What is the approximate average monthly salary of university teachers?

How much does it cost for a university teacher to teach a class?

Daqing Radio and Television University

Summary: At present, relevant national departments have not announced the cost of university education. Many people in society believe that the cost of running a school is not high. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the cost of education by analyzing how much it costs a university teacher to teach a class. At the same time, it is hoped that the education administrative department will fully consider the government's ability to bear the burden when formulating education development plans and plans. The economic and psychological endurance of urban and rural residents will also be fully considered.

Keywords: The labor cost of university teachers' class hours

September 10, 2004 [Shen Lutao and Lu Nuo] [People's Daily Overseas Edition] "From "Smelly Laojiu" to "Fragrant Pastry" "Witness the Changes of Teachers": In 2003, the average annual salary of teachers in colleges and universities and primary and secondary schools across the country reached 23,307 yuan and 13,293 yuan respectively. Today, in many places, the monthly salary of a senior primary and secondary school teacher reaches 3,000 to 4,000 yuan. As for university teachers, it is not uncommon for them to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. The instability of the teaching staff has been reversed. It is understood that in recent years, the proportion of students applying for normal colleges has rebounded, and the quality has improved significantly. Many teachers who have left the school have begun to ask to return to the workforce, and the number of people who have studied abroad and returned to teach in China has been increasing.

The teaching workload of teachers in colleges and universities is measured in class hours. The teaching workload of teachers with high, intermediate and junior professional titles is 6, 5 and 4 hours per week respectively. Calculated based on 18 weeks of teaching hours per semester, the teaching workload of teachers with senior professional titles is 108 class hours per semester and 216 class hours per school year; the teaching workload of teachers with intermediate professional titles is 90 class hours per semester and the teaching workload per school year is 180 class hours; Teachers’ teaching workload is 72 hours per semester and 144 hours per academic year. The teaching workload of department and department business leaders, administrative office-level leaders and school-level leaders are respectively 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 of ordinary teachers. The teaching workload of department-level and general cadres in administrative departments is 1/2 of that of ordinary teachers.

In 2003, the average annual salary of university faculty and staff across the country reached 23,307 yuan. The teaching workload of teachers with intermediate professional titles is 90 hours per semester and 180 hours per academic year. We might as well use these two data to speak.

If it is assumed that the annual salary of university teachers is 23,307 yuan (in fact, teacher salaries are higher than faculty salaries), and the teaching workload per academic year is 180 hours, then the average teacher cost per credit hour is:

23,307 yuan ÷ 180 class hours = 129.48 yuan

Assuming an average of 50 students per class, then the average teacher cost per student per class hour is:

129.48 yuan ÷ 50 students =2.59 yuan

According to the above standards, if students attend an average of 8 classes per day, then the average teacher cost per student per day is:

2.59 yuan × 8 = 20.72 yuan

If students attend school for 400 days per year, then the average teacher cost per student per year is:

20.72 yuan × 400 = 8286.93 yuan

Even according to the school hardware construction and If the cost of non-teaching personnel is paid by the government, and if only students bear the cost of teachers, the average tuition fee per student will be 8,286.93 yuan.

If a university teacher’s monthly income exceeds 10,000 yuan and the annual income exceeds 100,000 yuan, but the annual teaching hours are still 180 hours, then the average teacher cost per class hour is:

100,000 yuan ÷ 180 class hours = 555.55 yuan

Students pay according to the cost to attend classes, and few can afford them.

The main reason why private colleges and universities are profitable is that private colleges and universities do not "raise" faculty and staff. All teachers are appointed. The school only pays lecture fees. If the average payment is 50 yuan per class hour, the cost is only about one-third of that of public universities.

50 yuan ÷ 129.48 yuan (no additional lecture fees) = 38.6

If public colleges and universities pay lecture fees in addition to salary, then the labor cost of private colleges and universities is only About a quarter of public colleges and universities.

50 Yuan ÷ (129.48 Yuan 50 Yuan) = 50 Yuan ÷ 179.48 Yuan = 27.86

Usually, private colleges and universities only hire outstanding teachers from public colleges and universities, but based on the average teaching level Paying lecture fees is equivalent to taking advantage of the education funds allocated by the government to public universities. National financial education funding has been secretly diverted. The organizers of private education believe that they are capable, and they are not without a sense of ridicule towards the personnel management of public universities.

