Highest Instructor Salary at U.S. Colleges
Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest instructor salary of $240,200 among U.S. colleges followed by Carnegie Mellon University ($231,750) and University of Notre Dame ($195,000). The average instructor salary of the U.S. colleges is $159,329 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 faculty salary in descending order.
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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract | |
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| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | $240,200 12.00% | $240,200 12.00% | - | - | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | $231,750 23.56% | $231,750 23.56% | - | - | - |
| 3 | University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN | $195,000 133.53% | $195,000 133.53% | - | - | - |
| 4 | MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, CA | $134,975 4.25% | - | $152,752 4.05% | - | $169,361 6.40% |
| 5 | San Mateo County Community College District OfficeSan Mateo, CA | $134,486 17.52% | - | $139,116 | - | $185,502 21.58% |
| 6 | Los Angeles Community College District OfficeLos Angeles, CA | $134,387 8.98% | - | - | - | $179,183 8.88% |
| 7 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityBrooklyn, NY | $133,909 5.63% | - | $156,846 0.52% | - | $81,841 |
| 8 | New York Law SchoolNew York, NY | $132,500 11.58% | - | - | - | $176,667 11.58% |
| 9 | Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, CA | $128,190 3.72% | - | $142,433 3.72% | - | - |
| 10 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | $127,892 13.57% | $127,892 13.57% | - | - | - |