Average Faculty Salary for Michigan Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Michigan Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $78,816 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $95,466 (up 1.60% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $80,022 (up 2.62% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $71,011 (up 3.12% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $62,068 (up 2.10% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $68,059 (up 5.40% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $68,741 (up 3.40% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $119,292 (year-over-year change: +3.55%)
- R2 research universities: $98,068 (year-over-year change: +2.83%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $73,415 (year-over-year change: +1.61%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $63,572 (year-over-year change: +0.53%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $73,415 (year-over-year change: +1.61%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $94,966 (year-over-year change: +2.36%)
- Faith-related institutions: $60,245 (year-over-year change: +3.35%)
- No Community colleges in Michigan or its salary information is not available.
Michigan Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for michigan 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 | $78,816 2.42% |
$119,292 3.55% |
$98,068 2.83% |
$73,415 1.61% |
$63,572 0.53% |
- - |
| Professor | $95,466 1.60% |
$174,118 2.99% |
$120,177 2.43% |
$87,073 0.29% |
$74,855 1.43% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $80,022 2.62% |
$119,338 3.97% |
$97,222 4.04% |
$74,365 1.34% |
$65,572 2.76% |
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| Assistant professor | $71,011 3.12% |
$98,926 4.16% |
$85,529 2.61% |
$70,787 2.76% |
$54,723 2.71% |
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| Instructor | $62,068 2.10% |
$74,892 9.30% |
$74,865 0.97% |
$51,254 3.58% |
$51,569 3.17% |
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| Lecturer | $68,059 5.40% |
$78,990 9.90% |
$64,868 3.77% |
$65,523 1.55% |
$54,030 3.61% |
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| No academic rank | $68,741 3.40% |
$69,009 3.01% |
$65,747 3.99% |
$67,897 7.00% |
$72,697 29.06% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Michigan Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $125,258
- Michigan State University $122,284
- Thomas M Cooley Law School $114,158
- Wayne State University $110,333
- Muskegon Community College $108,656
- Michigan Technological University $106,725
- Schoolcraft Community College District $105,799
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College $105,539
- Walsh College $102,918
- Henry Ford College $102,809