Average Faculty Salary for Illinois Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Illinois Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $80,749 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $102,415 (up 1.05% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $82,387 (up 0.30% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $72,748 (up 2.80% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $59,391 (up 1.82% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $64,498 (up 6.42% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $53,215 (down 7.35% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $156,461 (year-over-year change: +3.40%)
- R2 research universities: $99,182 (year-over-year change: +2.49%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $76,225 (year-over-year change: +3.51%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $68,880 (year-over-year change: +4.53%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $76,225 (year-over-year change: +3.51%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $104,650 (year-over-year change: +51.17%)
- Faith-related institutions: $88,091 (year-over-year change: +11.31%)
- No Community colleges in Illinois or its salary information is not available.
Illinois Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for illinois colleges' faculty by academic rank in the academic year 2024-2025. The average amount is based on a 9-month contract or equated employees. You can check the average salary information for your desired state and school category.
State
| Academic Rank | All Colleges | R1 Universities | R2 Universities | Master's Colleges | BS Colleges | Community Colleges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Faculty Total | $80,749 2.99% |
$156,461 3.40% |
$99,182 2.49% |
$76,225 3.51% |
$68,880 4.53% |
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| Professor | $102,415 1.05% |
$218,350 2.67% |
$134,168 3.04% |
$90,362 3.83% |
$80,710 5.20% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $82,387 0.30% |
$141,388 2.02% |
$104,635 3.97% |
$78,330 4.61% |
$68,423 1.48% |
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| Assistant professor | $72,748 2.80% |
$121,861 2.82% |
$93,724 7.78% |
$69,250 3.61% |
$60,661 3.00% |
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| Instructor | $59,391 1.82% |
$87,678 0.24% |
$69,689 3.85% |
$58,010 2.73% |
$58,844 3.46% |
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| Lecturer | $64,498 6.42% |
$82,287 5.48% |
$66,493 1.32% |
$63,299 9.12% |
$48,959 3.37% |
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| No academic rank | $53,215 7.35% |
$59,528 13.58% |
$55,349 13.51% |
$47,406 7.12% |
$41,726 41,726.00% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Illinois Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Northwestern University $182,894
- Spertus College $181,500
- University of Chicago $179,034
- Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago $173,300
- University of Illinois Chicago $132,874
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $131,040
- Rush University $123,184
- City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College $121,177
- College of DuPage $120,570
- Midwestern University-Downers Grove $118,832