Average Faculty Salary for Texas Colleges by Academic Rank
The average faculty salary at Texas Colleges for the 2025 academic year is $76,143 across all academic ranks. Compared to the previous year, faculty salaries have changed as follows:
- Professor salary: $101,795 (up 2.75% from 2024)
- Associate professor salary: $83,118 (up 1.90% from 2024)
- Assistant professor salary: $74,766 (up 0.50% from 2024)
- Instructor salary: $60,991 (up 3.29% from 2024)
- Lecturer salary: $63,519 (up 6.67% from 2024)
- No academic rank salary: $66,059 (up 4.21% from 2024)
Average faculty salary by institution type:
- R1 research universities: $118,284 (year-over-year change: +2.19%)
- R2 research universities: $90,196 (year-over-year change: -4.06%)
- Master's degree colleges and universities: $72,782 (year-over-year change: +2.34%)
- Bachelor's degree colleges: $62,369 (year-over-year change: +3.77%)
- Regional colleges and universities: $72,782 (year-over-year change: +2.34%)
- No Art, music, and design schools in Texas or its salary information is not available.
- Faith-related institutions: $64,785 (year-over-year change: +4.90%)
- No Community colleges in Texas or its salary information is not available.
Texas Colleges 2025 Faculty Salary and Increase Rate by Academic Rank and School Type
The following table shows the average annual salary for texas 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 | $76,143 1.87% |
$118,284 2.19% |
$90,196 4.06% |
$72,782 2.34% |
$62,369 3.77% |
- - |
| Professor | $101,795 2.75% |
$167,415 2.56% |
$124,261 2.50% |
$89,213 3.41% |
$74,755 4.02% |
- - |
| Associate professor | $83,118 1.90% |
$116,651 3.22% |
$96,836 0.11% |
$77,511 2.04% |
$64,986 1.86% |
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| Assistant professor | $74,766 0.50% |
$104,388 2.11% |
$83,795 13.12% |
$69,510 1.94% |
$63,074 3.65% |
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| Instructor | $60,991 3.29% |
$64,064 5.69% |
$77,507 7.47% |
$57,650 4.54% |
$52,140 7.06% |
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| Lecturer | $63,519 6.67% |
$72,837 7.59% |
$60,860 3.63% |
$57,882 4.35% |
$60,562 23.96% |
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| No academic rank | $66,059 4.21% |
$66,507 13.33% |
$66,720 0.62% |
$72,166 19.36% |
$67,469 8.77% |
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Updated: July 1, 2025
Texas Colleges Paying Highest faculty Salary
- Rice University $166,082
- The University of Texas at Austin $142,375
- The University of Texas at Dallas $135,767
- Southern Methodist University $134,241
- Texas A & M University-College Station $132,754
- Baylor College of Medicine $131,804
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center $128,934
- Texas Christian University $126,105
- University of Houston $120,147
- Trinity University $111,280