For the 149 Illinois colleges, the average teaching faculty salary is $74,855 in 2023. We exclude 100 trade schools which salary information is not available. By academic rank,
- The average professor salary is $93,773 in Illinois.
- The average associate professor salary is $79,906 in Illinois.
- The average assistant professor salary is $69,752 in Illinois.
- The average instructor salary is $60,370 in Illinois.
- The average lecturer salary is $59,762 in Illinois.
- The average salary of faculty without academic rank is $62,578 in Illinois.
Illinois College Faculty Salary Comparison Table
The following table compares faculty salaries at Illinois colleges by academic rank. You can filter the table to compare specific type of colleges of your choice.
| School Name | All Rank Average | Professor | Associate Professor | Assistant Professor | Instructor | Lecturer | No Academic Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adler University | $74,538 | $101,266 | $88,330 | $69,019 | - | - | $42,803 |
| American Academy of Art College | $40,340 | - | - | - | $40,340 | - | - |
| American Islamic College | $79,988 | - | $79,988 | - | - | - | - |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | $103,774 | $127,835 | $93,977 | $76,729 | - | - | $67,500 |
| Augustana College | $72,275 | $90,702 | $73,334 | $65,654 | $50,881 | - | - |
| Aurora University | $78,351 | $98,616 | $77,421 | $72,662 | - | $64,873 | - |
| Southwestern Illinois College | $67,627 | $83,948 | $64,731 | $53,665 | $52,034 | - | $34,514 |
| Black Hawk College | $65,018 | $75,857 | $62,309 | $55,463 | $52,857 | - | - |
| Blackburn College | $63,008 | $63,008 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | $62,808 | $86,252 | $67,881 | $63,232 | $53,190 | - | - |
| Bradley University | $84,510 | $114,395 | $85,065 | $71,908 | $67,381 | $56,548 | - |
| Carl Sandburg College | $58,327 | - | - | - | - | - | $58,327 |
| Catholic Theological Union at Chicago | $55,413 | $62,192 | $44,918 | $49,027 | - | - | - |
| Midwestern University-Downers Grove | $112,981 | $130,574 | $105,633 | $114,502 | $58,968 | - | $39,250 |
| The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago | $76,766 | $83,832 | $78,031 | $67,505 | - | - | - |
| Chicago State University | $77,950 | $89,861 | $80,785 | $71,115 | - | $54,459 | - |
| Chicago Theological Seminary | $93,163 | $106,267 | $89,183 | $75,304 | - | - | - |
| University of Chicago | $165,172 | $254,291 | $148,526 | $137,250 | $69,107 | $72,569 | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | $82,705 | $111,336 | $95,741 | $84,791 | $77,336 | - | $57,939 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | $88,123 | $116,945 | $100,251 | $88,732 | $82,148 | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | $96,343 | $119,341 | $101,446 | $94,577 | $84,702 | - | $47,250 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College | $84,943 | $126,237 | $105,634 | $98,004 | $75,714 | - | $42,593 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | $92,711 | $130,387 | $104,017 | $87,408 | $82,143 | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College | $94,308 | $111,172 | $101,903 | $89,894 | $75,926 | - | - |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | $98,166 | $116,774 | $100,572 | $91,136 | $81,343 | - | - |
| Columbia College Chicago | $81,114 | $103,637 | $81,173 | $69,392 | - | $67,466 | - |
| Concordia University-Chicago | $34,657 | $67,269 | $55,376 | $49,654 | $19,923 | - | - |
| Danville Area Community College | $63,211 | $66,571 | - | - | $59,957 | - | $64,590 |
