How Far Does Pay Go for Assistant Professors?

When adjusted for cost of living, pay can lag behind average salary by tens of thousands of dollars. Search institutions here.

Salary and institution data come from the Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Survey for the 2022-23 academic year. Average salaries represent full-time, nonmedical instructional staff. Cost-of-living data come from the Council for Community and Economic Research’s (C2ER) May 2024 Cost of Living Index. Only Title IV, degree-granting institutions in the United States with 20 or more assistant professors are included in this analysis; special-focus colleges are excluded. Pay is standardized as a nine-month contract.
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