Average Faculty Salary for Missouri Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Missouri Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $66,341 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $81,154 (up 0.66% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $71,306 (up 3.00% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $62,989 (up 3.11% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $54,589 (down 1.58% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $47,978 (down 3.58% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $53,051 (down 12.92% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $129,845 (year-over-year change: +1.51%)
- R2 research universities: $102,109 (year-over-year change: +1.80%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $68,284 (year-over-year change: +2.44%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $50,592 (year-over-year change: -2.19%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $68,284 (year-over-year change: +2.44%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $70,972 (year-over-year change: +6.02%)
- Faith-related institutions: $55,569 (year-over-year change: -0.01%)
- No Community colleges in Missouri or its salary information is not available.
Missouri Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for missouri 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 | $66,341 2.25% |
$129,845 1.51% |
$102,109 1.80% |
$68,284 2.44% |
$50,592 2.19% |
- - |
| Professor | $81,154 0.66% |
$177,437 1.51% |
$127,709 1.65% |
$79,220 0.64% |
$63,722 1.91% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $71,306 3.00% |
$123,897 2.65% |
$95,993 1.31% |
$70,479 3.14% |
$53,879 0.20% |
- - |
| Assistant professor | $62,989 3.11% |
$106,368 0.81% |
$83,543 2.76% |
$63,201 4.71% |
$48,680 0.95% |
- - |
| Instructor | $54,589 1.58% |
$77,016 26.19% |
$68,834 0.73% |
$54,255 2.41% |
$43,474 0.34% |
- - |
| Lecturer | $47,978 3.58% |
$64,636 3.28% |
$52,581 4.60% |
$51,510 4.31% |
$29,217 27.82% |
- - |
| No academic rank | $53,051 12.92% |
$40,515 17.52% |
- - |
$49,704 13.99% |
$71,342 42.18% |
- - |
Updated: July 1, 2025
Missouri Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Washington University in St Louis $154,054
- Missouri University of Science and Technology $114,604
- University of Missouri-Columbia $105,635
- Kansas City University $104,583
- Saint Louis University $102,913
- University of Missouri-Kansas City $100,069
- A T Still University of Health Sciences $95,238
- University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis $94,919
- University of Missouri-St Louis $90,850
- Maryville University of Saint Louis $84,760