Business Teachers, Postsecondary salary

SOC 25-1011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$99,080

per year, nationally

Middle half

$64,150–$141,710

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

82,150

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.7%

8,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$47,180$209,470

10th: $47,180
25th: $64,150
Median: $99,080
75th: $141,710
90th: $209,470

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where business teachers, postsecondary earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Alaska	$168,930	102.4	130	0.75×
2	Delaware	$130,370	99.8	280	1.11×
3	Louisiana	$129,040	88.2	640	0.63×
4	California	$128,470	110.7	5,290	0.55×
5	District of Columbia	$128,370	109.9	630	1.69×
6	Maryland	$126,560	105.0	2,280	1.56×
7	Utah	$115,870	98.9	460	0.50×
8	Michigan	$111,190	96.2	2,240	0.96×
9	North Dakota	$110,050	89.0	250	1.11×
10	New York	$104,490	107.9	7,480	1.46×
11	West Virginia	$104,480	89.5	420	1.14×
12	Virginia	$103,860	101.1	2,450	1.13×
13	Rhode Island	$103,820	102.3	360	1.36×
14	Connecticut	$103,750	103.6	1,310	1.46×
15	Massachusetts	$103,110	105.8	4,190	2.18×
16	Pennsylvania	$101,760	97.6	4,630	1.45×
17	Texas	$101,210	97.1	7,710	1.04×
18	Vermont	$101,170	98.0	110	0.68×
19	Washington	$100,390	107.0	1,190	0.63×
20	Missouri	$100,310	90.8	1,720	1.11×
21	Oregon	$100,180	103.4	940	0.91×
22	Nevada	$98,920	100.0	400	0.49×
23	Wisconsin	$96,680	94.1	1,940	1.25×
24	Minnesota	$95,820	98.6	980	0.63×
25	Illinois	$94,770	100.0	3,580	1.11×
26	Nebraska	$88,690	90.1	530	0.99×
27	Indiana	$86,640	93.3	2,030	1.20×
28	Tennessee	$85,950	91.9	1,260	0.73×
29	New Jersey	$85,250	108.8	3,190	1.41×
30	Idaho	$84,190	95.5	240	0.52×
31	New Mexico	$83,980	92.2	410	0.88×
32	Kansas	$83,310	90.1	660	0.86×
33	Maine	$83,250	97.0	300	0.89×
34	Iowa	$83,200	87.8	890	1.08×
35	New Hampshire	$83,070	104.2	580	1.61×
36	Georgia	$82,820	96.3	1,940	0.75×
37	Alabama	$82,170	88.8	1,260	1.13×
38	Oklahoma	$82,060	87.8	770	0.86×
39	Arizona	$81,600	100.7	1,240	0.73×
40	Montana	$81,490	94.6	170	0.62×
41	Kentucky	$80,140	90.2	760	0.72×
42	Ohio	$79,770	92.8	3,100	1.06×
43	North Carolina	$79,600	94.3	2,960	1.13×
44	Florida	$78,870	103.4	2,900	0.55×
45	South Carolina	$78,830	93.7	1,500	1.23×
46	Colorado	$78,210	103.1	2,080	1.37×
47	Hawaii	$76,860	110.0	390	1.17×
48	Mississippi	$75,680	87.0	530	0.87×
49	South Dakota	$72,650	88.6	260	1.07×
50	Wyoming	$69,550	92.7	150	1.03×
51	Arkansas	$64,620	86.9	450	0.65×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where business teachers, postsecondary wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for business teachers, postsecondary

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Wilmington, NC	$187,380	96.4	170	1.71×
2	Lawrence, KS	$169,130	90.2	150	5.57×
3	Anchorage, AK	$168,440	105.4	50	0.52×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$160,090	110.4	830	1.38×
5	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$148,500	106.4	520	0.58×
6	Bloomington, IL	$148,290	93.5	140	3.01×
7	Reno, NV	$142,920	101.0	110	0.73×
8	Greenville, NC	$140,490	88.4	180	4.31×
9	Binghamton, NY	$139,510	92.9	90	1.83×
10	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$139,380	95.0	240	2.06×
11	Fargo, ND-MN	$138,950	90.9	130	1.72×
12	Fresno, CA	$138,680	102.2	100	0.41×
13	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$137,540	92.6	240	1.02×
14	Madison, WI	$137,060	97.3	270	1.24×
15	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$133,220	91.4	100	0.69×
16	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$132,410	92.9	30	0.68×
17	New Haven, CT	$130,560	104.6	430	2.90×
18	Columbia, SC	$129,380	93.7	230	1.11×
19	Amarillo, TX	$129,210	91.8	140	2.06×
20	College Station-Bryan, TX	$129,080	91.0	400	5.58×
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$128,640	115.6	430	0.35×
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$128,470	113.6	2,050	0.62×
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$128,370	108.9	1,590	0.96×
24	Kenosha, WI	$128,090	101.1	—	—
25	Lafayette, LA	$127,840	87.2	110	1.18×
26	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$127,460	85.9	120	0.79×
27	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$127,450	100.3	500	0.49×
28	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$126,140	111.9	480	0.59×
29	Birmingham, AL	$125,940	91.6	190	0.69×
30	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$124,640	102.7	380	1.20×
31	Flagstaff, AZ	$121,780	100.3	50	1.45×
32	Pittsburgh, PA	$121,760	94.7	940	1.60×
33	Columbia, MO	$120,590	89.4	130	2.34×
34	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$115,870	100.9	200	0.46×
35	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$113,550	106.7	170	0.31×
36	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$108,870	85.1	110	2.54×
37	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$108,280	100.1	810	0.53×
38	Bloomington, IN	$108,060	95.1	510	13.29×
39	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$107,910	98.7	210	1.18×
40	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$107,170	102.6	2,260	1.47×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where business teachers, postsecondary wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$107,310
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$77,640
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$63,820
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$78,620
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$80,250
Education Teachers, Postsecondary$75,350
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$78,760
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$84,620