Comment by throwaway2037
1 day ago
I found this on Google:
> According to ZipRecruiter, the average salary for a professor at MIT is $114,792 per year, with a range of $94,500 to $179,500.
And:
> A professor's salary at the University of Oxford can range from around £89,429 to £122,261 per year, with an average of £104,347
The average at Oxford is much higher than MIT. Note: GBP to USD is currently 1.27
According to the sister comment to mine, Oxford pays only professors well, and everyone else quite poorly. There's a lot more to a university's staff than just the professors.
"Professors" at a UK university are the most senior academic staff - mind you there does seem to be a move in some universities to move to US style job title where all academics are a professor of some kind.
When I worked in UK academia the hierarchy for permanent academic posts was something like: lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, professor.