Professor Salary?

[NRAI2001]

How much do college professors usually get paid? What about professors at medical schools?

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[nmnrraven]

Do you want those numbers in dollars or bananas?

 

[DrHuang]

Do you want those numbers in dollars or bananas?

personally, i prefer bananas

 

[AnEyeLikeMars]

How much do college professors usually get paid? What about professors at medical schools?

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This is a list of the highest paid employees at my school (UNC-Chapel Hill) from a couple years ago (2003 I think). They are almost all medical school faculty. There are a few highest level administrators + football/basketball head coaches too.
Also remember that these are base salaries. A lot of academic physicians also do consulting work that brings in a good amount of money in addition to this.
I'm pretty sure that public school faculty salaries are public record, so you could research other public schools too.

 

[sneaker7]

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/features/salaries/departments.asp?Year=2004

search by department or select top 50

 

[ahumdinger]

med school faculty get paid a lot because they're physicians, not because they're teachers. At many med schools, I think the faculty who actually lecture to the students are all volunteer faculty, that is, they don't get any more money for teaching the students than for doing research in their lab or taking care of patients. I think the coursemasters get a little extra, but the amount is pretty trivial.

 

[NunoBR]

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/features/salaries/departments.asp?Year=2004

search by department or select top 50

These salaries are really really low.
Are there added benefits that bulk it up a little.
Most physician salaries on this list don't even go above 100k.

 

[NunoBR]

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This is a list of the highest paid employees at my school (UNC-Chapel Hill) from a couple years ago (2003 I think). They are almost all medical school faculty. There are a few highest level administrators + football/basketball head coaches too.
Also remember that these are base salaries. A lot of academic physicians also do consulting work that brings in a good amount of money in addition to this.
I'm pretty sure that public school faculty salaries are public record, so you could research other public schools too.

This is pretty reasonable.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

med school faculty get paid a lot because they're physicians, not because they're teachers. At many med schools, I think the faculty who actually lecture to the students are all volunteer faculty, that is, they don't get any more money for teaching the students than for doing research in their lab or taking care of patients. I think the coursemasters get a little extra, but the amount is pretty trivial.

My wife is faculty here and this is pretty much how it works for her. Her primary responsibility is her clinic, overseeing the resident clinic on certain days, and covering the inpatient wards on certain weekends. She can volunteer to teach at the medical school, or volunteer to be on the adcom, etc., but it doesn't pay any more.

If she was wanting to ride the money train she would have accepted one of the offers she got from the private sector instead of the public medical school.

 

[NonTradMed]

I think it depends on private vs. public schools and of course, physician professors gets paid more because their degree has higher market worth than PhDs (sad as it is). I know at my school, many are paid at least > $150,000, but it is a private school and has a top med school. They are one of the highest paid faculty of any professors.

 

[eram]

Check the MD/PhD salary thread in that forum. Its low compared to clinical practice, plus you have to work up from assistant prof, earn your tenure, and later be prompted to full prof and start earning decently (100k+). A lot will depend on your appointment - how much is clinical, how much is research, and how much grant money you can pull in to support your salary.

 

[Law2Doc]

Check the MD/PhD salary thread in that forum. Its low compared to clinical practice, plus you have to work up from assistant prof, earn your tenure, and later be prompted to full prof and start earning decently (100k+). A lot will depend on your appointment - how much is clinical, how much is research, and how much grant money you can pull in to support your salary.

But bear in mind that those who primarilly teach have vacations far far in excess of the 15 or so days a year more typical of a professional job.

 

[Wahina]

Interestingly, Roy William's (UNC basketball coach) only has a $260,000 salary, but his total compensation package is in the $1 million + range. I wonder how they work that out.

 

[Slackenerny]

I know an assistant physics professor that started at 65K with start up money to get a research group running. Of course, that number can vary wildly among school and departments, but I thought I'd add a data point.

 

[DrBowtie]

If it is a public school, all the info is public so search for a school in the area as salaries are adjusted accordingly.

 

[LO281OK]

Interestingly, Roy William's (UNC basketball coach) only has a $260,000 salary, but his total compensation package is in the $1 million + range. I wonder how they work that out.

The extra comes mostly from contracts that the school has with Nike, etc.... and radio/tv shows that pay him. These are just the guaranteed amounts, they may earn more...

Most collegiate coach contracts work like this.