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Average Instructor Salary by State and School Category

The 2022 faculty salary is increased by 2.57% from $52,925 to $54,285. At public schools the 2022 average faculty salary is $59,814 increased by 2.78%. The private school's average is $50,018 and its salary is increased by 2.12%.
The average Instructor salary at national universities is $61,851 and the average at liberal arts colleges is $55,346. At community colleges, the 2022 faculty salary is $60,015 in average.
  • California has the highest Instructor salary of $72,611 and Georgia has the lowest Instructor salary of $43,624.
  • For public schools, California has the highest Instructor salary of $91,447 and Rhode Island has the lowest Instructor salary of $41,148.
  • For private schools, Rhode Island has the highest Instructor salary of $69,121 and Mississippi has the lowest Instructor salary of $36,998.
  • For national universities, District of Columbia has the highest Instructor salary of $91,268 and New Hampshire has the lowest Instructor salary of $13,267.
  • For liberal arts colleges, Vermont has the highest Instructor salary of $74,982 and Oklahoma has the lowest Instructor salary of $35,872.
  • For community colleges, California has the highest Instructor salary of $91,604 and Indiana has the lowest Instructor salary of $39,479.
Average Instructor Salary
StateYearAll CollegesPublic SchoolsPrivate SchoolsNational UniversitiesLiberal Arts CollegesCommunity Colleges
Alabama2022$49,030
+$2,704 (5.84%)
$57,207
+$2,892 (5.32%)
$42,387
+$2,169 (5.39%)
$59,448
+$829 (1.41%)
$37,296
+$732 (2.00%)
$79,405
+$18,668 (30.74%)
2021$46,326$54,315$40,218$58,619$36,563$60,737
Alaska2022$56,107
+$3,134 (5.92%)
$62,219
+$2,245 (3.74%)
$43,884
+$4,914 (12.61%)
$70,592
+$1,935 (2.82%)
--
2021$52,973$59,974$38,970$68,657--
Washington2022$64,588
+$6,404 (11.01%)
$73,227
+$5,840 (8.67%)
$51,149
+$2,653 (5.47%)
$59,884
+$4,106 (7.36%)
$59,785
-$4,319 (-6.74%)
$75,198
+$4,634 (6.57%)
2021$58,184$67,387$48,496$55,778$64,104$70,564
Arizona2022$48,153
+$843 (1.78%)
$53,677
+$1,279 (2.44%)
$45,667
+$349 (0.77%)
$50,947
+$3,011 (6.28%)
-$62,527
+$1,175 (1.92%)
2021$47,309$52,399$45,318$47,936-$61,352
New Mexico2022$48,672
+$1,507 (3.19%)
$48,686
+$1,443 (3.06%)
$48,612
+$1,731 (3.69%)
$50,995
+$3,727 (7.88%)
-$47,214
+$2,076 (4.60%)
2021$47,165$47,243$46,881$47,268-$45,137
Arkansas2022$45,378
+$501 (1.12%)
$46,431
+$283 (0.61%)
$43,352
+$679 (1.59%)
$50,750
-$1,454 (-2.78%)
$50,567
+$6,268 (14.15%)
$42,610
-$431 (-1.00%)
2021$44,877$46,148$42,674$52,203$44,299$43,041
California2022$72,611
+$2,511 (3.58%)
$91,447
+$1,371 (1.52%)
$56,743
+$2,179 (3.99%)
$65,701
-$4,998 (-7.07%)
$66,546
+$5,162 (8.41%)
$91,604
+$3,266 (3.70%)
2021$70,100$90,076$54,564$70,699$61,384$88,337
Colorado2022$49,557
+$977 (2.01%)
$58,794
+$1,498 (2.61%)
