Not to mention how many professors are being replaced by adjuncts ("Overall, non-tenure- track faculty, often known as adjunct or contingent faculty, now accoun

Not to mention how many professors are being replaced by adjuncts ("Overall, non-tenure- track faculty, often known as adjunct or contingent faculty, now account for three-quarters of the instructional faculty at non-profit colleges and universities across the country."): http://agb.org/trusteeship/2013/5/changing-academic-workforce http://agb.org/trusteeship/2013/5/changing-academic-workforc... Those adjuncts are often contingent, low-paid workers: http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/poverty-u-many-adjunct-professors-food-stamps-n336596 http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/poverty-u-many... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/opinion/your-waitress-your-professor.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/opinion/your-waitress-your... http://www.thenation.com/article/why-is-college-so-expensive-if-professors-are-paid-so-little/ http://www.thenation.com/article/why-is-college-so-expensive... The numbers you present themselves are in the top 25% or 33% (depending on which measure you look at) of earners as professors, all inclusive. The idea that most professors are well-compensated on the whole is absurd. Wasn't the old deal supposed to be "decent compensation, but not great, made up for with great benefits and tenure?" Now it's "terrible compensation and no benefits, no tenure." Of course, the person you're responding to seems to be making their comment sarcastically in any case.