Adjunct Salary Schedule and Contact Hour Rates

Effective August 2025–July 2026

Adjunct faculty are either paid through NMC or Edustaff and the contact hour rate is published below.

Adjunct faculty are placed on an initial step based on their education and related experience following the credentialing standards of the Higher Learning Commission.

Movement on the scale will occur in August if the adjunct faculty taught any semester during the previous academic year.

Adjunct pay is calculated by multiplying the number of contact hours for each course taught by the rate of the applicable step. For example:

BIO 106 Human Biology 4.0 Credits (5.0 Contact Hours)
Adjunct at Step 5 (NMC Scale): 5 X $828 = $4,140
Adjunct at Step 5 (Edustaff Scale): 5 X $877 = $4,385

Note: The number of credits to the student may not be the same as the number of contact hours. Both credits and contact hours are listed for each course in NMC's Catalog and Schedule of Classes.

Adjunct Salary Schedule
Step (Aug 2024) NMC Contact Hour Rate Edustaff Contact Hour Rate

1

$734

$778

2

$758

$802

3

$781

$828

4

$804

$852

5

$828

$877

6

$853

$904

7

$880

$933

8

$907

$961

9

$934

$989

10

$963

$1,019

11

$993

$1,052

12

$1,022

$1,083

13

$1,053

$1,116

14

$1,085

$1,150

15(1)

$1,120

$1,187

(1) Regular faculty overload rate on the NMC Contact Hour Rate column only – $1,120

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