Average Faculty Salary for Massachusetts Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Massachusetts Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $97,367 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $123,656 (up 4.30% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $99,783 (up 3.88% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $86,551 (up 2.96% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $71,537 (up 4.65% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $95,699 (up 10.52% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $87,426 (up 13.08% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $162,162 (year-over-year change: +4.71%)
- R2 research universities: $118,251 (year-over-year change: +5.80%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $91,739 (year-over-year change: +4.88%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $93,887 (year-over-year change: +4.54%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $91,739 (year-over-year change: +4.88%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $70,817 (year-over-year change: +5.05%)
- Faith-related institutions: $48,051 (year-over-year change: +5.49%)
- No Community colleges in Massachusetts or its salary information is not available.
Massachusetts Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for massachusetts 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 | $97,367 4.93% |
$162,162 4.71% |
$118,251 5.80% |
$91,739 4.88% |
$93,887 4.54% |
- - |
| Professor | $123,656 4.30% |
$218,359 4.05% |
$159,342 5.14% |
$110,355 5.47% |
$120,779 4.95% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $99,783 3.88% |
$146,259 3.08% |
$118,764 4.48% |
$89,852 4.08% |
$97,888 4.63% |
- - |
| Assistant professor | $86,551 2.96% |
$129,609 4.11% |
$101,321 4.92% |
$78,963 5.06% |
$80,398 3.09% |
- - |
| Instructor | $71,537 4.65% |
$83,239 4.58% |
$88,276 14.52% |
$64,220 3.23% |
$63,890 3.12% |
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| Lecturer | $95,699 10.52% |
$105,839 3.39% |
$83,137 1.59% |
$75,566 1.84% |
$92,217 15.14% |
- - |
| No academic rank | $87,426 13.08% |
$165,288 29.03% |
$81,469 6.36% |
- - |
$78,604 1.53% |
- - |
Updated: July 1, 2025
Massachusetts Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Harvard University $223,353
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology $221,399
- Babson College $185,579
- Boston College $163,290
- Boston University $150,038
- Northeastern University $146,980
- Bentley University $142,624
- Amherst College $140,454
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering $138,216
- Williams College $138,043