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Highest Professor Salary

Highest Professor Salary at U.S. Colleges

Stanford University has the highest professor salary of $288,663 among U.S. colleges followed by The Rockefeller University ($282,854) and Princeton University ($280,268). The average professor salary of the U.S. colleges is $266,818 based on 9-months contract or equivalent data. The following table lists the top 10 colleges with the highest professor 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 Professor Salary At U.S. Colleges
School nameEquated to 9-Month Contract9-Month Contract10-Month Contract11-Month Contract12-Month Contract
1Stanford UniversityStanford, CA$288,663 (604)
7.59%
$290,807 (581)
7.83%
--$312,675 (23)
0.89%
2The Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY$282,854 (35)
4.80%
---$377,139 (35)
4.80%
3Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$280,268 (499)
5.10%
$280,268 (499)
5.10%
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4Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA$268,486 (667)
7.39%
$268,486 (667)
7.39%
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5Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT$268,188 (616)
7.19%
$268,319 (612)
7.05%
--$330,850 (4)
21.22%
6Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA$264,272 (1,015)
4.46%
$260,508 (811)
4.78%
--$372,317 (204)
3.64%
7University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$258,150 (608)
4.76%
$258,150 (608)
4.76%
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8New York UniversityNew York, NY$254,385 (807)
6.27%
$263,741 (671)
6.56%
--$277,635 (136)
4.19%
9University of ChicagoChicago, IL$254,291 (647)
0.92%
$280,442 (490)
2.20%
-$211,089 (157)
2.27%
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10University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$248,620 (1,039)
5.02%
$254,004 (964)
5.06%
--$239,211 (75)
4.91%