by Matthew C. Keegan
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File me along with the
lower 10%. |
The salary of a college professor is a subject that sometimes crosses the minds of college students, particularly those that want to teach some day. As of 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 1,756,000 people employed as postsecondary teachers, including college professors. The forecast for this profession is bright, with the BLS projecting that the number of positions available will rise by 17 percent for the 10-year period ending 2020. The median annual wage of postsecondary teachers was $62,050 as of May 2010 according to the BLS. The U.S. Department of Education states that the average salary for full-time instructional faculty at degree-granting postsecondary institutions was $74,600 for 2009-2010.
Postsecondary teachers that work full-time can see a wide variety of salaries. According to the bureau, the lowest 10 percent earned less than $30,720 per year and the highest 10 percent made more than $130,510 annually. About 29 percent of post secondary teachers worked part-time in 2010, with some working part-time at more than one college or university.
FULL ARTICLE.
They buried the lede, or at least the most important fact:
ReplyDelete"About 29 percent of post secondary teachers worked part-time in 2010, with some working part-time at more than one college or university."
Actually, 29% sounds low to me, but maybe that's because so many people are working at 2,3, 4, or even more schools?
This is why one doesn't get career advice from someone who writes about careers, but from people already in the profession. It's a rare proffie (including the full-time tenured ones) who wouldn't paint a far, far more discouraging picture if asked.
Also, the fact that demand for college-level teachers is rising, and expected to continue to rise, always bothers me, because, as far as I can tell, it's true, and has been true since back when I was given a free ride through grad school in anticipation of a shortage of college teachers. The work is there, but it's sliced and diced into a whole lot of McJobs rather than a smaller number of decent ones.
DeleteHave you ever noticed that, whenever a commercial news service reports on academia, everything they report is not quite right?
DeleteAnd have you ever noticed that, whenever a commercial news service reports on anything else you happen to know more about than the average person (with me, science), everything they report is also not quite right?
Makes you wonder how they do with politics and wars!
I wish someone would make a VidShizzle about "what college professors make" akin to that viral video Taylor Mali did about 5 years ago.
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