Teaching Fellow Salary

Q: How much does a Teaching Fellow make?

Teaching fellows make $47,411 per year on average, or $22.79 per hour, in the United States. Teaching fellows on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $34,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $65,000. Location impacts how much a teaching fellow can expect to make. Teaching fellows make the most in Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Hawaii.

Updated July 11, 2022

Average Teaching Fellow Salary

$47,411 yearly
To create our salary estimates, Zippia starts with data published in publicly available sources such as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC) Show More

$22.79 hourly

Entry level Salary

$34,000 yearly

$34,000

10 %

$47,411

Median

$65,000

90 %

How much does a Teaching Fellow make?

Teaching fellows make $47,411 per year on average, or $22.79 per hour, in the United States. Teaching fellows on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $34,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $65,000.

Location impacts how much a teaching fellow can expect to make. Teaching fellows make the most in Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Hawaii.

Highest Paying States For Teaching Fellows

The darker areas on the map show where teaching fellows earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.

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Average Salary:

Teaching Fellow average salary by State

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
1	Arizona	$54,241	$26.08	1,085
2	Illinois	$54,578	$26.24	1,592
3	Indiana	$54,965	$26.43	596
4	Maryland	$54,406	$26.16	900
5	Virginia	$56,457	$27.14	845
6	Maine	$52,716	$25.34	136
7	South Carolina	$53,685	$25.81	395
8	Ohio	$55,490	$26.68	685
9	New Jersey	$49,795	$23.94	1,070
10	Wisconsin	$53,818	$25.87	441
11	Pennsylvania	$50,011	$24.04	1,015
12	New York	$49,433	$23.77	1,664
13	New Mexico	$45,729	$21.99	241
14	California	$52,535	$25.26	2,826
15	Washington	$49,981	$24.03	642
16	Texas	$48,524	$23.33	1,761
17	Oregon	$49,831	$23.96	350
18	Minnesota	$45,514	$21.88	877
19	Hawaii	$54,501	$26.20	70
20	Idaho	$43,874	$21.09	223
21	Mississippi	$46,893	$22.54	184
22	Florida	$46,024	$22.13	1,500
23	West Virginia	$46,879	$22.54	123
24	Massachusetts	$45,227	$21.74	1,227
25	Wyoming	$41,007	$19.71	103
26	Alaska	$43,102	$20.72	122
27	Louisiana	$43,444	$20.89	283
28	Vermont	$41,644	$20.02	141
29	Nevada	$39,757	$19.11	419
30	Michigan	$40,844	$19.64	978
31	Delaware	$41,910	$20.15	183
32	Connecticut	$40,993	$19.71	637
33	Alabama	$43,205	$20.77	287
34	New Hampshire	$39,801	$19.14	313
35	South Dakota	$41,927	$20.16	84
36	District of Columbia	$42,370	$20.37	179
37	Rhode Island	$40,697	$19.57	123
38	Georgia	$41,257	$19.84	917
39	North Dakota	$40,890	$19.66	77
40	Montana	$39,635	$19.06	158
41	Colorado	$39,507	$18.99	879
42	Oklahoma	$38,605	$18.56	339
43	North Carolina	$40,742	$19.59	793
44	Iowa	$39,173	$18.83	320
45	Kentucky	$40,299	$19.37	254
46	Tennessee	$39,297	$18.89	489
47	Kansas	$36,878	$17.73	346
48	Nebraska	$37,412	$17.99	220
49	Arkansas	$37,277	$17.92	216
50	Missouri	$38,206	$18.37	465
51	Utah	$37,357	$17.96	209

Highest Paying Cities For Teaching Fellows

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Alexandria, VA	$56,735	$27.28
2	Columbus, OH	$55,762	$26.81
3	Chicago, IL	$54,674	$26.29
4	Baltimore, MD	$54,468	$26.19
5	Chandler, AZ	$54,239	$26.08
6	San Francisco, CA	$52,808	$25.39
7	Philadelphia, PA	$50,194	$24.13
8	New Brunswick, NJ	$49,871	$23.98
9	New York, NY	$49,676	$23.88
10	El Paso, TX	$49,429	$23.76
11	Spokane, WA	$48,702	$23.41
12	Jackson, MS	$46,806	$22.50
13	Sanford, FL	$45,772	$22.01
14	Worcester, MA	$45,270	$21.76
15	New Orleans, LA	$43,684	$21.00

