Career paths / University Professor
The University Professor’s road to $100K
0median years to cross $100K — from real careers
- Whole-market median (Job Bank, 2025)
- $124,995
- $100K+ cohort median (2025)
- $135,910
- Top of the track (90th pct)
- $235,470
- On the Sunshine List
- 9,117
Two different populations, on purpose: the market median covers everyone in the occupation (hourly rates annualized at 37.5h/week); the cohort median covers only those already past $100K. The distance between them is the climb.
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Median disclosed University Professor salary, every year since the track first appeared on the list.