You want worse than that. Kizzmekia Corbett, the lead scientist behind the Covid-19 vaccine is an assistant professor at Harvard.
Assistant professors at Harvard on average make $157,520 while tenured make $244,300.
Assistant professors at Yale on average make $185,974 while tenured make $224,055.
Assistant professors at Princeton on average make $109,799 while tenured make $213,769.
Assistant professors at Columbia on average make $124,312 while tenured make $203,000.
Assistant professors at Brown on average make $95,001 while tenured make $244,300.
Nick Saban, the coach of Alabama makes 9.3 million.
Oh FYI both tenured and non-tenured professors at MIT (the place that makes everything) on average earn $66,000.
Why???
They do it for the love of the science game. RESPECT