Average Faculty Salary for North Carolina Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at North Carolina Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $70,736 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $87,994 (up 3.29% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $76,753 (up 3.17% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $69,169 (up 3.12% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $59,306 (up 9.89% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $64,356 (up 5.90% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $59,037 (up 1.87% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $141,957 (year-over-year change: +2.86%)
- R2 research universities: $96,851 (year-over-year change: +4.17%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $72,440 (year-over-year change: +2.87%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $61,967 (year-over-year change: +2.50%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $72,440 (year-over-year change: +2.87%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $80,930 (year-over-year change: +4.04%)
- Faith-related institutions: $38,433 (year-over-year change: +12.39%)
- No Community colleges in North Carolina or its salary information is not available.
North Carolina Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for north carolina 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 | $70,736 2.96% |
$141,957 2.86% |
$96,851 4.17% |
$72,440 2.87% |
$61,967 2.50% |
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| Professor | $87,994 3.29% |
$187,216 3.01% |
$125,182 3.53% |
$87,848 4.06% |
$74,657 3.65% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $76,753 3.17% |
$125,856 4.08% |
$97,993 4.96% |
$75,896 3.54% |
$67,161 2.56% |
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| Assistant professor | $69,169 3.12% |
$103,983 1.92% |
$85,485 2.67% |
$69,010 2.05% |
$60,792 3.11% |
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| Instructor | $59,306 9.89% |
$83,888 8.98% |
$84,901 20.54% |
$62,191 3.40% |
$49,771 3.33% |
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| Lecturer | $64,356 5.90% |
$86,107 5.81% |
$67,364 4.84% |
$56,385 3.79% |
$57,490 18.31% |
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| No academic rank | $59,037 1.87% |
$48,541 11.37% |
$51,389 1.86% |
$59,409 2.59% |
$75,056 2.20% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
North Carolina Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Duke University $172,945
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $136,550
- Davidson College $117,298
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh $116,376
- Wake Forest University $114,071
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte $106,799
- Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte $95,738
- North Carolina A & T State University $95,613
- Elon University $94,816
- University of North Carolina Wilmington $90,363