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What professors make
Median
$79,870
Adjunct or new lecturer
$45,930
Senior professor
$177,050
The federal wage survey has no line called professor. It files most of them under Postsecondary Teachers, All Other, where the annual median is $79,870 and the bottom tenth sit near $45,930. Pay depends far more on your rank and your subject than on your years of service.