For the 131 North Carolina colleges, the average teaching faculty salary is $58,938 in 2023. We exclude 44 trade schools which salary information is not available. By academic rank,
- The average professor salary is $81,534 in North Carolina.
- The average associate professor salary is $70,704 in North Carolina.
- The average assistant professor salary is $64,440 in North Carolina.
- The average instructor salary is $52,490 in North Carolina.
- The average lecturer salary is $58,780 in North Carolina.
- The average salary of faculty without academic rank is $53,597 in North Carolina.
North Carolina College Faculty Salary Comparison Table
The following table compares faculty salaries at North Carolina colleges by academic rank. You can filter the table to compare specific type of colleges of your choice.
| School Name | All Rank Average | Professor | Associate Professor | Assistant Professor | Instructor | Lecturer | No Academic Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of the Albemarle | $55,253 | - | - | - | - | - | $55,253 |
| South Piedmont Community College | $52,118 | - | - | - | - | - | $52,118 |
| Appalachian State University | $80,059 | $100,139 | $83,845 | $76,938 | $81,653 | $52,266 | $64,132 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | $50,533 | - | - | - | - | - | $50,533 |
| Barton College | $58,042 | $68,311 | $61,433 | $56,643 | $35,289 | - | - |
| Beaufort County Community College | $48,047 | - | - | - | - | - | $48,047 |
| Belmont Abbey College | $55,713 | $70,432 | $59,251 | $56,968 | $30,994 | $18,600 | - |
| Bennett College | $52,018 | - | $57,240 | $51,069 | - | - | - |
| Bladen Community College | $54,719 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,719 |
| Blue Ridge Community College | $52,998 | - | - | - | - | - | $52,998 |
| Brevard College | $48,956 | $54,139 | $51,183 | $45,517 | - | - | - |
| Brunswick Community College | $51,445 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,445 |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | $74,501 | - | $79,100 | $81,696 | $59,019 | - | $76,760 |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | $53,902 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,902 |
| Campbell University | $81,902 | $104,647 | $82,343 | $72,668 | $59,176 | $51,036 | $114,750 |
| Cape Fear Community College | $54,245 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,245 |
| Carteret Community College | $50,608 | - | - | - | - | - | $50,608 |
| Catawba College | $71,407 | $82,418 | $76,663 | $65,713 | $43,184 | - | - |
| Catawba Valley Community College | $57,778 | - | - | - | - | - | $57,778 |
| Central Carolina Community College | $52,181 | - | - | - | - | - | $52,181 |
| Central Piedmont Community College | $55,553 | - | - | - | - | - | $55,553 |
| Chowan University | $64,895 | $71,321 | $62,718 | $63,663 | $48,410 | - | - |
| Cleveland Community College | $53,722 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,722 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | $53,808 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,808 |
| Craven Community College | $53,010 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,010 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | $38,804 | - | - | - | - | - | $38,804 |
| Davidson College | $107,940 | $147,544 | $105,764 | $73,522 | - | $60,729 | $71,000 |
| Duke University | $162,699 | $216,817 | $137,577 | $112,046 | $68,385 | $70,580 | - |
| Durham Technical Community College | $54,774 | - | - | - | $54,774 | - | - |
| East Carolina University | $81,207 | $104,065 | $83,384 | $74,487 | $56,687 | - | $41,119 |
| Edgecombe Community College | $51,005 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,005 |
| Elizabeth City State University | $73,593 | $88,169 | $74,841 | $69,183 | - | $56,144 | - |
| Elon University | $85,721 | $111,771 | $86,765 | $76,788 | $53,590 | $70,301 | - |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | $63,009 | - | - | - | - | - | $63,009 |
| Fayetteville State University | $77,590 | $89,151 | $76,599 | $83,672 | $57,532 | $63,002 | $59,533 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College | $53,790 | $54,142 | $53,380 | $54,158 | $50,849 | - | $56,117 |
