Iowa · 2026 pay · 110 people
How much does a teaching professor make in Iowa?
$97,048typical pay for a teaching professor in 2026
$75,661 – $114,553what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2026, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 7.7% from 2025.
✓ Official data from Iowa Department of Administrative Services · Matches the agency's latest release · data.iowa.gov ↗
Where teaching 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).
- Assistant Teaching Professor$62,574 (everyone)
- Associate Teaching Professor$71,823 (everyone)
- Teaching Professor (this page)$97,048 (everyone)
Highest-paid teaching professors, 2026
- 1Kimle, Kevin LeeTeaching Professor · Iowa State University$216,085
- 2Bootsma, Michael JTeaching Professor · Iowa State University$192,666
- 3Elobeid, Amani ETeaching Professor · Iowa State University$185,622
- 4Parsa, Rahul AmbaTeaching Professor · Iowa State University$182,399
- 5Sander, Kayla EarleneTeaching Professor · Iowa State University$168,850
Common questions
How much does a teaching professor make in Iowa?
The typical teaching professor was paid $97,048 in 2026; most earned between $75,661 and $114,553. This counts all 110 people paid, including part-year workers.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Teaching Professor, at any level (for example "Teaching 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