Faculty compensation information
| Central Campus | |||||
| Faculty Rank | Mean salary | Headcount | 25th percentile | Median salary | 75th percentile |
| Professors | $285,518 | 700 | $214,500 | $268,550 | $344,100 |
| Assoc Professors | $181,122 | 194 | $148,350 | $167,350 | $192,975 |
| Asst Professors | $149,434 | 284 | $117,300 | $129,800 | $160,000 |
| Lecturers/Instructors | $107,159 | 394 | $81,634 | $91,750 | $110,350 |
| Researchers | $111,268 | 282 | $75,000 | $91,718 | $121,725 |
| Medical School | |||||
| Faculty Rank | Mean salary | Headcount | 25th percentile | Median salary | 75th percentile |
| Professors | $348,111 | 517 | $230,564 | $300,436 | $412,609 |
| Assoc Professors | $279,322 | 588 | $171,818 | $241,814 | $381,109 |
| Asst Professors | $245,443 | 974 | $175,439 | $219,150 | $339,627 |
| Lecturers/Instructors | $128,507 | 157 | $83,720 | $108,736 | $147,273 |
| Researchers | $77,104 | 676 | $61,364 | $68,727 | $83,516 |
Notes:
- Data as of 9/30/2025
- Salary refers to FTE Annual Salary, converted to 9 month salary if applicable
- Full time faculty only; includes all ladder and non-ladder ranks
- Excludes faculty with partial salary paid by the VA Hospital, HHMI, or any other non-Yale source
- “Central Campus” includes all non-School of Medicine faculty, including those in Nursing and Public Health. Also includes department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry.
- “Medical School” includes faculty of the Yale School of Medicine only.
- Faculty with fully joint appointments between the School of Medicine and another Yale school are grouped with their earliest appointment.
- “Professors” includes all Professors, Professors in the Practice, Professors Adjunct, and Clinical Professors of Law
- “Assoc Professors” includes all Associate Professors, Associate Professors Adjunct, and Clinical Associate Professors of Law
- “Asst Professors” includes all Assistant Professors, Assistant Professors Adjunct, and Lecturers Convertible
- “Lecturers/Instructors” includes all other faculty instructional ranks, including visiting faculty if full-time
- “Researchers” includes all other faculty research ranks, including visiting faculty if full-time
Additional information:
- University salary data is posted here and updated annually by the Office of Institutional Research.
- The Yale School of Medicine consults AAMC data for our region when setting ladder faculty salaries. Contact the School of Medicine at faculty.affairs@yale.edu with questions.
- The University consults NIH guidelines when setting compensation for postgraduate and postdoctoral trainees.
Faculty benefits information
- Benefits information for faculty and all eligible Yale employees is available here.