| Gardner-Webb University | $63,872 | $70,296 | $69,237 | $58,214 | $47,688 | $38,438 | - |
| Gaston College | $54,565 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,565 |
| Greensboro College | $53,906 | $61,073 | $52,408 | $49,648 | $47,250 | - | $58,034 |
| Guilford College | $62,082 | $70,564 | $58,790 | $52,167 | $49,406 | - | - |
| Guilford Technical Community College | $60,128 | - | - | - | - | - | $60,128 |
| Halifax Community College | $43,938 | - | - | - | - | - | $43,938 |
| Haywood Community College | $54,266 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,266 |
| Heritage Bible College | $13,950 | $13,950 | - | - | $13,950 | - | - |
| High Point University | $75,255 | $102,409 | $82,174 | $70,850 | $52,450 | - | - |
| Isothermal Community College | $56,821 | - | - | - | - | - | $56,821 |
| James Sprunt Community College | $50,106 | - | - | - | - | - | $50,106 |
| Johnson C Smith University | $60,855 | $76,094 | $62,150 | $57,497 | $45,773 | - | - |
| Johnston Community College | $61,184 | - | - | - | - | - | $61,184 |
| Lees-McRae College | $48,148 | $64,648 | $53,472 | $43,721 | $42,737 | - | - |
| Lenoir Community College | $48,712 | - | - | - | - | - | $48,712 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | $67,415 | $78,009 | $70,086 | $62,590 | $54,608 | - | - |
| Livingstone College | $52,275 | $55,824 | $56,927 | $51,117 | $48,831 | - | - |
| Louisburg College | $41,704 | $51,805 | $43,280 | $40,880 | $37,824 | - | - |
| Mars Hill University | $51,176 | $56,771 | $51,083 | $48,673 | $41,074 | - | - |
| Martin Community College | $53,766 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,766 |
| Mayland Community College | $50,025 | - | - | - | - | - | $50,025 |
| McDowell Technical Community College | $49,892 | - | - | - | $49,892 | - | - |
| Meredith College | $67,309 | $74,054 | $63,866 | $64,542 | $62,122 | - | $73,440 |
| Methodist University | $69,202 | $76,625 | $66,193 | $67,858 | $43,869 | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-Wilmington | $41,138 | - | - | - | $41,138 | - | - |
| Mitchell Community College | $51,891 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,891 |
| Montgomery Community College | $48,539 | - | - | - | - | - | $48,539 |
| Montreat College | $55,051 | $54,083 | $57,258 | $54,902 | - | - | - |
| University of Mount Olive | $60,083 | $69,158 | $59,660 | $54,607 | $53,100 | - | $70,200 |
| Nash Community College | $48,107 | - | - | - | - | - | $48,107 |
| North Carolina A & T State University | $80,978 | $101,578 | $83,156 | $77,158 | $82,158 | $59,978 | $37,953 |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | $76,706 | $91,901 | $82,717 | $72,542 | - | $57,000 | - |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $125,543 | $165,404 | $104,804 | $93,026 | $64,582 | $116,611 | $50,511 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $97,294 | $128,637 | $98,687 | $89,765 | - | $63,582 | - |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $82,270 | $111,060 | $87,252 | $78,426 | $62,460 | $50,078 | $37,537 |
| North Carolina Central University | $80,817 | $104,659 | $84,963 | $78,347 | $52,647 | $54,051 | $54,049 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | $73,985 | $84,664 | $76,832 | $72,135 | - | - | $51,094 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | $108,689 | $139,126 | $102,807 | $87,366 | $186,300 | $57,877 | $41,438 |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University | $55,692 | $62,454 | $59,329 | $52,877 | $45,152 | - | - |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | $83,683 | $108,692 | $85,659 | $79,501 | $74,925 | $54,224 | - |
| Pamlico Community College | $42,528 | - | - | - | - | - | $42,528 |
| William Peace University | $55,083 | $66,333 | $57,483 | $49,418 | - | - | - |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke | $73,671 | $91,053 | $76,813 | $70,962 | $56,906 | $55,060 | - |
| Pfeiffer University | $66,071 | $70,553 | $67,421 | $63,566 | - | - | - |
| Piedmont Community College | $53,869 | - | - | - | $53,869 | - | - |
| Pitt Community College | $50,567 | - | - | - | - | - | $50,567 |
| Queens University of Charlotte | $76,033 | $99,043 | $72,319 | $66,254 | $65,019 | $51,250 | - |
