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

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

Economics Professors

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

Salary
$123720
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

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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
$123720 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$53,860 to $75,710 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Economics Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $53,860 to $75,710 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 Economics 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%) $* $208,000+
Senior (Top 25%) $* $152,110
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $107,260
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $75,710
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $53,860

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
RI $* $183,130
NH $* $169,030
IN $* $166,780
DC $* $148,680
CA $* $140,490
MA $* $139,020
NY $* $137,290
PA $* $134,700
AL $* $134,070
IL $* $128,020

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

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

According to BLS, the highest paid Economics Professors are in the states of RI, NH, IN, DC and CA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $128050 $*
Junior Colleges $93290 $*
Technical and Trade Schools $92620 $*

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