Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary

SOC 25-1021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$96,980

per year, nationally

Middle half

$66,600–$131,320

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

35,480

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.3%

3,500 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.

$49,460$170,200

10th: $49,460
25th: $66,600
Median: $96,980
75th: $131,320
90th: $170,200

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 computer science 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	California	$128,210	110.7	2,480	0.60×
2	Massachusetts	$128,030	105.8	1,490	1.79×
3	Utah	$124,460	98.9	550	1.38×
4	Michigan	$107,690	96.2	810	0.81×
5	Oregon	$107,310	103.4	530	1.17×
6	Virginia	$106,780	101.1	1,670	1.78×
7	Nevada	$106,640	100.0	140	0.39×
8	Connecticut	$106,290	103.6	390	1.02×
9	Indiana	$102,660	93.3	1,240	1.70×
10	Delaware	$102,080	99.8	120	1.13×
11	District of Columbia	$101,380	109.9	210	1.30×
12	Rhode Island	$100,790	102.3	160	1.40×
13	Maine	$99,730	97.0	120	0.79×
14	Maryland	$98,850	105.0	830	1.32×
15	Illinois	$98,750	100.0	1,540	1.11×
16	Georgia	$98,030	96.3	1,160	1.04×
17	Wisconsin	$97,730	94.1	510	0.76×
18	Pennsylvania	$97,500	97.6	1,520	1.10×
19	Texas	$97,480	97.1	3,540	1.10×
20	New York	$96,450	107.9	3,170	1.44×
21	Vermont	$94,930	98.0	110	1.60×
22	Nebraska	$94,360	90.1	260	1.11×
23	Alabama	$92,640	88.8	500	1.04×
24	Ohio	$91,230	92.8	1,180	0.93×
25	Washington	$90,950	107.0	800	0.99×
26	Missouri	$90,770	90.8	510	0.76×
27	Iowa	$89,510	87.8	290	0.82×
28	Minnesota	$85,710	98.6	480	0.71×
29	Arizona	$84,050	100.7	700	0.95×
30	New Hampshire	$83,630	104.2	210	1.34×
31	Kentucky	$83,470	90.2	310	0.67×
32	Tennessee	$81,600	91.9	560	0.75×
33	Montana	$81,560	94.6	60	0.50×
34	New Jersey	$81,500	108.8	1,440	1.48×
35	North Dakota	$81,400	89.0	90	0.87×
36	Colorado	$80,530	103.1	920	1.41×
37	North Carolina	$80,080	94.3	1,650	1.46×
38	New Mexico	$79,440	92.2	200	1.00×
39	South Carolina	$78,240	93.7	380	0.73×
40	Louisiana	$77,530	88.2	200	0.45×
41	Florida	$76,950	103.4	950	0.42×
42	Oklahoma	$76,570	87.8	210	0.55×
43	South Dakota	$75,540	88.6	150	1.41×
44	Mississippi	$75,520	87.0	160	0.59×
45	West Virginia	$73,880	89.5	270	1.69×
46	Kansas	$67,400	90.1	260	0.79×
47	Wyoming	$63,900	92.7	40	0.63×
48	Arkansas	$56,180	86.9	160	0.55×

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 computer science teachers, postsecondary wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for computer science 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	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$173,640	108.8	70	1.61×
2	Lawrence, KS	$170,660	90.2	40	3.54×
3	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$166,550	111.9	300	0.86×
4	Fresno, CA	$144,170	102.2	50	0.50×
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$141,210	106.7	110	0.43×
6	Madison, WI	$140,660	97.3	90	0.99×
7	Wilmington, NC	$139,410	96.4	50	1.11×
8	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$139,390	100.2	170	11.09×
9	Merced, CA	$138,890	98.3	50	2.59×
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$137,390	106.4	190	0.50×
11	Ann Arbor, MI	$136,090	100.9	160	3.14×
12	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$135,790	100.9	240	1.25×
13	Fargo, ND-MN	$134,030	90.9	40	1.25×
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$133,770	102.7	100	0.76×
15	Portland-South Portland, ME	$133,390	101.9	60	0.86×
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$133,330	115.6	220	0.41×
17	Harrisonburg, VA	$131,970	94.9	70	4.87×
18	Lincoln, NE	$131,180	91.6	90	2.14×
19	New Haven, CT	$130,820	104.6	160	2.48×
20	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$128,680	85.9	70	0.99×
21	Auburn-Opelika, AL	$128,090	87.9	40	2.28×
22	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$127,880	95.0	80	1.59×
23	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$127,540	97.9	360	2.08×
24	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$125,830	92.6	40	0.37×
25	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$125,720	110.4	340	1.33×
26	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$119,810	108.3	1,060	1.72×
27	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$114,210	91.9	90	1.64×
28	Reno, NV	$111,760	101.0	40	0.68×
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$109,930	113.6	820	0.58×
30	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$109,630	100.3	160	0.37×
31	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$107,930	101.1	70	1.78×
32	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$107,780	100.1	660	1.00×
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$107,310	105.4	340	1.24×
34	Valdosta, GA	$107,060	88.3	40	3.09×
35	Springfield, MO	$106,630	88.6	80	1.57×
36	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$106,220	100.2	90	0.34×
37	Birmingham, AL	$106,010	91.6	80	0.66×
38	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$105,690	92.9	90	1.31×
39	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$105,640	96.3	140	0.58×
40	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$104,980	98.7	80	1.09×

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 computer science 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
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$99,080
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$80,250
Education Teachers, Postsecondary$75,350
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$78,760

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where computer science teachers, postsecondary earn the most

Best paying metro areas for computer science teachers, postsecondary

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