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Highest Instructor Salary

Highest Instructor Salary at U.S. Colleges

Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest instructor salary of $197,625 among U.S. colleges followed by North Carolina State University at Raleigh ($186,300) and George Washington University ($170,763). The average instructor salary of the U.S. colleges is $154,392 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest instructor salary by contract length. 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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2023 Highest Instructor Salary At U.S. Colleges
School nameEquated to 9-Month Contract9-Month Contract10-Month Contract11-Month Contract12-Month Contract
1Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY$197,625 (4)$197,625 (4)---
2North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC$186,300 (1)
3.50%
$186,300 (1)
3.50%
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3George Washington UniversityWashington, DC$170,763 (1)
3.75%
$170,763 (1)
3.75%
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4Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH$167,750 (4)
67.64%
$167,750 (4)
13.13%
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5Evergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, CA$147,682 (113)
15.06%
-$169,411 (99)
15.79%
-$151,770 (14)
68.84%
6Presidio Graduate SchoolSan Francisco, CA$142,500 (1)---$190,000 (1)
7Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA$135,000 (1)-$150,000 (1)--
8Bryan College of Health SciencesLincoln, NE$133,973 (1)
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---$178,630 (1)
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9San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, CA$131,793 (125)
1.75%
-$155,112 (102)
4.85%
-$129,557 (23)
2.34%
10Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA$130,536 (1)$130,536 (1)---