$44,738
+$691 (1.57%)
$67,244
+$1,454 (2.21%)
$51,893
-$280 (-0.54%)
$47,951
-$341 (-0.71%)
2021$48,580$57,296$44,047$65,791$52,173$48,293
Connecticut2022$60,766
+$1,992 (3.39%)
$60,752
+$2,724 (4.69%)
$60,784
+$767 (1.28%)
$65,371
-$603 (-0.91%)
$61,718
-$9,682 (-13.56%)
$56,835
+$826 (1.47%)
2021$58,774$58,028$60,017$65,973$71,400$56,009
New York2022$54,372
+$1,634 (3.10%)
$56,491
+$901 (1.62%)
$53,415
+$1,919 (3.73%)
$68,464
+$2,359 (3.57%)
$61,669
-$125 (-0.20%)
$51,225
-$896 (-1.72%)
2021$52,738$55,590$51,496$66,105$61,794$52,120
Delaware2022$63,764
+$1,449 (2.33%)
$63,764
-$4,446 (-6.52%)
-$77,784
+$1,672 (2.20%)
--
2021$62,315$68,209$50,526$76,112--
District of Columbia2022$63,197
+$8,502 (15.54%)
$67,281
-$406 (-0.60%)
$62,743
+$9,672 (18.22%)
$91,268
+$25,343 (38.44%)
--
2021$54,695$67,687$53,071$65,925--
Florida2022$48,045
-$778 (-1.59%)
$53,266
+$1,336 (2.57%)
$46,346
-$1,466 (-3.07%)
$59,058
-$947 (-1.58%)
$55,226
-$324 (-0.58%)
$43,791
+$1,156 (2.71%)
2021$48,822$51,931$47,812$60,005$55,550$42,635
Georgia2022$43,624
+$631 (1.47%)
$46,308
+$385 (0.84%)
$41,221
+$867 (2.15%)
$53,487
+$954 (1.82%)
$49,266
+$1,229 (2.56%)
$39,513
+$288 (0.73%)
2021$42,992$45,924$40,354$52,533$48,037$39,225
Hawaii2022$60,093
-$630 (-1.04%)
$65,881
+$585 (0.90%)
$40,799
-$4,678 (-10.29%)
$71,648
+$397 (0.56%)
-$63,892
+$553 (0.87%)
2021$60,722$65,296$45,477$71,251-$63,339
Idaho2022$47,756
-$629 (-1.30%)
$50,776
+$2,111 (4.34%)
$43,528
-$4,367 (-9.12%)
$50,805
+$2,096 (4.30%)
$50,798
+$1,502 (3.05%)
$51,795
+$2,325 (4.70%)
2021$48,385$48,665$47,895$48,710$49,296$49,470
Illinois2022$58,296
+$2,170 (3.87%)
$62,642
+$1,543 (2.53%)
$54,740
+$2,283 (4.35%)
$60,607
-$848 (-1.38%)
$56,397
+$4,818 (9.34%)
$63,757
+$1,717 (2.77%)
2021$56,125$61,098$52,457$61,454$51,579$62,040
Indiana2022$48,706
-$2,847 (-5.52%)
$49,507
-$5,013 (-9.20%)
$48,518
-$2,427 (-4.76%)
$59,704
-$31,167 (-34.30%)
$50,370
+$1,002 (2.03%)
$39,479
-$4,310 (-9.84%)
2021$51,554$54,520$50,945$90,872$49,369$43,789
Iowa2022$50,545
+$756 (1.52%)
$56,770
+$1,579 (2.86%)
$47,540
+$272 (0.57%)
$57,195
+$3,785 (7.09%)
$54,620
+$3,915 (7.72%)
$55,329
+$1,102 (2.03%)
2021$49,789$55,191$47,269$53,410$50,705$54,227
Kansas2022$45,127
+$95 (0.21%)
$48,395
+$995 (2.10%)
$38,342
-$2,696 (-6.57%)
$48,803
+$135 (0.28%)
$37,948
-$2,645 (-6.52%)
$47,877
+$1,755 (3.80%)
2021$45,033$47,400$41,038$48,669$40,593$46,122
Missouri2022$49,349
+$1,975 (4.17%)
$49,390
+$1,988 (4.19%)
$49,328
+$1,967 (4.15%)
$66,495
+$843 (1.28%)
$51,930
+$680 (1.33%)
$48,538
+$1,804 (3.86%)
2021$47,374$47,402$47,361$65,652$51,250$46,734
Kentucky2022$45,645
+$1,097 (2.46%)
$46,180
+$2,528 (5.79%)
$45,220
-$63 (-0.14%)
$56,965
+$7,005 (14.02%)
$50,588
+$399 (0.80%)
$41,342
+$281 (0.69%)
2021$44,547$43,652$45,283$49,960$50,189$41,061
Louisiana2022$46,789
+$1,417 (3.12%)
$48,918
+$1,508 (3.18%)
$43,157
