Adjunct chemistry professor pay per course
From real chemistry adjunct and lecturer postings across U.S. colleges and universities, refreshed daily. Live and recently closed listings both count.
- Median per course · chemistry
- $3,425
- Middle half of listings (25th–75th)
- $1,631 – $5,250
- Typical range (5th–95th)
- $949 – $9,830
- Institutions disclosing pay
- 48
Based on 58 listings that disclose per-course pay.
Highest-paying institutions
Median per course among institutions with at least three disclosed-pay chemistry listings.
- Broward College$2,386n=3
By state
States with at least five disclosed-pay chemistry listings.
- California$6,330n=6
- Massachusetts$4,300n=9
- New York$3,975n=6
- Texas$3,200n=6
- Illinois$3,120n=7
Twelve-month trend
$1,400Nov 2025
$7,562Jan 2026
$10,356Mar 2026
$3,200Apr 2026
$3,250May 2026
$4,700Jun 2026
$3,700Jul 2026
$2,491Aug 2026
$3,100Sep 2026
$4,500Oct 2026
$1,225Nov 2026
Median per-course pay of listings posted each month.
What the median means per year
Adjuncts are paid per course, so annual income depends on load. At $3,425 per course:
- 2 courses × 2 terms
- $13,700
- 3 courses × 2 terms
- $20,550
- 4 courses × 3 terms
- $41,100
Before tax, no benefits. Most institutions cap adjuncts below the load that would trigger benefits eligibility.
Frequently asked questions
- How much do adjunct chemistry professors make per course?
- Across 58 chemistry adjunct postings that disclose pay, the median is $3,425 per course; the middle half of listings fall between $1,631 and $5,250.
- Do online adjunct chemistry jobs pay less?
- Online chemistry listings show a median of $1,693 per course against $3,425 overall (from 2 online postings with disclosed pay). Institutions usually pay online and in-person sections at the same rate; the gap reflects which institutions hire online.
- What would that be per year?
- At the $3,425 median, three courses a term over two terms is about $20,550 before tax, with no benefits. Loads are usually capped below the level that would trigger benefits eligibility.
Where these numbers come from
- Every figure is computed from adjunct, lecturer, and part-time faculty postings that OpenLecture tracks across 4,000+ U.S. institutions, refreshed daily. Closed listings stay in the sample, so the picture covers roughly the past year.
- Only postings that state a per-course amount are compared. Hourly and annual quotes are reported separately and never converted.
- Where a range is posted, the top of the range is used. Figures below $500 or above $25,000 per course are excluded as mislabelled periods.
- Medians are shown, not averages, so a handful of outliers cannot move them. Pages with fewer than 25 disclosed-pay listings carry a warning.
- Roughly a quarter of adjunct postings disclose pay at all; these numbers describe the institutions that do.