They also used an additional hour in the morning for twighlight and a further hour in the evening for dusk. Due to the fact that there is a longer period of sunlight during summmer than there is during winter, the hours during the summer were longer than those during winter.
As of May 2010, 69,880 people worked as professors of English language and literature in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. English professors across the United States made an average of $67,920 per year.
Colleges and Universities. Roughly 56 percent of all English professors worked at four-year colleges, universities and professional schools, as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries for English professors at these institutions averaged $67,140 per year.