National Center for Education Statistics

Number and adjusted 9-month average salaries of full-time instructional staff at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by academic rank, control and level of institution, and gender: United States, academic year 2017–18
Control and level of institution, and gender	Total		Professor		Associate professor		Assistant professor		Instructor		Lecturer		No academic rank¹
Control and level of institution, and gender	Number	Average salary	Number	Average salary	Number	Average salary	Number	Average salary	Number	Average salary	Number	Average salary	Number	Average salary
All institutions	624,962	$82,231	160,715	$118,013	137,296	$83,746	140,176	$71,257	91,764	$58,451	41,968	$59,481	53,043	$58,034
Public	416,810	80,429	104,293	112,975	88,009	83,145	87,859	71,785	67,418	61,501	31,412	57,235	37,819	57,441
4-year	315,697	85,772	89,672	119,083	77,534	85,642	76,906	73,742	28,139	56,325	30,494	57,222	12,952	58,553
Men	172,696	93,235	61,474	123,729	42,675	88,148	37,684	77,091	11,450	58,227	13,503	59,768	5,910	59,998
Women	143,001	76,760	28,198	108,955	34,859	82,573	39,222	70,525	16,689	55,021	16,991	55,198	7,042	57,339
2-year	101,113	63,745	14,621	75,513	10,475	64,663	10,953	58,042	39,279	65,208	918	57,689	24,867	56,863
Men	45,509	64,598	6,773	76,855	4,475	65,436	4,646	58,427	18,143	65,845	418	58,316	11,054	57,534
Women	55,604	63,046	7,848	74,356	6,000	64,086	6,307	57,758	21,136	64,662	500	57,165	13,813	56,325
Private nonprofit	191,208	89,229	55,044	129,101	48,232	85,462	50,959	70,813	15,259	53,505	10,451	66,371	11,263	63,422
4-year	189,556	89,631	54,990	129,164	48,136	85,500	50,824	70,857	14,302	54,648	10,436	66,385	10,868	64,054
Men	102,188	98,175	37,045	135,116	25,779	88,137	23,457	74,168	6,241	54,890	4,668	69,416	4,998	69,738
Women	87,368	79,637	17,945	116,878	22,357	82,459	27,367	68,018	8,061	54,460	5,768	63,933	5,870	59,214
2-year	1,652	43,095	54	65,495	96	66,734	135	54,468	957	36,434	15	56,370	395	46,034
Men	619	43,384	22	66,226	20	66,693	42	47,620	325	39,144	6	59,497	204	44,045
Women	1,033	42,921	32	64,992	76	66,745	93	57,560	632	35,040	9	54,285	191	48,159
Private for-profit	16,944	47,603	1,378	56,386	1,055	55,396	1,358	53,739	9,087	44,133	105	45,663	3,961	48,377
4-year	11,055	51,476	1,287	57,822	1,035	55,494	1,268	56,159	4,695	46,987	102	45,841	2,668	52,748
Men	5,003	51,143	805	57,869	515	53,716	447	54,982	2,014	45,641	82	43,544	1,140	53,993
Women	6,052	51,752	482	57,744	520	57,255	821	56,800	2,681	47,997	20	55,258	1,528	51,819
2-year	5,889	40,330	91	36,073	20	50,306	90	19,650	4,392	41,083	3	39,589	1,293	39,360
Men	2,472	39,542	52	36,615	3	56,527	40	23,089	1,944	39,836	1	45,000	432	39,967
Women	3,417	40,900	39	35,349	17	49,208	50	16,899	2,448	42,074	2	36,884	861	39,055

¹ Includes staff at institutions without standard academic ranks.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2018, Human Resources component (provisional data).

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