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

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

Computer Science Professors

Computer Science Professors teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$98680
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Master's 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
$98680 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$44,240 to $60,330 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $44,240 to $60,330 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 Computer Science 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%) $* $170,270
Senior (Top 25%) $* $124,370
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $85,540
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $60,330
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $44,240

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $* $136,640
MA $* $115,610
NY $* $115,000
DC $* $112,270
UT $* $110,840
NH $* $110,620
HI $* $109,690
PA $* $107,200
MD $* $103,680
RI $* $101,920

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

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Postsecondary Computer Science 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 Computer Science Professors are in the states of CA, MA, NY, DC and UT.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Business Schools and Computer and Management Training $169100 $*
Educational Support Services $105380 $*
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $103140 $*
Junior Colleges $86630 $*
Technical and Trade Schools $82890 $*

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