Average Faculty Salary for New Mexico Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at New Mexico Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $71,820 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $99,238 (up 9.88% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $76,134 (up 1.06% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $64,702 (up 0.34% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $55,948 (down 2.68% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $61,484 (up 30.72% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $56,824 (up 5.61% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $103,620 (year-over-year change: +3.29%)
- R2 research universities: $91,599 (year-over-year change: +2.92%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $66,221 (year-over-year change: -1.64%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $77,545 (year-over-year change: +5.18%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $66,221 (year-over-year change: -1.64%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in New Mexico or its salary information is not available.
- No Faith-related institutions in New Mexico or its salary information is not available.
- No Community colleges in New Mexico or its salary information is not available.
New Mexico Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for new mexico 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 | $71,820 1.74% |
$103,620 3.29% |
$91,599 2.92% |
$66,221 1.64% |
$77,545 5.18% |
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| Professor | $99,238 9.88% |
$138,183 3.01% |
$116,559 4.55% |
$91,064 9.58% |
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| Associate professor | $76,134 1.06% |
$102,313 2.46% |
$94,383 5.63% |
$70,028 2.54% |
$77,700 2.16% |
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| Assistant professor | $64,702 0.34% |
$88,508 2.51% |
$78,401 3.83% |
$57,134 2.44% |
$72,294 1.00% |
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| Instructor | $55,948 2.68% |
$61,118 5.70% |
$46,760 0.10% |
$57,524 8.81% |
$50,744 1.46% |
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| Lecturer | $61,484 30.72% |
$73,100 4.26% |
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| No academic rank | $56,824 5.61% |
$71,288 0.24% |
$60,976 4.51% |
$35,872 15.34% |
$88,651 5.53% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
New Mexico Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus $103,620
- New Mexico Junior College $94,515
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology $93,319
- New Mexico State University-Main Campus $91,599
- St. John's College $88,651
- Western New Mexico University $76,593
- Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus $75,157
- New Mexico Military Institute $74,006
- New Mexico State University-Alamogordo $71,905
- University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus $70,444