Teaching Fellow Salary Details

What is a Teaching Fellow's Salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$65,000	$5,417	$31
75th Percentile	$56,000	$4,667	$27
Average	$47,411	$3,951	$23
25th Percentile	$40,000	$3,333	$19
10th Percentile	$34,000	$2,833	$16

Average Salary By Related Titles

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Student Instructor	$52,969	$4,414	$25.47	39,719
Adjunct Lecturer	$70,001	$5,833	$33.65	26,546
Adjunct Faculty	$73,929	$6,161	$35.54	26,791
Tutor	$35,162	$2,930	$16.91	45,543
English Instructor	$60,145	$5,012	$28.92	27,111
Lecturer	$59,515	$4,960	$28.61	26,449

Here are the five companies hiring the most now:

Which Companies Pay Teaching Fellows The Most?

The highest paying companies for teaching fellows are Stanford University and The University of Chicago according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, companies like Columbia University in the City of New York and Johns Hopkins University report highly competitive wages for teaching fellows.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
1	Stanford University	$66,452	$31.95	41
2	The University of Chicago	$63,494	$30.53	4
3	Columbia University in the City of New York	$62,042	$29.83	70
4	Johns Hopkins University	$60,179	$28.93	94
5	University of Southern California	$59,557	$28.63	7
6	New York University	$58,527	$28.14	24
7	Franklin & Marshall College	$57,783	$27.78
8	San Francisco Day School	$57,502	$27.65
9	Gallaudet University	$57,400	$27.60
10	Smith College	$56,092	$26.97
11	Dartmouth	$55,635	$26.75	8
12	Augustana College	$54,449	$26.18
13	Denver Public Schools	$54,163	$26.04	99
14	Illinois Institute of Technology	$53,597	$25.77
15	Lebanon Valley College	$53,343	$25.65
16	KIPP DC	$52,828	$25.40	132
17	PSEA	$52,418	$25.20	160
18	Bastyr University	$52,165	$25.08
19	The Juilliard School	$51,641	$24.83	1
20	Rocky Mountain Prep	$51,402	$24.71	3

Teaching Fellow Salary Trends

Average Teaching Fellow Salary Over Time

Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.

Teaching Fellow Salary By Year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2022	$47,400	$22.79	+2.0%
2021	$46,500	$22.33	+7.8%
2020	$42,800	$20.59	+3.7%
2019	$41,200	$19.83	-5.5%
2018	$43,500	$20.92	+10.0%

Recently Added Teaching Fellow Salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
Care.com	Looking for Energetic, Dependable and Fun People To Teach OUR SON!	Brookfield, WI	05/31/2022	$52,175
Kipp Columbus	Inspire Teaching Fellowship	Columbus, OH	05/31/2022	$35,000
Atlas Preparatory School	Teaching Fellow	Colorado Springs, CO	05/25/2022	$35,000
Teachstart	LOS Angeles, CA-Teachstart Fellow	Los Angeles, CA	05/24/2022	$50,000
United Schools Network	Elementary School Teaching Fellow	Columbus, OH	05/24/2022	$28,000
Kipp	Inspire Teaching Fellowship	Columbus, OH	05/21/2022	$35,000
Denver Public Schools	Teaching Fellow	Denver, CO	05/20/2022	$26,281
Basis.Ed	TX: Teaching Fellow-Basis Pflugerville SY]	Pflugerville, TX	05/19/2022	$33,000
Kipp	Middle and High School Liberty Teaching Fellows-Apply By	Philadelphia, PA	05/11/2022	$40,000
Johns Hopkins University	Explore Engineering Innovation Teaching Fellow	Baltimore, MD	05/08/2022	$62,026

Teaching Fellow Salaries FAQs

What state pays Teaching Fellows the most?

Virginia pays Teaching Fellows the most in the United States, with an average salary of $56,457 per year, or $27.14 per hour.

How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a Teaching Fellow?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Teaching Fellow if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Ohio you should be paid close to $55,490 per year.

What type of Teaching Fellow gets paid the most?

Adjunct Faculty gets paid the most. Adjunct Faculty made a median salary of $73,929. The best-paid 10 percent make $100,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $54,000.

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