| DePaul University | $107,061 | $140,423 | $107,058 | $98,192 | $77,563 | - | - |
| College of DuPage | $111,974 | $136,087 | $105,396 | $82,446 | $68,149 | - | - |
| East-West University | $64,882 | - | $75,522 | $58,498 | - | - | - |
| Eastern Illinois University | $77,117 | $94,552 | $83,084 | $71,748 | $55,291 | - | - |
| Elgin Community College | $98,849 | $124,021 | $101,350 | $85,779 | $64,406 | - | - |
| Elmhurst University | $56,278 | $65,388 | $56,535 | $53,260 | $46,875 | $42,204 | $49,875 |
| Eureka College | $51,948 | $63,517 | $50,933 | $48,312 | - | - | - |
| Fox College | $59,029 | - | - | - | $59,029 | - | - |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | $93,362 | $105,483 | $84,684 | $79,540 | $67,465 | - | - |
| Governors State University | $71,005 | $93,848 | $79,819 | $67,961 | $71,208 | $56,398 | $53,950 |
| Greenville University | $54,574 | $67,145 | $58,429 | $51,352 | $46,349 | - | - |
| Hebrew Theological College | $33,777 | $39,959 | $36,638 | $31,931 | - | - | - |
| Highland Community College | $92,564 | - | - | - | - | - | $92,564 |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | $103,024 | $124,848 | $114,999 | $94,417 | $73,773 | $94,168 | $84,075 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | $117,196 | $165,399 | $124,227 | $102,966 | $96,268 | $63,426 | $64,910 |
| Benedictine University | $81,081 | $98,719 | $75,391 | $69,347 | $59,219 | - | - |
| Illinois College of Optometry | $90,700 | $113,846 | $97,812 | $75,264 | $67,500 | - | $71,306 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $122,060 | $163,609 | $113,311 | $101,536 | $74,121 | $71,223 | $54,340 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | $77,988 | $93,185 | $72,142 | $68,667 | $92,897 | - | - |
| Illinois Central College | $76,050 | $83,545 | $67,304 | $62,933 | $58,376 | - | $59,350 |
| Illinois College | $66,945 | $80,836 | $67,093 | $58,053 | $56,507 | - | - |
| Olney Central College | $64,156 | $60,733 | $61,788 | $63,592 | - | - | $70,387 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $122,013 | $154,094 | $116,402 | $95,597 | $66,966 | $87,165 | - |
| Illinois State University | $80,666 | $101,858 | $89,258 | $79,104 | - | $49,813 | - |
| Illinois Valley Community College | $75,434 | - | - | - | $75,434 | - | - |
| John A Logan College | $66,124 | $75,223 | $67,292 | $63,109 | $55,490 | - | - |
| John Wood Community College | $56,644 | $79,713 | $77,786 | $57,744 | $41,501 | - | $66,173 |
| Joliet Junior College | $107,132 | $117,708 | $88,699 | $74,771 | - | - | $78,599 |
| Judson University | $60,788 | $64,588 | $63,470 | $54,777 | - | - | - |
| Kankakee Community College | $70,682 | $72,574 | - | $59,325 | - | - | - |
| Kaskaskia College | $83,446 | $96,872 | $85,454 | $73,177 | - | - | - |
| Kishwaukee College | $67,455 | - | - | - | - | - | $67,455 |
| Knox College | $67,902 | $80,469 | $69,407 | $56,371 | $56,006 | - | - |
| College of Lake County | $103,840 | - | - | - | $103,840 | - | - |
| Lake Forest College | $80,383 | $103,176 | $82,800 | $67,007 | $68,169 | $75,000 | - |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | $87,852 | - | - | - | - | - | $87,852 |
| Lake Land College | $62,855 | - | - | - | - | - | $62,855 |
| Lakeview College of Nursing | $61,325 | - | $74,517 | $59,488 | $57,519 | - | - |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | $82,321 | $96,482 | $76,784 | $64,774 | $54,358 | - | - |
| Lewis University | $90,237 | $112,676 | $90,220 | $80,768 | $66,899 | - | - |
