Tenured college professors can make over $250,000 annually and only be in the classroom a few hours each week. Scam.
Do you have data to match? MAYBE a few shooting stars at ivy leagues, but $250,000 is a made up figure.
In flyover country you have to be a rockstar researcher or a senior administer like a department head to make that kind of money. That said, flyover universities have to pay big bucks to attract east and west coast professors and administrators at considerably more than $250K