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.
The darker areas on the map show where visiting assistant professors earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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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 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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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 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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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 |
Job Title | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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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:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
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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 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
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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% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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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 |
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.
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.
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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