The example he used in that article was an adjunct making $15k and a professor making $60k.<p>If that $60k is actually his salary, that&#x27;s not great. Now, if one of the other commenters is right and he&#x27;s at UT Arlington, $60k is a perfectly liveable income here, but any professional job with more than a few years experience is going to surpass that. As a software engineer in the same metropolitan area with about 6 years experience, I make $66k&#x2F;year. I&#x27;m not even that good, and I&#x27;m probably younger than him.