college professors?

Question

1. what is your average monthly salary?
2. what does your benefit(s) package include?
3. how much does a large bag of flour cost? in the u.s. area.

Answer 1

There are detailed reports on the salaries of American college professors published every year in the Chronicles of Higher Education. It varies a lot from school to school and depending on what subject a professor teaches. A famous professor teaching at a rich school in a 'hot' subject might make more than $200,000 a year before his consulting, but that is far from typical. A more usual salary would be somewhere between $50,000 to $90,000 for a prof with a PhD and several years experience as a full-time professor.

It is normal for professional workers in the USA to receive health care coverage, and a retirement benefit that would allow them to retire with monthly payments equal to about half their working salary.

I've never seen a whole bag of flour for sale in any of my local stores. Americans dont shop that way. But for comparison, a nice average house in a nice neighborhood near the university in our town would cost between $250,000 to $750,000 The tuition for a private high school in our town is $19,000 per year. To eat a full meal in the local Indian restaurant down the street from me costs about $20 per person not including alcoholic drinks.

Answer 2

it really varies, depending on whether or not you have tenure, what subject you teach, and where in the country you teach

beginning tenure track (i.e. assistant professor) can typicall expect around 40K

tenured professors can make six figures, especially if they are in hot fields like IT and biochem

if you're a professor of the classics or women's studies, don't expect to make much money.

also keep in mind that competition for professorships is VERY STIFF these days. there are far more eager PhDs looking for jobs than there are jobs available. Most PhDs get stuck in low-paying, work-intensive adjunct positions or "post-doc hell"

Answer 3

1. Not enough
2. Retirement, sick leave, health insurance - the basic stuff
3. I haven't the foggiest idea - my husband usually does the grocery shopping and the cooking.