How Much Can an Adjunct Professor Earn?
This is a legitimate question without an answer. The amount of money you can earn is dependent on the amount of time and effort you are willing to devote. Thus, your income potential is contingent on your efforts. Professional adjunct professors that I know earn a doctor’s salary. That is, they earn mid-six-figure incomes. Further, they are able to maintain this income level on a regular basis, year after year. One fellow wanted to see how much he could earn in a year solely as a part-time professor. When he was asked, “how much can an adjunct professor earn”, he was able to say with all honesty that it can be in excess of $250,000.00. This is not chicken feed. One woman, who has a master’s degree and the usual financial obligations, went back to graduate school to earn her doctorate. She works as an adjunct on a part-time basis, putting in about 20-25 hours a week and earns about $60,000.00 per year. This way she has the time to complete her doctoral studies and also have a social lif
