Instructor Salary at Mississippi Colleges
The 2023 average instructor salary at Mississippi colleges is $48,893 based on a 9-months contract or equated data. Itawamba Community College has the highest instructor salary of $62,572 among Mississippi colleges followed by Millsaps College ($58,992) and Delta State University ($57,847).
The following table lists the Mississippi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, MS | $62,572 (131) 0.11% | $61,754 (60) 0.07% | $70,977 (38) 0.78% | $80,579 (21) 3.23% | $75,570 (12) 3.59% |
| Millsaps CollegeJackson, MS | $58,992 (6) 2.26% | $58,992 (6) 2.26% | - | - | - |
| Delta State UniversityCleveland, MS | $57,847 (31) 6.56% | $57,708 (29) 6.82% | - | - | $79,813 (2) 2.42% |
| University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MS | $57,353 (91) 2.81% | $58,622 (79) 2.11% | - | - | $65,333 (12) 5.17% |
| University of MississippiUniversity, MS | $55,312 (153) 2.34% | $52,776 (109) 1.04% | - | - | $82,127 (44) 5.41% |
| Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, MS | $54,961 (122) 11.67% | $57,668 (88) 13.64% | - | - | $63,943 (34) 13.95% |
| Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummit, MS | $54,950 (67) 1.44% | $54,950 (67) 1.44% | - | - | - |
| Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, MS | $54,060 (40) 6.36% | $53,153 (27) 4.65% | $63,675 (10) 10.89% | $53,741 (1) 7.42% | $73,483 (2) 4.23% |
| Mississippi CollegeClinton, MS | $53,518 (36) 6.23% | $54,186 (25) 7.44% | - | - | $69,333 (11) 3.53% |
| East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, MS | $53,445 (114) 6.64% | $55,986 (71) 7.98% | $49,043 (14) 19.89% | - | $68,952 (29) 2.90% |
| Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS | $53,183 (169) 6.78% | $52,888 (159) 7.12% | - | - | $77,152 (10) 6.66% |
| Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead, MS | $52,722 (91) 2.55% | $51,088 (69) 3.65% | $67,167 (15) 3.07% | $68,459 (3) 2.94% | $65,947 (4) 15.64% |
| East Central Community CollegeDecatur, MS | $50,563 (82) 3.68% | $53,438 (65) 5.92% | - | $54,490 (2) 7.81% | $51,870 (15) 4.28% |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, MS | $50,092 (299) 5.09% | $54,725 (135) 2.74% | $58,463 (69) 5.57% | $68,684 (3) 21.86% | $54,934 (92) 9.38% |
| Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, MS | $50,057 (118) 1.16% | $52,102 (78) 0.73% | $57,052 (14) 1.81% | - | $57,636 (26) 5.81% |
| Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena, MS | $48,268 (20) 6.55% | $48,729 (18) 5.96% | - | - | $58,825 (2) 36.80% |
| Blue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain, MS | $47,674 (8) 6.32% | $45,620 (6) - | $75,000 (1) | - | $53,570 (1) - |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, MS | $47,024 (96) 2.23% | - | $52,248 (96) 2.23% | - | - |
| William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, MS | $45,977 (16) 5.88% | $39,625 (4) 9.21% | - | - | $64,125 (12) 8.38% |
| Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, MS | $45,905 (379) 2.31% | $49,441 (288) 9.95% | $54,675 (11) 3.69% | $61,700 (30) 5.39% | $29,428 (50) 42.13% |
| Jackson State UniversityJackson, MS | $45,738 (56) 18.13% | $50,823 (28) 32.53% | - | - | $54,204 (28) |
| Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, MS | $44,828 (35) 2.11% | $43,097 (31) 1.54% | - | - | $77,655 (4) 30.44% |
| Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale, MS | $42,682 (68) 13.40% | - | - | - | $56,909 (68) 14.68% |
| Rust CollegeHolly Springs, MS | $40,852 (10) 33.74% | - | $50,899 (8) 56.49% | $25,700 (2) 54.11% | - |
| Concorde Career College-SouthavenSouthaven, MS | $33,560 (5) 0.84% | - | - | - | $44,747 (5) 0.84% |
| Belhaven UniversityJackson, MS | $30,511 (10) 7.96% | - | - | - | $40,682 (10) 7.96% |
| Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, MS | $27,455 (7) 22.20% | $35,000 (1) 0.81% | - | - | $34,931 (6) |