How Do Salaries and Benefits Range for Colleges?
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Academic Positions
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Academic jobs include lecturerships and adjunct, assistant, associate, full and endowed professorships, in order of seniority. Salaries and benefits depend on the discipline and the seniority level of the faculty member. For example the median base salary for an assistant professor of biology based on a U.S. national average is $52,130, or when all benefits are included, $74,518. On a higher end the median salary for a full professor of law is $139,970, or $188,751 including benefits.
Non-Academic Positions
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Non academic positions at colleges and universities range from low-level staff positions to high-level administrators and and everything in between. The highest paid administrative job at most colleges is the president. The median base salary for a college or university president based on national averages is $223,931, and $294,984 when all benefits are included. However, it is important to note that some college presidents earn in the seven figures. For a detailed search and personal salary profile for any college job, follow the link in Resources below.
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