Some teachers liken the salary of public universities to a "hot pot", the basic salary to the "bottom of the pot", and the lecture fees to the "hot pot". Public universities dare not touch the "pot" of their faculty and staff, so they have no choice but to use "fodder" to adjust teachers' remuneration. Over time, faculty and staff no longer take the “bottom of the pot” seriously. They are using their brains to compete for "pot material".

Teachers in public colleges and universities are dissatisfied with public colleges and universities, but they are "grateful" to private colleges and universities. This is putting the cart before the horse. Key teachers in public colleges and universities are paid to "go abroad", "change jobs", and "work in different positions". Public colleges and universities seem to lack the confidence to manage these teachers. Ridiculous. Public universities may consider charging a certain percentage of management fees for those who supervise production outside the school. You can also persuade them to open up the salary relationship to the talent exchange center, and public colleges and universities hire professors at a higher lecture fee standard than private colleges and universities. And new methods can be used to manage new people entering the school.

If private colleges and universities charge according to the education cost of public colleges and universities, then the rate of return of private colleges and universities is higher than that of any sector of the national economy. Therefore, necessary intervention should be made in the tuition fees of private colleges and universities to prevent the occurrence of huge profits. It will also prevent tuition increases in public colleges and universities.

If public colleges and universities implement a class-hour salary system for all teachers, then the current education funds can make the education cake bigger.

The window paper that makes education costs transparent will help the government determine to further reform the employment mechanism of higher education institutions. Further invigorate the salary distribution system of colleges and universities. It is also conducive to further reforming the education cost-sharing mechanism of higher education institutions. Further reduce the burden on the government and further reduce the burden on students’ parents.

How many high-income earners are university teachers?

University teachers have criticized the tax department’s definition. They believe that among high-income people, the other ten categories are high-income earners. Only a certain proportion of university teachers are high-income earners. A few more authoritative professors earn higher incomes through lectures, training, and serving as honorary professors. They can indeed enter the "rich list". However, this is not the case for most university teachers. Taxation Departments should not be able to “kill everyone with one stroke.”

Famous teachers from Beijing universities give lectures in Shenzhen and earn more than 5,000 yuan a day

According to surveys, a large number of companies in Shenzhen and Guangzhou are eager to obtain the knowledge resources of experts from famous universities. Famous teachers from Beijing universities come to Guangzhou There is a broad market for lectures in Shenzhen. A first-rate university teacher earns about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a day from teaching, a second-rate teacher earns 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a day, and a third-rate teacher earns 5,000 to 8,000 yuan a day. After the development of the western region, the trend of lectures by famous teachers has swept across the west. Although the lecture income of famous scholars in Beijing Normal University is lower than that in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, it is generally settled in cash or directly transferred to their personal accounts. The person in charge of the human resources department of a communications company in Chongqing revealed that the company invites local university teachers to give lectures for about two hours each time, and pays them a remuneration ranging from 500 yuan to 1,800 yuan; if it invites famous universities in Beijing, Shanghai and other places, especially For well-known professors, the maximum fee is 80,000 yuan. Such highly paid professors are generally technical or subject authorities, and some have other important social responsibilities.

Most of the people hired with a million-dollar annual salary are overseas scholars in popular subjects

Last year, Fudan University offered a "million-dollar annual salary" to recruit the dean of the School of Life globally, and finally a tenured professor at the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Jinli stood out, a move that sparked heated discussions.

The dean’s annual salary is the highest in the school, while the deputy dean’s annual salary is less than one month’s salary. This situation is not uncommon in some key universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. In addition to hiring popular scholars from overseas with high salaries, some academicians have also been specially appointed as professors by many universities, with annual salaries higher than those of ordinary professors.

The average monthly salary of university teachers is less than 50,000 yuan.

Professor Liu Huanbin, the former president of South China University of Technology, said that if the annual income is more than 120,000 yuan, it is considered a high-income person. Among professors, associate professors, lecturers and teaching assistants, it is estimated that the proportion of those who truly meet this standard is less than 5. The income level of teachers at South China University of Technology and their ability to engage in external activities are relatively good among domestic universities.

