It varies widely by rank, seniority, department, and what you bring into the university. If you are bringing in research contracts for hundreds of millions of dollars, obviously they can't pay you chicken feed or you'd go elsewhere. read more
Most schools also have large numbers of non-tenure-track lecturers, instructors, professors of practice, and clinical professors. In some disciplines at Ivies, an assistant professor position is never tenure-track. read more
Typically for adjunct professors who teach, they get paid the same as the lowest rung of a junior faculty salary teaching, however, only 20% to 25% of a faculty member's effort goes towards teaching a single course. read more
At an average of $113,400, Harvard ranked second, followed by an average of $105,800 at Columbia. Brown University paid assistant professors the lowest average salary among the Ivy League schools, $86,000 per year. read more