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

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

Mathematics Professors

Mathematics Professors teach courses pertaining to mathematical concepts, statistics, and actuarial science and to the application of original and standardized mathematical techniques in solving specific problems and situations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$86760
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
$86760 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$38,730 to $53,970 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Mathematical Science Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $38,730 to $53,970 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
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We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Postsecondary Mathematical 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%) $* $154,750
Senior (Top 25%) $* $106,580
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $73,650
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $53,970
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $38,730

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $* $127,480
NY $* $111,940
RI $* $108,600
MA $* $100,440
OR $* $98,900
MI $* $93,090
NJ $* $92,540
PA $* $91,030
NH $* $89,270
VT $* $88,360

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

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Postsecondary Mathematical 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 Mathematics Professors are in the states of CA, NY, RI, MA and OR.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $87600 $*
Junior Colleges $85910 $*
Technical and Trade Schools $54000 $*
Other Schools and Instruction $22180 $*

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