In my area, most clincal instructors are adjunct faculty and not paid a full time salary, benefits, etc. The pay rate is $25-$30 per hour, but that is based on a conservative estimate of the number of hours it requires to do the job. Most clinical instructors I know actually work more hours than they get paid for.. Oct 17, '10 by mAGGI315. In my area, clinical instructors make about 30/hour, although it is salary based. Since most work only 2-3 days per week, and have extra hours involved such as grading papers, it probably comes to about 25/hour. We are hired and have a contract one semester at a time.