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University Salaries 2026: United States

Academic Jobs, the higher education salary benchmark, based on 227,099 university job posts since January 1, 2026, drawn from millions of historical job posts.

UniversitätLänderProfessor medianLecturer medianLive jobs
HarvardUnited States$185,000$71,600590
StanfordUnited States$315,000$131,750594
MITUnited States$218,100$81,033143
PrincetonUnited States$224,000$84,350277
YaleUnited States$100,000$47,500363
CalTechUnited States$72,723$86,63057
ColumbiaUnited States$255,000$132,000338
UC BerkeleyUnited States$167,800$130,144161
UChicagoUnited States$262,400$36,000257
UPennUnited States$272,125$85,280613
JHUUnited States$237,500$10,152827
CornellUnited States$185,600$79,000245
U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationUnited States——0
Ragon InstituteUnited States——0
Van Andel InstituteUnited States——1
CALMUnited States——0
Fred HutchUnited States$357,500$147,493130
CU BoulderUnited States$131,250$62,500153
Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on AgingUnited States——0
COAUnited States$87,000—1
RockefellerUnited States——14
HMCUnited States——4
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNYUnited States——1
Phillips Academy AndoverUnited States—$63,8000
CMUUnited States$73,750$7,000204
URUnited States$170,000—20
The Spencer FoundationUnited States——0
UL Research InstitutesUnited States——0
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and EducationUnited States——0
Edson College of Nursing and Health InnovationUnited States——1
University Corporation for Atmospheric ResearchUnited States——0
Minnesota Historical SocietyUnited States——0
Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & EngineeringUnited States——0