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Data current — salary through FY2025; course schedules through Spring 2026.
← Comparison Salary compression How far full-professor pay sits above assistant-professor pay. A smaller Full ÷ Assistant ratio means the ranks are compressed — often a sign that market-rate new hires have caught up to long-tenured seniors.
Institution (FY2025 median) Assistant Associate Full Full ÷ Asst $150,753 $160,973 $207,691 1.38× $116,291 $127,589 $155,522 1.34× $92,061 $94,142 $130,505 1.42× $98,158 $102,755 $120,502 1.23× $90,771 $97,482 $112,385 1.24× $88,236 $93,520 $103,885 1.18× $81,123 $90,601 $102,686 1.27× $81,910 $87,678 $110,443 1.35× $118,000 $158,734 $209,445 1.77×
Full ÷ Assistant ratio over time Full-professor median ÷ assistant-professor median Table Chart Both
Fiscal year
1 2 3 4 6 7 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Medians are per-person total salary for people holding each rank that year (institution-wide, all departments). Compression varies by field, so a department-level view would refine this.
FY2024 1.33× 1.31× 1.38× 1.20× 1.19× 1.15× 1.25× 1.33× 1.76×
FY2023 1.33× 1.32× 1.43× 1.22× 1.23× 1.27× 1.29× 1.32× 1.65×
FY2022 1.41× 1.36× 1.58× 1.25× 1.26× 1.29× 1.33× 1.30× 1.59×
FY2021 1.40× 1.36× 1.62× 1.31× 1.19× 1.31× 1.39× 1.32× 1.59×
FY2020 1.39× 1.35× 1.75× 1.30× 1.24× 1.42× 1.44× 1.38× 1.47×
FY2019 1.50× 1.35× 1.79× 1.37× 1.20× 1.42× 1.51× 1.38× 1.69×
FY2018 1.51× 1.36× 1.75× 1.40× 1.22× 1.43× 1.52× 1.37× 1.73×
FY2017 1.47× 1.37× 1.69× 1.44× 1.16× 1.48× 1.49× 1.42× 1.72×
FY2016 1.53× 1.37× 1.64× 5.28× 1.20× 1.48× 1.61× 1.37× 1.86×
FY2015 1.59× 1.36× 1.65× 6.33× 1.20× 1.39× 1.56× 1.37× —