Average Faculty Salary for Ohio Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Ohio Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $70,852 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $88,464 (up 1.68% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $74,490 (up 1.63% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $64,019 (up 1.50% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $54,832 (up 1.38% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $63,107 (up 6.07% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $59,762 (up 2.24% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $108,400 (year-over-year change: +2.22%)
- R2 research universities: $91,647 (year-over-year change: +0.83%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $68,479 (year-over-year change: +2.07%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $72,799 (year-over-year change: +4.66%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $68,479 (year-over-year change: +2.07%)
- Art, music, and design schools: $58,715 (year-over-year change: +3.59%)
- Faith-related institutions: $50,671 (year-over-year change: +0.09%)
- No Community colleges in Ohio or its salary information is not available.
Ohio Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for ohio 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 | $70,852 2.94% |
$108,400 2.22% |
$91,647 0.83% |
$68,479 2.07% |
$72,799 4.66% |
- - |
| Professor | $88,464 1.68% |
$140,808 1.12% |
$118,061 0.35% |
$76,817 1.41% |
$91,577 4.81% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $74,490 1.63% |
$104,155 1.58% |
$96,638 0.74% |
$67,915 3.23% |
$74,745 4.20% |
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| Assistant professor | $64,019 1.50% |
$87,794 2.35% |
$89,149 4.29% |
$61,145 0.42% |
$61,736 2.54% |
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| Instructor | $54,832 1.38% |
$70,284 3.50% |
$66,091 5.72% |
$56,607 2.54% |
$49,846 0.75% |
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| Lecturer | $63,107 6.07% |
$64,153 33.14% |
$68,887 1.46% |
$60,030 2.37% |
$64,076 5.49% |
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| No academic rank | $59,762 2.24% |
$65,925 14.40% |
$49,932 5.68% |
$54,766 9.67% |
$57,227 12.48% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Ohio Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Ohio State University-Main Campus $131,274
- Case Western Reserve University $121,016
- Northeast Ohio Medical University $106,336
- Ohio State University-Newark Campus $106,125
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus $104,920
- Denison University $101,137
- Oberlin College $101,087
- Ohio State University-Lima Campus $101,005
- Ohio State University-Marion Campus $98,265
- Miami University-Oxford $97,507