| Lincoln Christian University | $41,070 | $44,045 | $39,411 | $35,786 | - | - | - |
| Lincoln Land Community College | $88,335 | $98,908 | $82,471 | $75,622 | $63,206 | - | - |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park | $50,189 | - | - | - | $50,189 | - | - |
| Loyola University Chicago | $97,816 | $143,267 | $99,750 | $89,901 | $73,169 | - | - |
| Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | $58,625 | $60,049 | - | $58,125 | - | $52,500 | - |
| Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences | $60,735 | $64,904 | $68,647 | $61,037 | $47,837 | - | - |
| Generations College | $42,707 | - | $45,852 | $41,134 | - | - | - |
| McCormick Theological Seminary | $69,869 | $77,486 | $65,561 | $61,657 | $57,386 | - | - |
| McHenry County College | $101,604 | - | - | - | - | - | $101,604 |
| McKendree University | $63,011 | $72,739 | $62,978 | $58,074 | $54,997 | $51,475 | $41,626 |
| Meadville Theological School of Lombard College | $91,329 | $100,086 | $82,572 | - | - | - | - |
| Methodist College | $45,446 | $61,558 | $52,276 | $49,436 | $41,164 | - | - |
| Millikin University | $56,596 | $70,476 | $56,113 | $56,037 | $49,303 | $36,583 | - |
| Monmouth College | $57,791 | $67,500 | $72,019 | $41,185 | - | $39,489 | - |
| Moody Bible Institute | $79,266 | $86,748 | $82,633 | $59,572 | $64,993 | - | - |
| Moraine Valley Community College | $74,693 | $84,630 | $73,676 | $65,841 | $59,280 | - | - |
| Morrison Institute of Technology | $61,668 | - | - | - | - | - | $61,668 |
| Morton College | $78,012 | - | - | - | $78,012 | - | - |
| National Louis University | $57,450 | $65,172 | $60,487 | $55,214 | $52,500 | $54,744 | - |
| National University of Health Sciences | $48,638 | $55,697 | $49,482 | $48,582 | $44,616 | - | $26,250 |
| North Central College | $80,487 | $98,471 | $79,742 | $70,573 | $48,000 | $53,650 | - |
| North Park University | $53,497 | $55,872 | $51,651 | $51,613 | - | - | - |
| Northern Illinois University | $86,606 | $109,626 | $93,288 | $87,926 | $50,353 | - | $64,299 |
| Northwestern University | $168,344 | $224,600 | $133,959 | $111,878 | - | $80,966 | - |
| Northeastern Illinois University | $79,099 | $98,933 | $84,398 | $78,406 | $51,893 | - | $45,775 |
| Oakton Community College | $89,691 | $103,146 | $80,234 | $71,890 | $67,544 | - | $65,851 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $64,893 | $74,974 | $62,432 | $54,036 | - | - | - |
| Parkland College | $80,439 | $94,226 | $79,636 | $78,092 | $50,925 | - | - |
| Prairie State College | $82,502 | $92,059 | $73,799 | $69,094 | - | - | - |
| Principia College | $76,305 | $89,645 | $74,196 | $68,893 | $62,687 | - | - |
| Quincy University | $53,259 | $59,806 | $58,578 | $48,085 | - | - | - |
| Rend Lake College | $67,553 | $75,046 | $55,857 | - | $52,877 | - | $38,819 |
| Richland Community College | $66,141 | $69,783 | $71,139 | $63,658 | $58,853 | - | - |
| Rock Valley College | $69,126 | $77,383 | $66,282 | $62,176 | $58,585 | - | - |
| Rockford University | $58,517 | $63,330 | $57,350 | $58,853 | - | $46,300 | - |
| Roosevelt University | $79,378 | $98,023 | $75,808 | $75,111 | - | $61,053 | $92,698 |
| Dominican University | $68,114 | $76,560 | $61,809 | $65,085 | $54,405 | $61,600 | - |
| Rush University | $114,024 | $149,133 | $129,709 | $116,655 | $79,560 | $63,230 | $126,017 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | $66,949 | $85,655 | $71,505 | $63,494 | $57,664 | - | - |
| University of St Francis | $70,765 | $88,545 | $71,282 | $60,846 | $60,369 | - | - |
