Take a small rural area in the south where I live as an example.
Doctoral student: 1600 USD a month (before tax)
Posting Doc 2500-3000 (before tax)
An associate professor or assistant professor earns $40,000-$70,000 a year (before tax).
Professor, that may not be true.
If you have a position, then the income depends on how you do it, and the students are fixed.