | - | $95,350 (82) 3.10% |
| University of KentuckyLexington, KY | $65,100 (3) 23.41% | $71,400 (2) 16.00% | - | - | $70,000 (1) |
| Centre CollegeDanville, KY | $64,123 (5) 4.78% | $64,123 (5) 4.78% | - | - | - |
| Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, KY | $59,298 (20) 14.25% | $63,336 (12) 23.17% | - | - | $70,988 (8) 1.63% |
| Berea CollegeBerea, KY | $58,980 (6) 2.52% | $58,980 (6) 2.52% | - | - | - |
| ATA CollegeLouisville, KY | $58,313 (8) 13.41% | - | - | - | $77,750 (8) 13.41% |
| Transylvania UniversityLexington, KY | $57,344 (5) 12.88% | $57,344 (5) 12.88% | - | - | - |
| University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY | $56,597 (69) 10.13% | - | $63,380 (47) 8.61% | - | $74,194 (22) 11.90% |
| Lindsey Wilson CollegeColumbia, KY | $53,012 (11) 0.51% | $53,012 (11) 2.97% | - | - | - |
| Galen College of Nursing-LouisvilleLouisville, KY | $52,179 (79) 5.54% | - | - | - | $69,572 (79) 5.54% |
| Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, KY | $50,379 (127) 2.44% | $50,232 (122) 2.81% | $50,520 (2) 1.52% | - | $79,458 (3) 1.72% |
| University of PikevillePikeville, KY | $48,434 (1) 14.53% | $48,434 (1) 14.53% | - | - | - |
| Thomas More UniversityCrestview Hills, KY | $48,410 (1) - | $48,410 (1) - | - | - | - |
| Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, KY | $48,190 (61) 2.64% | - | $53,143 (50) 8.18% | $61,927 (2) 0.24% | $66,199 (9) |
| Galen College of Nursing-ARHHazard, KY | $48,187 (19) 3.25% | - | - | - | $64,250 (19) 3.25% |
| Midway UniversityMidway, KY | $47,308 (6) 12.79% | $47,308 (6) 12.79% | - | - | - |
| Murray State UniversityMurray, KY | $46,519 (107) 4.21% | $48,820 (82) 1.43% | $44,655 (5) 4.56% | $38,856 (7) 4.93% | $56,500 (13) 30.18% |
| Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort, KY | $46,204 (6) 3.59% | $46,204 (6) 3.74% | - | - | - |
| Morehead State UniversityMorehead, KY | $46,202 (80) 8.19% | $45,651 (66) 6.23% | $47,335 (1) 3.00% | - | $65,701 (13) 19.11% |
| Union CollegeBarbourville, KY | $45,106 (2) 5.55% | $41,820 (1) 10.05% | - | $59,160 (1) | - |
| Spalding UniversityLouisville, KY | $45,000 (1) | - | $50,000 (1) | - | - |
| Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro, KY | $44,877 (2) 20.82% | $44,877 (2) 20.82% | - | - | - |
| Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, KY | $44,840 (44) 3.89% | $42,719 (12) 2.94% | $49,784 (17) 4.57% | $47,308 (2) 16.67% | $63,719 (13) 2.65% |
| Sullivan UniversityLouisville, KY | $44,723 (33) 3.46% | - | - | - | $59,630 (33) 3.46% |
| Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, KY | $44,566 (32) 4.33% | - | $50,062 (18) 2.05% | $54,365 (7) 5.30% | $57,868 (7) |
| Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, KY | $43,434 (16) 0.83% | - | $48,076 (11) 20.19% | $50,852 (3) 36.44% | $62,800 (2) |
| Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, KY | $42,547 (12) 0.53% | - | $47,565 (9) | - | $55,681 (3) |
| Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, KY | $42,188 (38) 4.31% | - | $46,344 (30) 0.75% | $52,034 (3) 5.87% | $59,773 (5) |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, KY | $41,322 (51) 0.54% | - | $45,802 (48) | - | $57,250 (3) |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, KY | $41,029 (34) 6.59% | - | $45,618 (33) | - | $53,500 (1) |
| Georgetown CollegeGeorgetown, KY | $41,000 (4) 0.29% | $41,000 (4) 0.29% | - | - | - |
| Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, KY | $40,892 (25) 2.77% | - | $45,342 (21) | - | $55,112 (4) |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, KY | $40,428 (10) 5.59% | - | $44,921 (10) | - | - |
| Henderson Community CollegeHenderson, KY | $40,264 (11) 4.41% | - | $44,737 (11) 1.70% | - | - |
| Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, KY | $39,598 (19) 3.50% | - | $44,018 (18) | $48,000 (1) | - |
| Brescia UniversityOwensboro, KY | $39,456 (3) 1.22% | $41,796 (2) 0.32% | - | - | $46,368 (1) - |
| Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, KY | $39,363 (20) 0.11% | - | $43,324 (15) | $44,500 (1) 5.99% | $55,329 (4) |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePineville, KY | $38,211 (1) 3.02% | - | $42,457 (1) 3.02% | - | - |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, KY | $38,132 (16) 4.36% | - | $44,450 (6) 2.18% | $44,727 (5) 3.09% | $49,908 (5) |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, KY | $37,807 (16) 3.17% | - | $42,082 (15) | $45,000 (1) | - |
| Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY | $37,597 (4) 2.92% | $37,597 (4) 2.92% | - | - | - |
| Interactive College of Technology-NewportNewport, KY | $37,440 (2) 36.51% | - | - | - | $49,920 (2) 36.51% |
| Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, KY | $37,386 (20) 6.54% | - | $41,540 (20) | - | - |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, KY | $36,236 (13) 2.89% | - | $40,000 (9) | - | $49,021 (4) |
| University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, KY | $35,796 (19) 3.74% | - | $53,340 (3) 31.71% | - | $44,676 (16) 0.41% |
| Ross College-HopkinsvilleHopkinsville, KY | $35,384 (2) 13.73% | - | - | - | $47,178 (2) 13.73% |
| MedQuest CollegeLouisville, KY | $31,754 (29) 16.25% | - | $40,000 (1) | $42,000 (1) | $42,000 (27) 14.44% |
| Kentucky Christian UniversityGrayson, KY | $24,000 (1) 32.87% | $24,000 (1) 32.87% | - | - | - |
| Beckfield College-FlorenceFlorence, KY | $1 (6) 100.00% | - | - | - | $1 (6) 100.00% |