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.
The darker areas on the map show where teaching fellows earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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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 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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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 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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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 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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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:
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 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
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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% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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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 |
Virginia pays Teaching Fellows the most in the United States, with an average salary of $56,457 per year, or $27.14 per hour.
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.
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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