Adjunct professor pay in Nevada, per course

From real adjunct and lecturer postings at Nevada colleges and universities, refreshed daily. Live and recently closed listings both count.

Median per course · Nevada
$1,150
Middle half of listings (25th–75th)
$1,150 – $1,150
Typical range (5th–95th)
$1,000 – $1,150
Institutions disclosing pay
2

Based on 43 listings that disclose per-course pay.

Community colleges in Nevada: median $1,150 per course (n=37); all institutions: $1,150.

Highest-paying institutions in Nevada

Median per course among institutions with at least three disclosed-pay listings.

By discipline

Disciplines with at least five disclosed-pay listings in Nevada.

  • Trades & Applied Technology$1,150n=5

Twelve-month trend

$1,000
Jul 2026
$1,000
Aug 2026
$1,150
Sep 2026
$1,150
Oct 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 $1,150 per course:

2 courses × 2 terms
$4,600
3 courses × 2 terms
$6,900
4 courses × 3 terms
$13,800

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.
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