The University has established minimum full-time monthly rates of pay for faculty, librarians, and other academic personnel. These salary minimums apply to all titles, ranks, and tracks listed below regardless of funding source or length of appointment. Note: These salary rates are minimums. In determining an appropriate salary, there are likely to be factors which justify a unit exceeding the salary minimums.
Academic personnel titles not appearing on the table below are either governed by a collective bargaining agreement or are not subject to a UW monthly base salary minimum. In rare circumstances when academic personnel are approved to work on an hourly basis, state and federal salary minimums shall apply.
Salary minimums effective as of September 1, 2026.
View previous salary minimums: May 1, 2024 – August 31, 2026
| Titles/Ranks/Tracks* | Monthly Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty | 9 month | 12 month |
| Professors (tenured, tenure track, WOT, clinical practice, research, and teaching) | $8,523 | $7,812 |
| Associate Professors (tenured, tenure track, WOT, clinical practice, research, and teaching) | $7,748 | $7,102 |
| Assistant Professors (tenured, tenure track, WOT, clinical practice, research, and teaching) | $7,044 | $6,456 |
| Senior Artists in Residence, and Professors of Practice | $6,403 | $5,870 |
| Lecturers, Artists in Residence, Teaching Associates, and Instructors | $5,821 | $5,336 |
* These salary minimums also apply to persons appointed as acting, affiliate, clinical, temporary, and visiting in applicable ranks and titles.
| Librarians | Monthly Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Union Librarians | Same as Unionized Peers in their same rank | |
| Academic Staff | Monthly Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Visiting Scientists | 9 month / 12 month
$5,644 / $5,870 |
|
| Non-Union Extension Lecturers | $3,904 | |
| Educators | $4,016 | |
References: UW Faculty Code Section 24-71 A.3