Visiting professors make $97,169 per year on average, or $46.72 per hour, in the United States. Visiting professors on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $50,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $185,000.
Location impacts how much a visiting professor can expect to make. Visiting professors make the most in New York, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, and Oregon.
The darker areas on the map show where visiting professors earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Rank | State | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Count |
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1 | New York | $140,711 | $67.65 | 1,289 |
2 | Oregon | $111,688 | $53.70 | 335 |
3 | Connecticut | $120,769 | $58.06 | 166 |
4 | Massachusetts | $135,245 | $65.02 | 348 |
5 | California | $135,128 | $64.97 | 1,110 |
6 | Alabama | $95,298 | $45.82 | 240 |
7 | Florida | $108,221 | $52.03 | 484 |
8 | Pennsylvania | $93,193 | $44.80 | 571 |
9 | Rhode Island | $96,398 | $46.35 | 53 |
10 | Alaska | $96,093 | $46.20 | 134 |
11 | Vermont | $89,497 | $43.03 | 55 |
12 | Utah | $91,766 | $44.12 | 148 |
13 | Michigan | $92,001 | $44.23 | 320 |
14 | New Jersey | $92,236 | $44.34 | 463 |
15 | Idaho | $102,026 | $49.05 | 25 |
16 | New Hampshire | $98,004 | $47.12 | 41 |
17 | Maryland | $93,964 | $45.17 | 360 |
18 | Texas | $86,655 | $41.66 | 1,221 |
19 | Washington | $99,673 | $47.92 | 219 |
20 | Arizona | $97,433 | $46.84 | 114 |
21 | District of Columbia | $87,674 | $42.15 | 172 |
22 | Indiana | $76,539 | $36.80 | 453 |
23 | Maine | $86,530 | $41.60 | 47 |
24 | New Mexico | $85,685 | $41.19 | 73 |
25 | Tennessee | $84,454 | $40.60 | 168 |
26 | Louisiana | $79,867 | $38.40 | 192 |
27 | Nebraska | $82,345 | $39.59 | 114 |
28 | Delaware | $89,342 | $42.95 | 32 |
29 | Nevada | $87,838 | $42.23 | 24 |
30 | Virginia | $78,463 | $37.72 | 893 |
31 | Arkansas | $84,777 | $40.76 | 58 |
32 | South Carolina | $75,210 | $36.16 | 283 |
33 | North Dakota | $82,242 | $39.54 | 19 |
34 | Mississippi | $73,155 | $35.17 | 140 |
35 | Minnesota | $81,640 | $39.25 | 225 |
36 | Montana | $72,488 | $34.85 | 75 |
37 | Georgia | $78,276 | $37.63 | 351 |
38 | Colorado | $70,987 | $34.13 | 569 |
39 | Ohio | $74,057 | $35.60 | 378 |
40 | North Carolina | $74,822 | $35.97 | 452 |
41 | Kentucky | $69,406 | $33.37 | 222 |
42 | Oklahoma | $77,700 | $37.36 | 66 |
43 | Illinois | $78,284 | $37.64 | 372 |
44 | South Dakota | $67,048 | $32.23 | 62 |
45 | Iowa | $67,593 | $32.50 | 196 |
46 | Missouri | $72,610 | $34.91 | 208 |
47 | West Virginia | $48,867 | $23.49 | 142 |
48 | Wisconsin | $65,259 | $31.37 | 304 |
49 | Hawaii | $75,133 | $36.12 | 9 |
50 | Kansas | $69,570 | $33.45 | 69 |
51 | Wyoming | $66,278 | $31.86 | 19 |
Rank | City | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate |
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1 | New York, NY | $155,947 | $74.97 |
2 | San Francisco, CA | $144,997 | $69.71 |
3 | Boston, MA | $143,895 | $69.18 |
4 | New Haven, CT | $126,238 | $60.69 |
5 | Tallahassee, FL | $120,670 | $58.01 |
6 | Seattle, WA | $101,126 | $48.62 |
7 | Baltimore, MD | $97,538 | $46.89 |
8 | Providence, RI | $97,054 | $46.66 |
9 | Ann Arbor, MI | $91,213 | $43.85 |
10 | Washington, DC | $88,983 | $42.78 |
11 | Memphis, TN | $88,800 | $42.69 |
12 | Austin, TX | $87,724 | $42.17 |
13 | Pittsburgh, PA | $83,424 | $40.11 |
14 | Fargo, ND | $83,226 | $40.01 |
15 | Baton Rouge, LA | $80,121 | $38.52 |
Percentile | Annual Salary | Monthly Salary | Hourly Rate |
