Highest Instructor Salary at Illinois Public Colleges
College of Lake County has the highest instructor salary of $103,840 among Illinois public colleges followed by University of Illinois Chicago ($96,268) and City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College ($84,702). The average instructor salary of the Illinois public colleges is $83,945 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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| School name | Equated to 9-Month Contract | 9-Month Contract | 10-Month Contract | 11-Month Contract | 12-Month Contract | |
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| 1 | College of Lake CountyGrayslake, IL | $103,840 (216) 1.44% | $103,840 (216) 1.44% | - | - | - |
| 2 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL | $96,268 (119) 16.20% | $73,131 (27) 1.68% | - | - | $137,410 (92) 21.09% |
| 3 | City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago, IL | $84,702 (8) 4.93% | $84,702 (8) 4.93% | - | - | - |
| 4 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, IL | $82,148 (62) 1.98% | $82,148 (62) 1.98% | - | - | - |
| 5 | City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, IL | $82,143 (19) 1.18% | $82,143 (19) 1.18% | - | - | - |
| 6 | City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, IL | $81,343 (15) 2.90% | $81,343 (15) 2.90% | - | - | - |
| 7 | Morton CollegeCicero, IL | $78,012 (71) 2.69% | $78,012 (71) 2.69% | - | - | - |
| 8 | Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, IL | $77,729 (9) 0.94% | $77,729 (9) 0.94% | - | - | - |
| 9 | City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, IL | $77,336 (20) 2.27% | $77,336 (20) 2.27% | - | - | - |
| 10 | City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, IL | $75,926 (19) 4.10% | $75,926 (19) 4.10% | - | - | - |