How Much Do Physics Professors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Physics Professors

Physics Professors teach courses pertaining to the laws of matter and energy. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$101290
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$101290 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$49,340 to $64,990 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Physics Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $49,340 to $64,990 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
A

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Postsecondary Physics Teachers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $* $169,240
Senior (Top 25%) $* $125,290
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $90,400
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $64,990
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $49,340

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
MD $* $136,210
MA $* $123,160
NY $* $122,820
CA $* $119,590
IA $* $110,440
LA $* $108,240
DC $* $106,720
NH $* $104,940
WI $* $104,800
RI $* $104,630

* Postsecondary Physics Teachers are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Postsecondary Physics Teacher is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like MD doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at MD might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Physics Professors are in the states of MD, MA, NY, CA and IA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $104470 $*
Junior Colleges $83130 $*

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