Average Faculty Salary for New York Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at New York Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $78,454 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $110,990 (up 3.23% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $92,194 (up 4.20% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $79,261 (up 4.23% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $59,717 (up 3.91% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $65,882 (up 3.20% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $69,379 (up 7.48% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $132,849 (year-over-year change: +2.79%)
- R2 research universities: $118,445 (year-over-year change: +3.60%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $85,169 (year-over-year change: +2.25%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $83,126 (year-over-year change: +4.06%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $85,169 (year-over-year change: +2.25%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $80,545 (year-over-year change: +1.46%)
- Faith-related institutions: $48,046 (year-over-year change: +4.15%)
- No Community colleges in New York or its salary information is not available.
New York Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for new york 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 | $78,454 3.84% |
$132,849 2.79% |
$118,445 3.60% |
$85,169 2.25% |
$83,126 4.06% |
- - |
| Professor | $110,990 3.23% |
$181,613 2.37% |
$153,600 3.30% |
$105,438 1.87% |
$109,291 4.14% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $92,194 4.20% |
$127,448 3.19% |
$117,309 2.92% |
$87,819 2.15% |
$87,535 3.41% |
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| Assistant professor | $79,261 4.23% |
$106,713 3.03% |
$101,351 4.41% |
$76,148 2.42% |
$73,918 2.51% |
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| Instructor | $59,717 3.91% |
$95,349 1.63% |
$80,445 15.45% |
$61,650 2.62% |
$62,380 5.57% |
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| Lecturer | $65,882 3.20% |
$83,348 4.36% |
$81,330 8.10% |
$66,885 3.80% |
$66,137 3.73% |
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| No academic rank | $69,379 7.48% |
$56,071 4.09% |
$71,851 2.07% |
$66,300 9.07% |
$75,345 11.55% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
New York Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Columbia University in the City of New York $193,642
- New York University $164,871
- Cornell University $163,558
- Fordham University $146,125
- Teachers College at Columbia University $145,838
- Barnard College $144,130
- Brooklyn Law School $137,587
- The Juilliard School $137,350
- Hofstra University $134,557
- University of Rochester $133,510