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90th Percentile | $185,000 | $15,417 | $89 |
75th Percentile | $136,000 | $11,333 | $65 |
Average | $97,169 | $8,097 | $47 |
25th Percentile | $69,000 | $5,750 | $33 |
10th Percentile | $50,000 | $4,167 | $24 |
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 |
French Teacher | $49,521 | $4,127 | $23.81 | 54,716 |
High School Teacher | $50,881 | $4,240 | $24.46 | 83,554 |
Language Teacher | $52,617 | $4,385 | $25.30 | 74,479 |
Here are the five companies hiring the most now:
Rank | Company | Average Salary | Hourly Rate | Job Openings |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Univ. Of Texas Cancer Ctr. | $181,366 | $87.20 | 14 |
2 | Pace University | $167,258 | $80.41 | 17 |
3 | The Cooper Union | $164,212 | $78.95 | |
4 | Grambling State University | $157,549 | $75.74 | |
5 | Meta | $150,717 | $72.46 | 4 |
6 | Nationwide Children's Hospital | $145,811 | $70.10 | |
7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $141,781 | $68.16 | 303 |
8 | Yale University | $141,122 | $67.85 | 2 |
9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $138,268 | $66.47 | 10 |
10 | The University of Chicago | $137,986 | $66.34 | 2 |
11 | IUPUI | $135,388 | $65.09 | |
12 | Harvard University | $135,064 | $64.93 | 54 |
13 | Johns Hopkins University | $134,641 | $64.73 | 84 |
14 | Stanford University | $133,522 | $64.19 | 54 |
15 | University of Rochester | $132,258 | $63.59 | 336 |
16 | University of California, Berkeley | $131,286 | $63.12 | 68 |
17 | University of California | $128,869 | $61.96 | |
18 | New York University | $128,214 | $61.64 | 111 |
19 | UTHealth | $127,518 | $61.31 | |
20 | The Rockefeller University | $127,385 | $61.24 |
Compare salaries for individual cities or states with the national average.
Year | Avg. Salary | Hourly Rate | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | $97,200 | $46.72 | +0.2% |
2021 | $96,900 | $46.61 | -0.6% |
2020 | $97,500 | $46.90 | +4.3% |
2019 | $93,300 | $44.87 | -2.6% |
2018 | $95,700 | $46.02 | +4.8% |
Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
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University of Montana | Visiting Professor-Environmental and Indigenous | Missoula, MT | 05/22/2022 | $60,000 |
University of Denver | Visiting Professor, Scol-Open Rank | Denver, CO | 02/27/2022 | $40,000 |
Swarthmore College | Cornell Visiting Professor of Chemistry | Swarthmore, PA | 02/01/2022 | $175,000 |
New York University | Visiting Professor | New York, NY | 01/07/2022 | $107,000 |
The University of Texas at El Paso | Visiting Professor | El Paso, TX | 01/05/2022 | $70,000 |
The University of Texas at El Paso | Visiting Professor | El Paso, TX | 01/03/2022 | $70,000 |
Loyola University New Orleans | Visiting Professor | New Orleans, LA | 12/06/2021 | $45,000 |
Gannon University | Visiting Professor-Mechanical Engineering | Erie, PA | 11/19/2021 | $72,000 |
Institute for Advanced Study | Junior Visiting Professor, Natural Sciences | Princeton, NJ | 10/21/2021 | $110,000 |
University of Colorado | Visiting Professor In Rhetoric and Culture | Boulder, CO | 09/21/2021 | $30,000 |
New York pays Visiting Professors the most in the United States, with an average salary of $140,711 per year, or $67.65 per hour.
You know if you are being paid fairly as a Visiting Professor if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Massachusetts you should be paid close to $135,245 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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