+$1,002 (2.38%)
$53,117
+$2,663 (5.28%)
$46,833
+$5,048 (12.08%)
$44,989
+$2,866 (6.80%)
2021$45,372$47,409$42,155$50,454$41,785$42,123
Maine2022$56,601
+$23 (0.04%)
$56,724
-$419 (-0.73%)
$56,468
+$623 (1.12%)
$49,781
+$3,487 (7.53%)
$71,474
+$4,671 (6.99%)
$56,555
-$2,414 (-4.09%)
2021$56,579$57,143$55,845$46,294$66,803$58,968
Maryland2022$62,079
+$3,898 (6.70%)
$62,951
+$2,713 (4.50%)
$60,670
+$6,791 (12.60%)
$76,368
+$2,393 (3.23%)
$60,363
-$322 (-0.53%)
$54,029
+$4,144 (8.31%)
2021$58,181$60,238$53,879$73,975$60,685$49,885
Massachusetts2022$61,124
-$1,350 (-2.16%)
$57,603
-$3,025 (-4.99%)
$62,884
-$410 (-0.65%)
$67,392
-$4,512 (-6.27%)
$63,555
-$801 (-1.25%)
$54,692
-$2,755 (-4.80%)
2021$62,474$60,628$63,294$71,904$64,356$57,447
Michigan2022$59,043
+$2,163 (3.80%)
$65,825
+$635 (0.97%)
$49,030
+$2,060 (4.39%)
$63,246
+$171 (0.27%)
$52,113
+$2,984 (6.07%)
$72,225
+$8,448 (13.25%)
2021$56,879$65,190$46,970$63,075$49,130$63,777
Minnesota2022$65,357
+$205 (0.31%)
$68,967
-$371 (-0.54%)
$59,804
+$1,628 (2.80%)
$74,720
+$2,280 (3.15%)
$62,320
+$2,025 (3.36%)
$73,770
-$623 (-0.84%)
2021$65,152$69,338$58,176$72,440$60,295$74,393
Mississippi2022$46,156
-$1,200 (-2.53%)
$50,277
+$759 (1.53%)
$36,998
-$4,953 (-11.81%)
$49,590
+$420 (0.85%)
$46,488
-$230 (-0.49%)
$51,072
+$599 (1.19%)
2021$47,356$49,518$41,951$49,170$46,717$50,473
Montana2022$47,921
+$2,106 (4.60%)
$47,581
+$1,196 (2.58%)
$48,771
+$4,475 (10.10%)
$45,885
-$1,802 (-3.78%)
-$50,345
+$767 (1.55%)
2021$45,815$46,384$44,296$47,687-$49,578
Nebraska2022$52,335
+$392 (0.76%)
$52,057
+$1,614 (3.20%)
$52,571
-$747 (-1.40%)
$52,306
+$1,180 (2.31%)
$40,089
+$4,010 (11.11%)
$59,929
+$6,032 (11.19%)
2021$51,943$50,442$53,318$51,126$36,079$53,897
Nevada2022$55,073
+$28 (0.05%)
$63,706
+$1,188 (1.90%)
$50,757
+$382 (0.76%)
--$59,257
-$2,647 (-4.28%)
2021$55,046$62,518$50,375$65,000-$61,904
New Hampshire2022$51,146
+$292 (0.57%)
$49,561
-$78 (-0.16%)
$51,826
+$104 (0.20%)
$13,267
-$2,812 (-17.49%)
$53,082
-$4,505 (-7.82%)
$49,561
-$78 (-0.16%)
2021$50,854$49,639$51,722$16,079$57,587$49,639
New Jersey2022$47,926
+$53 (0.11%)
$55,419
+$69 (0.12%)
$43,723
-$56 (-0.13%)
$68,296
+$742 (1.10%)
$63,564
+$5,437 (9.35%)
$52,692
+$908 (1.75%)
2021$47,874$55,350$43,779$67,554$58,128$51,784
North Carolina2022$50,153
+$2,006 (4.17%)
$62,345
+$7,055 (12.76%)
$44,362
-$474 (-1.06%)
$75,252
+$16,297 (27.64%)
$54,780
+$4,519 (8.99%)
$44,561
-$378 (-0.84%)
2021$48,147$55,291$44,836$58,955$50,261$44,939
North Dakota2022$49,667
-$796 (-1.58%)
$49,908
+$958 (1.96%)
$49,138
-$4,351 (-8.13%)
$56,920
+$7,521 (15.23%)
-$49,885
-$1,267 (-2.48%)
2021$50,463$48,951$53,489$49,399-$51,152
Ohio2022$49,214
+$1,260 (2.63%)
$53,570
+$682 (1.29%)
$47,305
+$1,551 (3.39%)
$61,937
-$6,009 (-8.84%)
$54,559
+$893 (1.66%)
$47,092
+$2,672 (6.01%)
2021$47,955$52,888$45,754$67,946$53,666$44,420
Oklahoma2022$46,971
