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What professors make
Median
$77,640
Bottom tenth
$44,300
Top tenth
$160,700
The federal wage survey has no line called professor. It files many of them under Postsecondary Teachers, All Other, where the 2025 annual median is $77,640, the bottom tenth earn $44,300 or less and the top tenth $160,700 or more. Pay depends far more on your rank and your subject than on your years of service.