Professor / Lecturer salary
What a professor / lecturer actually earns, from 412 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see professor / lecturer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A professor / lecturer earns a blended US median near 80,751 dollars, with the typical middle running from 57,201 dollars to 116,031 dollars. The official OEWS median is 78,490 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 3% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is tutor, at 53 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open professor / lecturer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Campus Staff Minister -- University of Wisconsin, Madison (Graduate and Faculty at InterVarsityUnited States · Remote$40k–$54kTodayApply
- Culinary Chef Instructor at Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland SABouveret, Valais, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Professor:in Educational Leadership 80-100% at PHZHZürich, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
Professor & Head of the Winterthur Institute of Health Economics 100 % at ZHAWWinterthur, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
Lead Technical Instructor at AnthropicNew York City, NY2d agoApply
Adjunct Professor (MSW) at The Community Solution Education SystemUnited States · Remote3d agoApply
By country
- United States$57,201$80,751$116,031
- United Kingdom$49,533$54,574$65,986
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'697/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 23 Lehrkräfte: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 116'364 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Hawaii$135,380
- Nebraska$134,170
- California$104,310
- New York$98,220
- Idaho$84,750
- Virginia$83,600
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a professor / lecturer profile already covers.
- 38 open game designer roles$108,952 median · +$28,201 · 17% readiness
- 35 open instructional designer roles$82,482 median · +$1,731 · 21% readiness
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Related salaries
- Tutor salary$45,368 median
- Game Designer salary$108,952 median
- Instructional Designer salary$82,482 median
Quick answers
How much does a professor / lecturer make?
The blended US median is about 80,751 dollars, with a typical range from 57,201 dollars to 116,031 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 78,490 dollars.
Is professor / lecturer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 3% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a professor / lecturer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is tutor, at 53 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 25-1199. Live corpus 412 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.