Annual salary
$59,035
New York · public university · 2026-27
City University of New York faculty salary schedule, 2026-27
The full-time faculty schedule and the part-time (adjunct) hourly rates as Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY) publishes them, every cell. Pick a column and step in the calculator to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure.
- The 2026-27 full-time faculty schedule starts at $59,035 (Lecturer, step 1) and tops out at $160,827 (Professor, step 15), per Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY) (effective ).
- The grid has 4 title columns and 16 step rows.
- Part-time (adjunct) faculty are paid $116.44/hr to $147.94/hr on the 2026-27 hourly schedule, per Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY) (effective ).
- This is a systemwide table: it applies across CUNY's senior and community colleges, as published by Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY). Individual appointments can be paid above the scale; see the notes under the table.
Full-time faculty salary schedule (2026-27)
| Step \ Title | Lecturer | Assistant Professor | Associate Professor | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $59,035 | $59,256 | $76,848 | $95,094 |
| 2 | $61,224 | $61,576 | $79,874 | $98,849 |
| 3 | $63,497 | $63,995 | $83,019 | $102,753 |
| 4 | $67,182 | $67,165 | $86,610 | $106,343 |
| 5 | $70,441 | $70,756 | $89,777 | $109,519 |
| 6 | $73,041 | $73,294 | $94,017 | $113,745 |
| 7 | $76,735 | $76,041 | $98,231 | $117,971 |
| 8 | $79,341 | $79,630 | $102,460 | $122,202 |
| 9 | $81,945 | $82,384 | $105,992 | $126,478 |
| 10 | $84,547 | $85,556 | $109,519 | $130,755 |
| 11 | $87,149 | $89,777 | $113,745 | $136,040 |
| 12 | $89,756 | $94,017 | $117,971 | $141,325 |
| 13 | $92,359 | $98,231 | $122,202 | $146,601 |
| 14 | $94,965 | $102,460 | $125,436 | $150,770 |
| 15 | $98,638 | $105,588 | $133,558 | $160,827 |
| 16 | $105,297 | $112,841 |
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Per month (12)
$4,919.58
Next 5 steps in this title
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $61,224 | +$2,189 |
| 3 | $63,497 | +$4,462 |
| 4 | $67,182 | +$8,147 |
| 5 | $70,441 | +$11,406 |
| 6 | $73,041 | +$14,006 |
Worked example as rendered: Lecturer, step 1 = $59,035 a year, $4,919.58 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
PSC-CUNY 2023-2027 contract salary schedules (updated 11-2025), the 9/1/2026 scheduled contractual raise column, the rate in effect from September 1, 2026 until the next raise on 3/1/2027 (which changes only the top step, +$1,250).
Each title is a separate PSC document: Lecturer (https://psc-cuny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Lecturer-Schedule_updated-11-2025.pdf), Assistant Professor (https://psc-cuny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Assistant-Professor-Schedule_updated-11-2025.pdf), Associate Professor (https://psc-cuny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Associate-Professor-Schedule_updated-11-2025.pdf), Professor (https://psc-cuny.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Professor-Schedule_updated_11-2025.pdf).
The documents do not number steps; steps are numbered here from the first row. Each title's LAST row is its "Top Step". Step raises happen each January 1; the third-to-last step is held for 5 years and the penultimate step for 2 years before the next step raise.
Lecturer and Assistant Professor have 16 rows; Associate Professor and Professor have 15, so their step 16 is blank. Rows of different titles at the same step number are not equivalent positions.
A $2,500 lump sum with a Certificate of Continuous Employment is paid effective September 1, 2026 (not included).
- Soft spot: source_url points at the Assistant Professor document; the other three titles come from the sibling PDFs listed in notes.
Part-time faculty hourly rates (2026-27)
| Step \ Title | Adjunct Lecturer | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Adjunct Associate Professor | Adjunct Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $116.44 | $125.06 | $133.69 | $142.31 |
| 2 | $116.44 | $125.06 | $134.29 | $142.31 |
| 3 | $142.31 | |||
| 4 | $147.94 |
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PSC-CUNY teaching adjunct hourly rates, 9/1/2026 column (in effect from September 1, 2026). The Adjunct Lecturer rate also applies to Instructor and Adjunct Lecturer (Doctoral Student).
Rows are the document's unnumbered hourly-rate rows per title. Most adjuncts have been on one flat rate per title since January 26, 2026; the extra rows are former steps that now pay the same flat rate, except "red circled" top-step rates (Adjunct Associate Professor $134.29, Adjunct Professor $147.94) that stay above it.
From June 1, 2027 teaching adjunct pay changes from hourly to a per-course structure ($2,367-$2,867 per contact hour per course).
- Soft spot: Rows are not labelled as steps in the document; steps 1-4 are the row order.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary for full-time faculty at City University of New York?
$59,035 on Lecturer at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY)). Placement depends on degrees and experience, which is what the title and step encode.
What is the top of the City University of New York faculty salary schedule?
$160,827, at step 15 on Professor (2026-27), before any doctoral stipend, overload or extra-duty pay not printed on the grid.
How much does City University of New York pay adjunct faculty?
$116.44/hr at the lowest title and step, up to $147.94/hr at the highest, on the 2026-27 part-time faculty schedule (Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY)). These are lecture-hour rates; see the notes under the table for other assignments.
All indexed community colleges: New York · every state. K-12 teacher schedules for the same area are on the New York page.