What are typical adjunct instructor salaries? |
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Do some companies pay a lot more for this position than others? What does a top earner make in this field? What skills should you learn to increase your salary? |
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Steve Kiley in San Diego, California 50 months ago |
What are typical adjunct professor salaries in California? |
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Randolph Scott in Rock, West Virginia 50 months ago |
It all depends on the institution and what class you're teaching. My experience: You'll get the intro-level classes filled with freshmen, classes that none of the regular faculty want to teach. Pay is based on $x/student/credit hour, last one I was offered was $75/student for a 3 credit hour class that met twice a week for 3 hours each time. (half of each class was instruction, the other was lab time, school only counted instruction time in the credit hours) That's 6 hours a week in class from mid-January to early May, plus time reading/grading homework and tests, plus doing lesson plans or any other prep work. I figured I would be making somewhere around $8-$10/hour if I was lucky, I think that was based on 8-10 hours a week. Consider too that this was on top of my regular day job. Also, the way the pay schedule was structured, any student who dropped the class by the posted drop date did not count on your first paycheck which was sent out at midterm, second check came out at the end of the semester. In the end I decided to pass when offered the chance to do it again, I could make more money working overtime on my regular job. As far as skills go to make more money, I'd say that knowing something that's in high demand and that the school doesn't currently teach will probably help, supply and demand governs here. All of the adjunct positions I've seen are for the basic classes that about anyone with a degree and experience in that area could teach, so there's a large pool of potential teachers and the schools don't have much incentive to raise the pay because if you turn it down, they'll find another person without much trouble. |
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Jada in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 32 months ago |
I worked at a career and tech school (one of those ones that change name/ownership every few years), first time, teaching a juvenile delinqurency course for criminal justice students at $25/hr. I have a master's degree. |
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gloria in Crestview, Florida 30 months ago |
I am thinking of applying for an adjunct instructor in a local university but I don't understand it when mentioned (on the announcement) that they "pay $15oo minimum per course". Does that mean if I taught 3 courses I'd monthly get $3500? Thank you everyone |
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gloria in Crestview, Florida 30 months ago |
sorry, I mean $4500. |
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Angie in New York, New York 28 months ago |
No, it means that you'll make $1500/semester/course. If you taught three courses in one semester, you'd make $4500 total for the entire 4 month semester. |
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chry in Cincinnati, Ohio 22 months ago |
gloria in Crestview, Florida said: I am thinking of applying for an adjunct instructor in a local university but I don't understand it when mentioned (on the announcement) that they "pay $15oo minimum per course". Does that mean if I taught 3 courses I'd monthly get $3500? yes. if it is a three credit hour course, you are getting 500 per cr/hr or 1500 per course |
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chry in Cincinnati, Ohio 22 months ago |
yes. if it is 1500 per course that would be the same as 500 per credit hour on a 3 credit hour course. if you taught 3 courses during their quarters or semesters that is 4500.00 |
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Julius in Alexandria, Virginia 22 months ago |
I was thinking about applying for a position in environmental science as an adjunct instructor. Do the math and science courses pay better than other areas. |
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TC in Blythewood, South Carolina 18 months ago |
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none in Columbia, South Carolina 5 months ago |
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SesComm in Whitehall, Pennsylvania 3 months ago |
In Pa. with a Ph.D., we make between $2,000 and $3,000 per course, per semester. That rate is spread over an avg. of 12 weeks for the course. Do the math and you may be sad. |
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Joe in Harvey, Illinois 2 months ago |
Terrible. Do not get involved in this racket. 2,000 per a class. The students are ignorant on this issue, those outside the academy love to glory in it and those within the academy want to escape from it. Don't enter the contingent faculty prison. Once in, it is hard to get out. |
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Alan Abel in Brookfield, Connecticut 21 days ago |
As a professional lecturer over the past four decades ("Using Your Wits To Win"), I started out earning $50 and lunch for my first two-hour performance plus Q. and A. Presently, my fee is $7,500 plus all expenses. Not bad for a graduate of Ohio State University with a B.S. Degree in Education. Here is a link to a segment of my lecture before a video class in Troy,NY. |
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Josh Boldt in Athens, Georgia 13 days ago |
The best website for adjunct professor salary data is <a href="adjunctproject.com">The Adjunct Project</a>. The site also has a job board dedicated to higher education types. |
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Josh Boldt in Athens, Georgia 13 days ago |
The best website for adjunct professor salary data is adjunctproject.com. The site also has a job board dedicated to higher education types. |
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