Visiting Assistant Professor Salary

Q: How much does a Visiting Assistant Professor make?

Visiting assistant professors make $62,808 per year on average, or $30.2 per hour, in the United States. Visiting assistant professors on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $36,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $109,000. Location impacts how much a visiting assistant professor can expect to make. Visiting assistant professors make the most in Oregon, Utah, Massachusetts, Washington, and New York.

Updated July 11, 2022

Average Visiting Assistant Professor Salary

$62,808 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

$30.20 hourly

Entry level Salary

$36,000 yearly

$36,000

10 %

$62,808

Median

$109,000

90 %

How much does a Visiting Assistant Professor make?

Visiting assistant professors make $62,808 per year on average, or $30.2 per hour, in the United States. Visiting assistant professors on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $36,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $109,000.

Location impacts how much a visiting assistant professor can expect to make. Visiting assistant professors make the most in Oregon, Utah, Massachusetts, Washington, and New York.

Highest Paying States For Visiting Assistant Professors

The darker areas on the map show where visiting assistant professors earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.

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Average Salary:

Visiting Assistant Professor average salary by State

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
1	Oregon	$109,747	$52.76	420
2	New York	$82,257	$39.55	1,569
3	District of Columbia	$86,022	$41.36	185
4	Utah	$94,351	$45.36	171
5	New Jersey	$81,051	$38.97	591
6	Alaska	$74,366	$35.75	107
7	Massachusetts	$88,493	$42.54	411
8	Rhode Island	$79,469	$38.21	76
9	Pennsylvania	$73,409	$35.29	830
10	Maryland	$80,435	$38.67	398
11	Louisiana	$69,665	$33.49	205
12	Washington	$82,317	$39.58	254
13	Vermont	$69,128	$33.23	75
14	Mississippi	$64,169	$30.85	160
15	Nevada	$78,208	$37.60	39
16	New Mexico	$68,303	$32.84	90
17	New Hampshire	$76,293	$36.68	54
18	Connecticut	$70,764	$34.02	184
19	Ohio	$68,447	$32.91	432
20	California	$76,501	$36.78	1,178
21	Indiana	$60,134	$28.91	476
22	Texas	$60,768	$29.22	1,448
23	Colorado	$61,808	$29.72	583
24	Virginia	$58,452	$28.10	967
25	Delaware	$65,843	$31.66	42
26	Hawaii	$71,170	$34.22	20
27	North Carolina	$58,564	$28.16	523
28	Iowa	$55,315	$26.59	233
29	Wisconsin	$57,020	$27.41	327
30	Michigan	$57,821	$27.80	355
31	North Dakota	$59,466	$28.59	31
32	Minnesota	$59,332	$28.52	253
33	Florida	$59,575	$28.64	558
34	Idaho	$60,374	$29.03	36
35	Nebraska	$54,923	$26.41	133
36	Missouri	$57,116	$27.46	235
37	Georgia	$57,292	$27.54	417
38	Montana	$47,825	$22.99	126
39	Maine	$53,179	$25.57	68
40	Arizona	$57,797	$27.79	145
41	Wyoming	$50,600	$24.33	28
42	West Virginia	$40,645	$19.54	163
43	Alabama	$48,550	$23.34	254
44	South Dakota	$44,747	$21.51	74
45	Kentucky	$39,691	$19.08	385
46	Illinois	$53,142	$25.55	447
47	South Carolina	$35,602	$17.12	368
48	Kansas	$50,142	$24.11	90
49	Tennessee	$46,270	$22.25	240
50	Oklahoma	$45,336	$21.80	85
51	Arkansas	$43,471	$20.90	67

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Highest Paying Cities For Visiting Assistant Professors

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Worcester, MA	$89,144	$42.86
2	Washington, DC	$86,050	$41.37
3	San Francisco, CA	$84,218	$40.49
4	Schenectady, NY	$83,345	$40.07
5	College Park, MD	$79,297	$38.12
6	Cleveland, OH	$73,690	$35.43
7	Lancaster, PA	$72,114	$34.67
8	New Orleans, LA	$70,154	$33.73
9	Houston, TX	$61,759	$29.69
10	Denver, CO	$61,515	$29.57
11	West Lafayette, IN	$59,639	$28.67
12	Durham, NC	$59,470	$28.59
13	Atlanta, GA	$57,004	$27.41
14	Ann Arbor, MI	$56,929	$27.37
15	Saint Louis, MO	$56,911	$27.36

