Adjunct professor pay in District of Columbia, per course
From real adjunct and lecturer postings at District of Columbia colleges and universities, refreshed daily. Live and recently closed listings both count.
- Median per course · District of Columbia
- $5,900
- Middle half of listings (25th–75th)
- $5,548 – $7,201
- Typical range (5th–95th)
- $5,504 – $8,175
- Institutions disclosing pay
- 2
Based on only 15 listings with disclosed pay — treat as indicative, not a benchmark.
Highest-paying institutions in District of Columbia
Median per course among institutions with at least three disclosed-pay listings.
- Johns Hopkins University$7,210n=3
- American University$5,724n=12
By discipline
Disciplines with at least five disclosed-pay listings in District of Columbia.
Not enough listings yet.
Twelve-month trend
$7,210Nov 2025
$7,705Apr 2026
$6,062May 2026
$7,192Jun 2026
$9,270Jul 2026
$5,548Aug 2026
$7,000Sep 2026
$5,548Oct 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 $5,900 per course:
- 2 courses × 2 terms
- $23,600
- 3 courses × 2 terms
- $35,400
- 4 courses × 3 terms
- $70,800
Before tax, no benefits. Most institutions cap adjuncts below the load 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.