Law, Business, and Engineering Professors Are Found to Be Highest-Paid
Highest-Paid Professors Are in Law and Business
The average salary of college faculty members rose 4 percent this year, according to a survey released today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
The average salary of college faculty members rose 4 percent this year, according to a survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Law professors had, for the most part, the highest average pay, no matter what their status or where they worked. Full professors of law earned an average of $129,527 in 2007-8; associate professors earned $94,444, on average. Assistant professors of law earned an average of $79,684, a figure that was topped only by business professors at the same level, the survey found.
Law professors were the top earners as instructors, with an average salary of $63,174.
Other disciplines that commanded high salaries were engineering and business. Average salaries for full professors in those disciplines were $107,134 and $102,965, respectively.
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