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

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

Foreign Language Professors

Foreign Language Professors teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$80410
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



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
$80410 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$40,970 to $54,110 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $40,970 to $54,110 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature 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%) $* $135,800
Senior (Top 25%) $* $98,710
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $69,920
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $54,110
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $40,970

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $* $109,830
NY $* $97,400
RI $* $89,070
MA $* $88,430
FL $* $86,010
ID $* $85,850
NH $* $85,710
NJ $* $83,240
LA $* $81,710
OR $* $81,530

* Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature Teachers are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature 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 Foreign Language Professors are in the states of CA, NY, RI, MA and FL.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Junior Colleges $96440 $*
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $76950 $*
Other Schools and Instruction $66120 $*

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