> With how poorly academics are paid these days VS top private institutions I'd believe it; but that would surprise me overall. https://www.comparably.com/sal

> With how poorly academics are paid these days VS top private institutions I'd believe it; but that would surprise me overall. https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-tenured-professor https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-tenured-pro... ~156k/year being my first search hit across all fields; but that also includes Arts and the like where private industry (and professor salary) is much lower Finance as an example will bring it up drastically.