Iowa · 2026 pay · 21 people
How much does an adjunct professor make in Iowa?
$8,974typical pay for a adjunct professor in 2026
$6,000 – $19,620what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2026, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 34.0% from 2025.
✓ Official data from Iowa Department of Administrative Services · Matches the agency's latest release · data.iowa.gov ↗
Where adjunct professors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2026 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Adjunct Associate Professor$7,560 (everyone)
- Adjunct Assistant Professor$7,719 (everyone)
- Adjunct Professor (this page)$8,974 (everyone)
- Assistant Adjunct Professor$20,823 (everyone)
- Associate Adjunct Professor$43,787 (everyone)
Highest-paid adjunct professors, 2026
- 1Watt, JohnAdjunct Professor · Iowa State University$151,808
- 2Estes, SimonAdjunct Professor · Iowa State University$113,281
- 3Biederman, Lori AnnAdjunct Professor · Iowa State University$78,897
- 4Steinschneider, MitchellAdjunct Professor · University of Iowa$74,235
- 5Moraes Da Costa, FabioAdjunct Professor · University of Iowa$26,250
Common questions
How much does an adjunct professor make in Iowa?
The typical adjunct professor was paid $8,974 in 2026; most earned between $6,000 and $19,620. This counts all 21 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Adjunct Professor, at any level (for example "Adjunct Professor"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this