Salary Benchmark updated 22 Oct 2026

Higher Education Salary Report 2026

Academic Jobs, higher education salary benchmark, based on 227,877 university job posts.

Professor salaries

Professor pay follows a rank. In the United States that is assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor. Australia uses Levels A to E, and Level E is the professor rank. UK professorial pay sits above the national pay spine and is set by each university.

Professor salary by country
país	Full professor	Associate professor	Assistant professor/lecturer	Currency	Source
United States	Official scale: $163,836	Official scale: $113,427	Official scale: $97,232	USD	AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey, 2025–26
Canada	Official scale: C$200,367	Official scale: C$158,779	Official scale: C$128,584	CAD	Statistics Canada, UCASS 2024/2025
United Kingdom	Official scale: £76,325–£83,800	—	—	GBP	UCEA, 2 October 2026
Australia	Official scale: A$225,458–A$247,295	—	—	AUD	University of Queensland academic pay scales
New Zealand	Official scale: NZ$169,279–NZ$190,294	—	—	NZD	University of Auckland academic agreement
South Africa	Official scale: R1,506,416–R1,673,796	—	—	ZAR	Stellenbosch University, January 2025
Germany	Official scale: €96,341	—	—	EUR	W3 base pay, 2026/27

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Salaries by country

North America 5

UK & Europe 56

Australia & NZ 32

Asia 37

Africa 59

Middle East 15

Latin America 51

University Salaries 2026

Universidad	país	Professor median	Lecturer median	Live jobs
Harvard University	United States	$185,000	$71,600	531
University of Oxford	United Kingdom	£43,602	£43,602	211
Stanford University	United States	$315,000	$131,750	585
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	$218,100	$81,033	143
University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	£41,294	£41,294	181
Yale University	United States	$100,000	—	334
Princeton University	United States	$224,000	$84,350	272
University of Chicago	United States	$262,400	$36,000	255
Imperial College London	United Kingdom	£88,899	£54,776	58
University College London	United Kingdom	£48,284	£59,788	33
University of Pennsylvania	United States	—	$85,280	568
Queensland University of Technology	Australia	$216,617	$137,111	19
Cornell University	United States	$185,600	$79,000	236
Columbia University	United States	$255,000	$132,000	332
The University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	£56,006	£55,233	71
Johns Hopkins University	United States	$237,500	$10,152	744
University of Toronto	Canada	$232,500	$300,000	121
University of Manchester	United Kingdom	£44,152	£52,079	361
Northwestern University	United States	$260,000	$275,000	32
University of California, Berkeley	United States	$167,800	$130,144	145
Bond University	Australia	—	$138,152	11
University of California, Los Angeles	United States	$293,750	$77,096	182
University of Wisconsin - Madison	United States	$150,000	$71,500	304
University of Sydney	Australia	—	$139,382	22

Universidad	país	Professor median	Lecturer median	Live jobs
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Methodology and sources

Job-post medians use university job posts. Each posted salary is the midpoint of its range.

A pay figure is shown when at least 20 posts support it. Smaller samples are marked limited data, or left out when the row would have no figure. Roles that only exist in the US, such as tenure and endowed chairs, are not shown for other countries. Duplicate role names, such as Lecturer and Lecturer/Instructor, are combined.

Where a cited official figure and the job-post median both exist, both are labelled: Official scale and Job-post median.

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Preguntas frecuentes

How many countries does this report cover?

This report covers 7 countries.

How is this salary data calculated?

Medians come from university job posts. A figure needs at least 20 posts. Official published scales are labelled separately when we cite them.

How often is it updated?

The report was updated 22 Oct 2026. It refreshes daily.

What do assistant, associate, and full professor mean?

Those are the US faculty ranks. Equivalents include Level E in Australia and the UK professorial scale, which sits above the national pay spine.

How is an official scale different from a job-post median?

An official scale is a published rate, such as a national survey or an enterprise agreement. A job-post median is the middle of salaries on job posts. When both exist, both are shown.

Which salary sources are cited?

The methodology lists the cited sources, including national surveys and university pay scales. A source is left out when it has no name and link.

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