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What college instructors make
Full-time faculty
$63,820
New or part-time
$41,960
Senior faculty or program chair
$108,620
The national median is $63,820 a year, and the bottom tenth are near $41,960. These are the federal figures for career and technical education teachers at the college level, which is the instructor who teaches welding, nursing, automotive or business at a two-year college. Professors at four-year universities are counted separately and paid on a different scale.