The Average Salary of a Community College Professor in Texas
According to a 2004 survey by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, community college professors in the state earned an average weighted salary of $43,609 per year. In a 2009 survey by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), average annual salaries for professors were in the $63,000 to $84,000 range, depending on specialization, but these figures included all post-secondary professors, not only teachers in two-year colleges.
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Job Description
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A community college professor teaches at a junior or two-year college. Like other college professors, they specialize in a particular subject. Community colleges employ two types of faculty: full-time professors (who may be tenured) and part-time associate professors. Associate professors might only teach two or three classes a term while full-time professors might teach an average of four or five classes per term.
Average Texas Salaries
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According to a 2004 survey by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the weighted average annual salary for the state's public community college professors was $43,609. In conducting the survey, the Board averaged the salary of all professorial salaries at each community college and then calculated the weighted mean of those salaries to reach this number.
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Subject Comparisons
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On its Occupational Employment Statistics website, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports the mean annual salaries for different types of professors in Texas in May 2009. For example, an English professor earned a mean of $63,590; an art, drama or music professor earned a mean of $64,700; and a chemistry professor averaged $84,060. However, this data includes salaries for all "post-secondary teachers," which includes four-year college professors as well as community college professors.
National Comparisons
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The federal BLS reports the national average annual salary for all art, drama and music professors in May 2009 at $68,230; chemistry professors at $77,350; and English professors at $65,860.
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References
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Teachers---Postsecondary
- Occupational Employment Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009: Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
- Occupational Employment Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009: English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Occupational Employment Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009: Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
- Occupational Employment Statistics: May 2009 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates Texas
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