| Randolph Community College | $52,251 | - | - | - | - | - | $52,251 |
| Richmond Community College | $57,712 | - | - | - | - | - | $57,712 |
| Mid-Atlantic Christian University | $44,725 | $51,083 | $44,123 | $39,378 | $38,944 | - | - |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College | $54,471 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,471 |
| Robeson Community College | $56,537 | - | - | - | - | - | $56,537 |
| Rockingham Community College | $51,687 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,687 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | $54,057 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,057 |
| Saint Augustine's University | $59,503 | $66,230 | $68,691 | $56,991 | $53,386 | - | - |
| Salem College | $51,712 | $66,431 | $50,895 | $39,925 | - | - | $46,724 |
| Sampson Community College | $43,651 | - | - | - | $43,651 | - | - |
| Sandhills Community College | $51,024 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,024 |
| Shaw University | $46,464 | $41,945 | $52,688 | $45,950 | $43,280 | - | - |
| St. Andrews University | $44,057 | $40,770 | $50,039 | $44,400 | $33,750 | - | - |
| Southeastern Community College | $54,670 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,670 |
| Southwestern Community College | $54,368 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,368 |
| Stanly Community College | $52,796 | - | - | - | - | - | $52,796 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | $73,988 | $82,521 | $72,886 | $58,857 | $65,605 | - | - |
| Surry Community College | $55,631 | - | - | - | - | - | $55,631 |
| Alamance Community College | $53,520 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,520 |
| Tri-County Community College | $47,767 | - | - | - | - | - | $47,767 |
| Vance-Granville Community College | $50,315 | - | - | - | $50,315 | - | - |
| Wake Forest University | $109,593 | $153,717 | $109,536 | $83,927 | $60,331 | $94,497 | $42,263 |
| Wake Technical Community College | $54,085 | - | - | - | - | - | $54,085 |
| Warren Wilson College | $50,064 | $62,650 | $53,338 | $50,890 | $31,332 | - | - |
| Watts School of Nursing | $63,357 | - | - | - | $63,357 | - | - |
| Wayne Community College | $51,052 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,052 |
| Western Piedmont Community College | $52,949 | - | - | - | - | - | $52,949 |
| Wilkes Community College | $51,723 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,723 |
| Wilson Community College | $53,457 | - | - | - | - | - | $53,457 |
| Wingate University | $73,932 | $81,265 | $77,732 | $72,502 | $48,441 | - | - |
| Carolina Christian College | $21,250 | $21,250 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winston-Salem State University | $78,322 | $95,193 | $79,045 | $70,644 | $58,891 | $62,887 | $36,000 |
| Western Carolina University | $76,259 | $104,961 | $76,331 | $71,400 | $50,468 | - | $61,285 |
| Carolinas College of Health Sciences | $69,093 | - | - | - | - | - | $69,093 |
| NASCAR Technical Institute | $51,923 | - | - | - | - | - | $51,923 |
| Hood Theological Seminary | $38,651 | $54,904 | $44,886 | - | - | - | $24,290 |
| Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary | $20,289 | - | - | - | $20,289 | - | - |
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | $89,428 | $108,122 | $88,134 | $80,356 | - | $50,000 | - |
| Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts | $35,625 | - | - | - | $35,625 | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-Raleigh | $38,006 | - | - | - | $38,006 | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville | $35,024 | - | - | - | $35,024 | - | - |
| Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville | $35,263 | - | - | - | $35,263 | - | - |
| Shepherds Theological Seminary | $64,271 | $76,486 | $50,559 | $53,550 | - | - | - |
| Manna University | $8,981 | $8,981 | - | - | - | - | - |
| MyComputerCareer at Raleigh | $46,489 | - | - | - | - | - | $46,489 |
| Carolina University | $45,196 | $47,400 | $33,750 | $45,387 | - | $43,750 | - |
| Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College | $46,077 | $46,077 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galen Health Institutes-Asheville | $63,194 | - | - | - | $63,194 | - | - |