Anonymous wrote:My friends who are professors make less than I do as a public school teacher. They’re adjuncts.

Apples and eggs.

Most tenured profs get paid quite well and have rock solid job security. Some also get tuition waivers for kids. It’s great work if you can get it, but predicted retirements never happened. Who would quit?

Top professors in many fields make a lot of money. Their numbers are few compared to the total faculty count. What OP is saying is like assuming every law-firm associate makes the same salary as a partner.

My friends who are professors make less than I do as a public school teacher. They’re adjuncts.

Some salaries in higher ed are inflated for sure, especially in administration and business and law schools. but MBAs and JD programs are also piggie banks for the school because students pay full freight. And as others have said this does not apply to your average sociology professor, especially pre-tenure. my friend who was at the top of his field at an Ivy in a humanities niche made less than I did (7 years into teAching) in my first job out of law school as a law clerk! Now he makes $150k after 10 years of tenure (in NYC, so adjust for COL). A nice job but not a boondoggle.

Humanities super super stars can make bank (by switching schools and bidding up their salaries) but this is rare.

Anonymous wrote:Wow I am surprised. And PP you don’t seem to have much attention to detail and mean sounding too. Most links I clicked on and there were many were real high. Sure the janitors and admin staff make money in the 30s but the professors make a whole lot more. And it’s a valid point that that whole lot more is truly a whole lot more. I wouldn’t have ever guessed that a professor would be making more than my CEO!

Uh, Angel Cabrera IS the CEO of George Mason. He's the President over 36,000 students. Go run every single list of those people on the right in wikipedia, especially the last at $330 (yes they are all in wikipedia) and you will find out why they are paid that much. Sheez.

I can personally attest to the fact that English professors do not make this much money.

Most professors make a small percentage of the salaries you posted, OP. I just talked to a professor who carries a heavy teaching load for a yearly salary of $34,000.

Not typical. I have tenure-track professor friends who test in the University of Maryland system. My one friend was hired starting at 57k - I imagine my other friend makes about the same. They both feel fortunate to be tenure-tracked.

Not typical

You also forget that the majority of “professors” are not. They are associate professors, adjunct professors, non-tenure track, etc.

I taught at a flagship state school and very few people who taught students made over $100k.

He is a computer security specialist leading a large institute. Professors in fields in high demand need to make enough so they are not poached by industry. And leading an institute is a management job. Probably only 20% or less of his time is spent teaching.

And why should you be surprised? That is a middle manager salary in DC from what I read on this board. He went through as much school as a doctor and probably works 60-80 hours a week.

Wow I am surprised. And PP you don’t seem to have much attention to detail and mean sounding too. Most links I clicked on and there were many were real high. Sure the janitors and admin staff make money in the 30s but the professors make a whole lot more. And it’s a valid point that that whole lot more is truly a whole lot more. I wouldn’t have ever guessed that a professor would be making more than my CEO!

Anonymous wrote:Wow all the salaries on the right.

http://data.richmond.com/salaries/2014/state/george-mason-university/sushil-jajodia

You don’t sound very smart.

From your link:
He is 650% of the median GMU professor.

That’s like posting the salary of the McDonald’s CFO and saying “I had no idea McDonald’s workers made this much money!”

Wow all the salaries on the right.

http://data.richmond.com/salaries/2014/state/george-mason-university/sushil-jajodia