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What professors make
Median
$122,000
Lower end
$63,000
Upper end
$192,000
Job Bank's national median is $58.89 an hour, about $122,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The low is $30.46 and the high is $92.31 an hour. Job Bank's group is university professors and lecturers, NOC (National Occupational Classification) 41200. Sessional instructors are paid course by course on short contracts, and Job Bank does not give them a separate figure.