Chen Wanpeng, a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangzhou University, said: There are about 2,400 on-the-job teachers at Guangzhou University. The number of truly high-income earners should be around 100, and this ratio is less than 5. The current average monthly income of teachers at Guangzhou University is around 4,000 yuan. This is a common view among university teachers that some teachers in certain departments are very well-paid. In contrast, teachers of some basic subjects are often from the "low-income class" in universities.

The monthly income of young teachers in provincial and municipal universities is about 3,000 yuan.

Mr. Xia is a young teacher at a polytechnic university. His current monthly income is about 3,000 yuan. Among the teachers in colleges and universities, young teachers account for the majority. Teacher Xia said: If the annual income reaches more than 120,000 yuan, the proportion of teachers in our college who can become high-income teachers is estimated to be 20. For us young teachers, the highest annual income is about 40,000 yuan.

"My annual salary is only more than 20,000 yuan." Teacher Zhang from Changchun Normal University has been working for 8 years and is now a lecturer with a monthly salary of 1,200 yuan. Including class fees, he has a monthly income of more than 2,000 yuan. Teacher Zhang said: “Some colleagues who have less class hours work part-time. Teachers who teach computers go to some remedial classes and can earn more than 1,000 yuan a month. There are also teachers who teach art classes who tutor students outside and use their part-time income. All in all, the monthly salary is five to six thousand yuan." Teacher Liu from Changchun University of Science and Technology said that it is difficult for teachers in provincial and municipal universities to reach high-income levels.

Teacher Peng, who works at an agricultural university in the south, has an income basically composed of four major components: job salary, allowance, class fee, and subsidy. When I first became a teacher, the job salary was at the lowest level in colleges and universities, only about 500 yuan per month. The monthly allowance for new teachers was 300 yuan. As for the class fee, since the course taught by Teacher Peng is a newly launched major in the school, the school did not arrange courses for her, so she has no class fee, and various subsidies are about 400 yuan. Teacher Peng has been working for more than 4 years and has become a lecturer. Her total monthly income is only more than 2,500 yuan. Teacher Yang Yi from Southwest University of Political Science and Law said that the monthly income of young counselors in the school is less than 2,000 yuan.

The income gap between majors and part-time jobs among college teachers has widened. Professor Wang Chuhui from the Department of Sociology at Nankai University has conducted a survey on the income of college teachers. According to reports, there are many reasons for the widening income gap among college teachers, mainly including the following aspects: institutional salary, on-campus and off-campus subsidy system, special government subsidies, social and market demand for teaching and research, differences between disciplines, and differences among teachers. Different academic status, different awareness of market participation, different opportunities to study abroad, power or gray income, etc. In fact, due to differences in market demand for teaching and research, the income gap among university teachers has further widened. For example, some teachers teach MBA students in their spare time due to the high social demand in their profession, and can receive at least 1,000 yuan in teaching fees per day, and can reach tens of thousands of yuan in teaching fees per year. Some people's income can reach hundreds of thousands of yuan, and their family savings exceed one million yuan.

Teachers in advertising design, law, art and other majors now generally earn high incomes, and they can use their majors to make money in their spare time, according to Teacher Zhao from Jilin University. For example, some law teachers open law firms while teaching classes, and their annual income can reach hundreds of thousands of yuan. “One of my classmates is a piano teacher at an art college. He takes care of more than 10 students outside of work, and each student’s tuition fee is 100 yuan per class.

"Teacher Zhao said. In addition, various study classes, teaching and research tutoring classes, and MBA classes are very popular in society now. Some highly qualified professors are invited to teach in various training institutions, and their income from giving lectures has far exceeded theirs." There are also some teachers who have a strong awareness of participating in the market. Teachers who teach finance and securities simply enter the securities market, and some can earn hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan in income.

College colleges Colleges with large direct demand in the talent market, such as law and accounting, can also increase teachers' income by offering classes. The colleges offer many classes, have large enrollments, and generate large amounts of revenue. Usually, each school provides about 50 RMB of income from running classes. The rest belongs to the revenue-generating departments, and this income can be divided into collective benefits and bonuses to teachers. Each department in the school has different income-generating capabilities, and the amount of bonuses varies greatly. Some can give bonuses of tens of thousands of yuan to teachers, while others can give bonuses of tens of thousands of yuan to teachers. There is no money to pay bonuses to teachers.