Visiting Professor Salary

Q: How much does a Visiting Professor make?

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.

Updated July 11, 2022

Average Visiting Professor Salary

$97,169 yearly
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$46.72 hourly

Entry level Salary

$50,000 yearly

$50,000

10 %

$97,169

Median

$185,000

90 %

How much does a Visiting Professor make?

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.

Highest Paying States For Visiting Professors

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

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Average Salary:

Visiting Professor average salary by State

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
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

Highest Paying Cities For Visiting Professors

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
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

Visiting Professor Salary Details

What is a Visiting Professor's Salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
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

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
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:

Which Companies Pay Visiting Professors The Most?

According to our most recent salary estimates, Univ. Of Texas Cancer Ctr. And Pace University are the highest paying companies for visiting professors.

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

Visiting Professor Salary Trends

Average Visiting Professor Salary Over Time

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

Visiting Professor Salary By Year

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%

Recently Added Visiting Professor Salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
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

Visiting Professor Salaries FAQs

What state pays Visiting Professors the most?

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.

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

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.

What type of Visiting 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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