+$1,442 (3.17%)
$45,661
+$426 (0.94%)
$49,830
+$3,632 (7.86%)
$48,359
+$1,891 (4.07%)
$35,872
-$5,994 (-14.32%)
$44,706
-$367 (-0.81%)
2021$45,529$45,235$46,198$46,468$41,866$45,074
Oregon2022$60,288
+$1,254 (2.12%)
$67,798
+$2,329 (3.56%)
$47,771
+$3,754 (8.53%)
$62,574
+$252 (0.40%)
$58,622
+$23,117 (65.11%)
$71,065
+$4,175 (6.24%)
2021$59,033$65,469$44,017$62,321$35,506$66,890
Pennsylvania2022$51,025
+$1,286 (2.59%)
$54,861
+$815 (1.51%)
$49,614
+$1,456 (3.02%)
$58,598
+$105 (0.18%)
$58,854
+$1,506 (2.63%)
$46,011
+$82 (0.18%)
2021$49,739$54,047$48,158$58,494$57,348$45,929
Rhode Island2022$62,128
-$20,345 (-24.67%)
$41,148
+$1,004 (2.50%)
$69,121
-$23,934 (-25.72%)
--$41,148
+$1,004 (2.50%)
2021$82,473$40,144$93,055$156,000-$40,144
South Carolina2022$50,513
+$1,452 (2.96%)
$56,167
+$1,960 (3.61%)
$46,334
+$772 (1.69%)
$62,274
+$1,890 (3.13%)
$47,330
-$5,085 (-9.70%)
$51,429
+$1,677 (3.37%)
2021$49,062$54,208$45,562$60,384$52,415$49,752
South Dakota2022$49,610
+$725 (1.48%)
$54,185
+$926 (1.74%)
$41,224
+$357 (0.87%)
$57,987
+$1,922 (3.43%)
-$59,170
+$1,044 (1.80%)
2021$48,885$53,259$40,867$56,066-$58,126
Tennessee2022$47,796
+$1,716 (3.72%)
$49,729
+$499 (1.01%)
$46,712
+$2,277 (5.13%)
$53,912
+$607 (1.14%)
$53,586
-$355 (-0.66%)
$45,730
+$1,521 (3.44%)
2021$46,080$49,230$44,434$53,305$53,942$44,209
Texas2022$50,007
+$1,139 (2.33%)
$54,208
+$1,314 (2.48%)
$46,724
+$1,068 (2.34%)
$64,851
-$831 (-1.27%)
$50,017
+$3,644 (7.86%)
$49,648
+$2,081 (4.38%)
2021$48,868$52,894$45,656$65,683$46,374$47,567
Utah2022$58,887
+$2,759 (4.91%)
$60,693
+$10,323 (20.49%)
$57,804
-$1,780 (-2.99%)
$67,328
+$13,257 (24.52%)
-$54,777
+$5,766 (11.76%)
2021$56,129$50,370$59,584$54,071-$49,011
Vermont2022$61,949
-$257 (-0.41%)
$62,423
-$5,799 (-8.50%)
$61,854
+$1,152 (1.90%)
$62,423
-$5,799 (-8.50%)
$74,982
+$16,160 (27.47%)
-
2021$62,206$68,222$60,703$68,222$58,822-
Virginia2022$53,602
+$2,621 (5.14%)
$58,146
+$3,752 (6.90%)
$49,275
+$1,396 (2.92%)
$57,102
+$2,229 (4.06%)
$50,064
+$1,154 (2.36%)
$56,244
+$4,580 (8.86%)
2021$50,981$54,393$47,879$54,873$48,910$51,664
West Virginia2022$44,710
+$591 (1.34%)
$43,444
+$761 (1.78%)
$46,713
+$323 (0.70%)
$49,587
+$589 (1.20%)
$42,882
+$1,558 (3.77%)
$40,800
-$2,998 (-6.85%)
2021$44,118$42,683$46,390$48,998$41,325$43,798
Wisconsin2022$60,515
+$2,715 (4.70%)
$72,163
+$3,150 (4.56%)
$50,387
+$1,464 (2.99%)
$65,755
+$8,373 (14.59%)
$47,335
-$4,351 (-8.42%)
$74,857
+$1,036 (1.40%)
2021$57,800$69,013$48,922$57,382$51,685$73,822
Wyoming2022$49,031
-$6,637 (-11.92%)
$49,503
-$7,633 (-13.36%)
$46,201
-$663 (-1.41%)
$45,079
-$25,221 (-35.88%)
-$50,388
-$4,115 (-7.55%)
2021$55,669$57,136$46,864$70,300-$54,503
Average2022$54,285
+$1,359 (2.57%)
$59,814
+$1,617 (2.78%)
$50,018
+$1,040 (2.12%)
$61,851
+$226 (0.37%)
$55,346
+$1,805 (3.37%)
$60,015
+$1,965 (3.38%)
2021$52,925$58,197$48,977$61,625$53,541$58,050