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Alabama Colleges Highest Instructor Salary

Highest Instructor Salary at Alabama Colleges

University of Alabama at Birmingham has the highest instructor salary of $74,679 among Alabama colleges followed by University of Alabama in Huntsville ($74,580) and Auburn University ($70,555). The average instructor salary of the Alabama colleges is $64,587 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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2025 Highest Instructor Salary At Alabama Colleges
School nameEquated to 9-Month Contract9-Month Contract10-Month Contract11-Month Contract12-Month Contract
1University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL$74,679
1.81%
$72,781
3.23%
--$101,286
0.78%
2University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL$74,580
3.41%
$74,580
3.41%
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3Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL$70,555
16.26%
$69,105
14.13%
--$101,206
24.35%
4The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL$65,096
4.48%
$66,012
5.00%
--$74,781
2.14%
5Athens State UniversityAthens, AL$64,621
3.69%
$64,621
3.69%
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6Samford UniversityBirmingham, AL$64,478
3.98%
$66,172
2.75%
--$74,682
4.42%
7University of MontevalloMontevallo, AL$60,117
9.78%
$60,117
9.78%
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8Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, AL$57,586
5.51%
$57,342
5.42%
--$82,901
5.35%
9South University-MontgomeryMontgomery, AL$57,493
3.82%
---$76,657
3.82%
10Talladega CollegeTalladega, AL$56,667
26.55%
$56,667
26.55%
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