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What college instructors make
Full-time faculty
$94,000
New or part-time
$50,000
Top of the grid
$153,000
Job Bank's national median is $45 an hour, about $94,000 a year full time. The page pools college teachers of every subject, from nursing to welding. Full-time faculty sit on a grid that climbs each year; part-time teaching is paid by the hour with no security.