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

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

Geography Professors

Geography Professors teach courses in geography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$87160
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
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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
$87160 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$45,920 to $64,150 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Geography Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $45,920 to $64,150 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 Geography 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%) $* $136,240
Senior (Top 25%) $* $105,810
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $82,330
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $64,150
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $45,920

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $* $119,030
MA $* $101,060
MD $* $99,580
MI $* $96,460
NY $* $91,940
CT $* $91,660
TX $* $91,550
LA $* $91,420
OR $* $90,980
OH $* $89,560

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

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

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

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Junior Colleges $94720 $*
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $85770 $*

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