| St. John's College-Department of Nursing | $74,379 | $90,362 | $76,295 | $71,823 | - | - | - |
| Saint Xavier University | $72,026 | $86,239 | $74,489 | $73,432 | - | $61,731 | $61,243 |
| University of Illinois Springfield | $79,276 | $97,478 | $81,862 | $76,636 | $53,903 | - | - |
| Sauk Valley Community College | $64,706 | $69,769 | $67,947 | $57,468 | $68,823 | - | - |
| Shawnee Community College | $66,989 | - | - | - | - | - | $66,989 |
| St. Augustine College | $54,371 | $54,371 | - | - | - | - | - |
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake | $52,785 | $76,090 | $47,325 | $56,792 | $26,444 | - | - |
| Southeastern Illinois College | $60,549 | - | - | - | $60,549 | - | - |
| Spertus College | $82,300 | - | $148,500 | $38,400 | $60,000 | - | - |
| Spoon River College | $60,905 | - | - | - | - | - | $60,905 |
| Saint Anthony College of Nursing | $69,116 | $90,974 | $83,827 | $72,395 | $57,801 | - | - |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | $71,813 | $96,495 | $71,036 | $66,314 | $38,762 | $49,950 | - |
| Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | $79,599 | $98,247 | $86,461 | $78,704 | $51,917 | $0 | - |
| Taylor Business Institute | $29,080 | $29,080 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago | $21,944 | - | - | - | $21,944 | - | - |
| South Suburban College | $72,503 | - | - | - | - | - | $72,503 |
| Trinity Christian College | $64,943 | $73,352 | $65,193 | $58,486 | - | - | - |
| Trinity International University-Illinois | $66,603 | $69,863 | $65,517 | $63,168 | $64,000 | - | - |
| Triton College | $73,590 | - | - | - | - | - | $73,590 |
| VanderCook College of Music | $59,163 | $60,330 | $57,574 | $59,687 | - | - | - |
| Waubonsee Community College | $91,991 | $110,198 | $89,536 | $82,017 | $77,729 | - | - |
| Oak Point University | $72,121 | - | $90,388 | $74,638 | $67,320 | - | - |
| Western Illinois University | $82,948 | $101,427 | $81,728 | $65,309 | $54,448 | $45,000 | - |
| Wheaton College | $87,055 | $103,494 | $88,354 | $68,692 | $57,919 | - | - |
| William Rainey Harper College | $98,824 | $120,119 | $99,714 | $76,331 | $61,969 | - | $42,000 |
| Northwestern College | $63,591 | $80,302 | $61,325 | $51,139 | $56,644 | - | - |
| Worsham College of Mortuary Science | $52,875 | - | - | - | $52,875 | - | - |
| Heartland Community College | $71,921 | $81,080 | $63,662 | $59,560 | $58,449 | - | - |
| Frontier Community College | $53,068 | $46,401 | - | - | - | - | $75,291 |
| Lincoln Trail College | $62,586 | $54,533 | - | - | - | - | $72,939 |
| Wabash Valley College | $65,153 | $56,578 | - | - | - | - | $73,727 |
| Erikson Institute | $80,119 | $90,367 | $84,950 | $75,092 | $70,164 | - | - |
| Midwest College of Oriental Medicine-Skokie | $36,750 | - | - | - | $36,750 | - | - |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | $38,864 | - | - | - | $38,796 | - | $39,000 |
| Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. | $60,831 | - | $73,765 | $47,897 | - | - | - |
| Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago | $205,500 | $224,333 | $155,000 | $137,000 | - | - | - |
| Rasmussen University-Illinois | $68,625 | - | - | - | $68,625 | - | - |
| Ambria College of Nursing | $60,421 | $79,350 | - | $55,688 | $54,900 | - | - |
| Midwestern Career College | $53,531 | - | - | - | $58,550 | - | $50,184 |
| DeVry University-Illinois | $77,919 | $83,357 | $66,425 | $63,083 | - | - | - |
| Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College | $44,580 | - | - | - | - | - | $44,580 |