Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary

SOC 25-1022 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$79,940

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,690–$105,000

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

47,670

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.3%

4,400 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.

$49,180$139,340

10th: $49,180
25th: $61,690
Median: $79,940
75th: $105,000
90th: $139,340

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 mathematical 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	$130,680	110.7	3,810	0.68×
2	Delaware	$101,510	99.8	130	0.84×
3	Michigan	$99,330	96.2	1,420	1.05×
4	Rhode Island	$95,600	102.3	260	1.68×
5	Oregon	$91,770	103.4	820	1.37×
6	New Hampshire	$91,670	104.2	150	0.72×
7	New York	$87,230	107.9	4,080	1.37×
8	Minnesota	$85,570	98.6	690	0.76×
9	Washington	$85,560	107.0	820	0.75×
10	Massachusetts	$85,490	105.8	1,880	1.68×
11	Connecticut	$85,020	103.6	820	1.58×
12	Vermont	$84,860	98.0	170	1.79×
13	Maryland	$83,360	105.0	820	0.97×
14	Utah	$83,270	98.9	370	0.70×
15	Nevada	$82,540	100.0	250	0.52×
16	Pennsylvania	$82,170	97.6	2,000	1.07×
17	Colorado	$81,930	103.1	890	1.01×
18	District of Columbia	$81,880	109.9	260	1.19×
19	Ohio	$81,330	92.8	1,600	0.94×
20	Maine	$81,130	97.0	170	0.86×
21	New Jersey	$80,660	108.8	1,660	1.27×
22	Montana	$80,610	94.6	120	0.78×
23	Wisconsin	$80,480	94.1	780	0.87×
24	Iowa	$80,300	87.8	450	0.94×
25	Louisiana	$79,940	88.2	340	0.58×
26	Nebraska	$79,310	90.1	270	0.86×
27	Indiana	$78,780	93.3	1,100	1.12×
28	South Carolina	$77,580	93.7	700	0.99×
29	Illinois	$77,080	100.0	2,390	1.28×
30	Texas	$76,990	97.1	4,870	1.13×
31	Wyoming	$76,910	92.7	110	1.24×
32	North Dakota	$76,770	89.0	120	0.91×
33	Tennessee	$76,240	91.9	870	0.87×
34	Virginia	$75,830	101.1	1,570	1.25×
35	Missouri	$74,640	90.8	740	0.82×
36	North Carolina	$73,620	94.3	1,870	1.23×
37	Arizona	$71,230	100.7	680	0.68×
38	West Virginia	$69,370	89.5	210	0.98×
39	New Mexico	$66,550	92.2	400	1.48×
40	Georgia	$66,440	96.3	1,100	0.73×
41	Alabama	$65,900	88.8	850	1.31×
42	Kentucky	$65,820	90.2	490	0.79×
43	Oklahoma	$64,660	87.8	430	0.81×
44	South Dakota	$64,620	88.6	130	0.91×
45	Kansas	$64,330	90.1	460	1.05×
46	Mississippi	$61,760	87.0	360	1.01×
47	Florida	$60,700	103.4	2,660	0.87×
48	Arkansas	$54,340	86.9	290	0.72×

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

Best paying metro areas for mathematical 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	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$150,550	106.4	340	0.64×
2	Ann Arbor, MI	$137,720	100.9	310	4.54×
3	Fresno, CA	$135,890	102.2	100	0.68×
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$135,860	111.9	390	0.83×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$134,920	115.6	470	0.65×
6	Madison, WI	$132,100	97.3	210	1.67×
7	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$131,980	108.8	100	1.56×
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$131,070	113.6	1,400	0.73×
9	Visalia, CA	$130,910	99.8	30	0.67×
10	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$128,920	100.9	40	0.38×
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$123,920	110.4	210	0.60×
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$113,730	106.7	270	0.81×
13	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$109,000	95.0	200	2.98×
14	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$103,580	101.6	—	—
15	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$102,020	100.2	160	8.01×
16	Columbia, MO	$100,800	89.4	80	2.48×
17	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$100,190	98.7	80	0.77×
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$98,130	112.6	3,600	1.24×
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$97,720	102.7	320	1.73×
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$97,560	111.1	450	0.71×
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$97,510	105.8	320	0.65×
22	College Station-Bryan, TX	$97,150	91.0	320	7.83×
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$96,210	104.8	380	0.64×
24	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$95,600	101.8	310	1.44×
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$95,470	100.3	340	0.59×
26	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$95,070	104.5	470	1.13×
27	Columbus, OH	$94,620	95.5	400	1.19×
28	Appleton, WI	$94,530	92.4	30	0.79×
29	Ithaca, NY	$93,970	103.3	100	6.64×
30	New Haven, CT	$92,860	104.6	250	2.90×
31	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$91,480	105.4	550	1.48×
32	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$91,170	109.4	140	1.67×
33	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$86,510	108.3	1,320	1.59×
34	Fargo, ND-MN	$86,380	90.9	70	1.44×
35	Springfield, MA	$86,210	96.1	100	1.65×
36	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$85,490	86.7	50	2.87×
37	St. Cloud, MN	$85,300	87.6	40	1.26×
38	Bloomington, IL	$85,280	93.5	70	2.60×
39	Terre Haute, IN	$85,130	87.8	—	—
40	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$84,860	100.9	80	2.12×

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 mathematical 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

Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where mathematical science teachers, postsecondary earn the most

Best paying metro areas for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary

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