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.
| University | Country | Professor median | Lecturer median | Live jobs |
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| Harvard University | United States | $185,000 | $71,600 | 534 |
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| University of Oxford | United Kingdom | £43,602 | £43,602 | 223 |
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| Stanford University | United States | $315,000 | $131,750 | 587 |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | $218,100 | $81,033 | 143 |
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| University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | £41,294 | £41,294 | 187 |
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| Yale University | United States | $100,000 | — | 340 |
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| Princeton University | United States | $224,000 | $84,350 | 274 |
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| University of Chicago | United States | $262,400 | $36,000 | 256 |
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| Imperial College London | United Kingdom | £88,899 | £54,776 | 59 |
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| University College London | United Kingdom | £48,284 | £59,788 | 34 |
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| University of Pennsylvania | United States | — | $85,280 | 576 |
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| Queensland University of Technology | Australia | $216,617 | $137,111 | 19 |
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| Cornell University | United States | $185,600 | $79,000 | 242 |
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| Columbia University | United States | $255,000 | $132,000 | 337 |
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| The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | £56,006 | £55,233 | 75 |
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| Johns Hopkins University | United States | $237,500 | $10,152 | 763 |
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| University of Toronto | Canada | $232,500 | $300,000 | 123 |
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| University of Manchester | United Kingdom | £44,152 | £52,079 | 361 |
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| Northwestern University | United States | $260,000 | $275,000 | 32 |
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| University of California, Berkeley | United States | $167,800 | $130,144 | 149 |
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| Bond University | Australia | — | $138,152 | 14 |
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| University of California, Los Angeles | United States | $293,750 | $77,096 | 183 |
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| University of Wisconsin - Madison | United States | $150,000 | $71,500 | 316 |
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| University of Sydney | Australia | — | $139,382 | 26 |
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