Visiting Assistant Professor Salary Details

What is a Visiting Assistant Professor's Salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$109,000	$9,083	$52
75th Percentile	$84,000	$7,000	$40
Average	$62,808	$5,234	$30
25th Percentile	$46,000	$3,833	$22
10th Percentile	$36,000	$3,000	$17

Average Salary By Related Titles

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Faculty	$71,091	$5,924	$34.18	21,142
Summer School Teacher	$55,912	$4,659	$26.88	86,467
Adjunct Faculty	$73,929	$6,161	$35.54	26,791
Resource Teacher	$52,285	$4,357	$25.14	73,796
French Teacher	$49,521	$4,127	$23.81	54,716
Social Studies Teacher	$49,265	$4,105	$23.69	94,087

Here are the five companies hiring the most now:

Which Companies Pay Visiting Assistant Professors The Most?

According to our most recent salary estimates, Suffolk University and Middlebury College are the highest paying companies for visiting assistant professors.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
1	Suffolk University	$113,318	$54.48	19
2	Middlebury College	$102,964	$49.50
3	University of Tennessee	$101,401	$48.75	47
4	University of Massachusetts Boston	$100,751	$48.44	14
5	Columbia University in the City of New York	$99,172	$47.68	293
6	Stanford University	$98,162	$47.19	53
7	Lewis & Clark College	$97,725	$46.98
8	Oregon State University	$96,861	$46.57
9	The University of Chicago	$96,510	$46.40	2
10	New York University	$95,685	$46.00	109
11	Harvard University	$94,783	$45.57	47
12	LA State University Continuing	$94,330	$45.35	186
13	Johns Hopkins University	$90,076	$43.31	85
14	Pace University	$89,997	$43.27	16
15	Princeton University	$87,013	$41.83	54
16	Yale University	$86,561	$41.62	2
17	Tulane University	$86,512	$41.59
18	Northwestern University	$84,613	$40.68	1
19	IUPUI	$84,442	$40.60
20	Linfield College	$83,836	$40.31	1

Visiting Assistant Professor Salary Trends

Average Visiting Assistant Professor Salary Over Time

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

Visiting Assistant Professor Salary By Year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2022	$62,800	$30.20	+1.8%
2021	$61,700	$29.66	-0.1%
2020	$61,700	$29.67	-0.5%
2019	$62,000	$29.82	-1.5%
2018	$63,000	$30.28	+8.6%

Recently Added Visiting Assistant Professor Salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
University of Denver	Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice-Teaching and Learning Sciencesdepartment	Denver, CO	05/29/2022	$60,000
Broadbean	Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Research, Methods & Statistics	Denver, CO	05/25/2022	$60,000
University of Colorado	Visiting Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor In Architecture	Denver, CO	05/14/2022	$90,000
Dixie State University	Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology	Saint George, UT	05/09/2022	$52,000
Uc San Diego	Stefan E. Warschawski Visiting Assistant Professor	San Diego, CA	05/09/2022	$72,200
University of Denver	Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor/Visiting Assistant Professor of The Practice-Mechanical AN	Denver, CO	05/08/2022	$70,000
University of The Virgin Islands	Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry	University, FL	05/05/2022	$55,000
University of Colorado	Visiting Assistant Professor-Women and Ethnic Studies	Colorado Springs, CO	04/27/2022	$56,000
University of Arkansas	Director of The Consumer Protection Clinic/Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinic Education	Little Rock, AR	04/20/2022	$73,000
Colorado State	Visiting Assistant Professor of AI and Data Science	Pueblo, CO	04/16/2022	$60,000

Visiting Assistant Professor Salaries FAQs

What state pays Visiting Assistant Professors the most?

Oregon pays Visiting Assistant Professors the most in the United States, with an average salary of $109,747 per year, or $52.76 per hour.

How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a Visiting Assistant Professor?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Visiting Assistant Professor if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Utah you should be paid close to $94,351 per year.

What type of Visiting Assistant Professor gets paid the most?

Professor gets paid the most. Professor made a median salary of $158,407. The best-paid 10 percent make $217,000, while the lowest-paid 10 percent make $115,000.

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