Wright State’s main campus professors make an average $119,600, associate professors make $92,700, assistant professors make $78,000 and instructors make $59,700. The University had nearly 17,000 students enrolled in 2017.
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Here’s how the salaries stack up to the main campuses at other Ohio institutions, according to a 2017-18 American Association of University Professors report.
Cleveland State (16,662 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $112,200
Associate professors: $84,200
Assistant professors: $80,300
Instructors: $67,300
Bowling Green State University (19,423 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $110,100
Associate professors: $84,800
Assistant professors: $74,100
Instructors: $52,400
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University of Toledo (20,491 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $119,400
Associate professors: $96,000
Assistant professors: $84,000
Instructors: $68,800
University of Akron (22,101 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $114,000
Associate professors: $87,400
Assistant professors: $76,400
Instructors: $54,000
Miami University (24,283 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $124,400
Associate professors: $90,400
Assistant professors: $89,400
Instructors: $46,800
Ohio University (36,287 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $112,700
Associate professors: $86,800
Assistant professors: $78,700
Instructors: No instructor salary listed
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Kent State (39,598 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $118,400
Associate professors: $90,700
Assistant professors: $75,400
Instructors: No instructor salary listed
University of Cincinnati (44,969 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $125,100
Associate professors: $86,500
Assistant professors: $76,000
Instructors: $53,700
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Ohio State University (67,524 enrolled students in 2017)
Professors: $150,000
Associate professors: $101,300
Assistant professors: $89,400
Instructors: $124,000
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