Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary salary

SOC 25-1032 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$109,270

per year, nationally

Middle half

$81,570–$150,860

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

40,270

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+8.1%

4,100 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.

$61,550$210,370

10th: $61,550
25th: $81,570
Median: $109,270
75th: $150,860
90th: $210,370

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 engineering 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	$137,280	110.7	2,720	0.58×
2	Illinois	$135,430	100.0	1,040	0.66×
3	Massachusetts	$134,850	105.8	2,610	2.77×
4	Georgia	$131,260	96.3	700	0.55×
5	Delaware	$130,730	99.8	210	1.67×
6	Michigan	$127,230	96.2	2,120	1.86×
7	New Hampshire	$127,070	104.2	170	0.94×
8	Louisiana	$125,930	88.2	300	0.61×
9	Connecticut	$124,350	103.6	640	1.45×
10	Texas	$123,280	97.1	4,080	1.12×
11	Virginia	$121,880	101.1	1,070	1.00×
12	Washington	$119,960	107.0	820	0.89×
13	Maryland	$117,200	105.0	690	0.96×
14	Kansas	$115,160	90.1	280	0.74×
15	Wisconsin	$112,830	94.1	720	0.94×
16	Idaho	$112,240	95.5	180	0.82×
17	Kentucky	$110,810	90.2	340	0.65×
18	New Jersey	$109,910	108.8	1,270	1.14×
19	North Dakota	$109,710	89.0	220	2.01×
20	Alaska	$109,600	102.4	40	0.48×
21	Arizona	$108,540	100.7	370	0.44×
22	Minnesota	$108,390	98.6	560	0.73×
23	Nevada	$107,890	100.0	290	0.72×
24	Oregon	$106,840	103.4	610	1.20×
25	New York	$106,240	107.9	3,240	1.29×
26	Indiana	$106,010	93.3	1,500	1.81×
27	New Mexico	$105,410	92.2	290	1.30×
28	Utah	$105,180	98.9	320	0.71×
29	Arkansas	$104,210	86.9	120	0.35×
30	Vermont	$104,110	98.0	90	1.15×
31	Colorado	$104,070	103.1	1,100	1.47×
32	Alabama	$103,580	88.8	650	1.19×
33	South Carolina	$103,420	93.7	490	0.83×
34	Wyoming	$103,380	92.7	120	1.67×
35	Iowa	$103,360	87.8	430	1.06×
36	Rhode Island	$102,690	102.3	—	—
37	Ohio	$102,410	92.8	1,260	0.88×
38	District of Columbia	$101,970	109.9	140	0.77×
39	Montana	$101,170	94.6	280	2.14×
40	Tennessee	$100,640	91.9	790	0.93×
41	Mississippi	$100,440	87.0	330	1.08×
42	West Virginia	$100,400	89.5	240	1.30×
43	Oklahoma	$99,790	87.8	470	1.06×
44	South Dakota	$97,700	88.6	120	1.01×
45	Florida	$97,340	103.4	—	—
46	Nebraska	$95,860	90.1	390	1.48×
47	Maine	$88,750	97.0	180	1.09×
48	Pennsylvania	$82,070	97.6	2,990	1.91×

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

Best paying metro areas for engineering 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	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$175,200	115.6	230	0.37×
2	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$163,110	106.4	90	0.20×
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$154,760	110.4	520	1.79×
4	Ann Arbor, MI	$140,450	100.9	710	12.45×
5	Madison, WI	$137,840	97.3	340	3.20×
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$137,760	113.6	1,130	0.70×
7	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$137,290	98.2	510	2.65×
8	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$137,090	100.2	—	—
9	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$135,480	108.3	2,010	2.88×
10	Athens-Clarke County, GA	$134,370	93.3	60	2.39×
11	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$132,210	100.1	540	0.73×
12	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$132,130	98.1	630	1.89×
13	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$131,160	104.8	380	0.76×
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$130,990	114.2	—	—
15	Fresno, CA	$130,790	102.2	40	0.33×
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$129,910	111.1	480	0.88×
17	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$129,240	85.9	90	1.16×
18	Knoxville, TN	$129,240	92.6	370	3.37×
19	College Station-Bryan, TX	$129,110	91.0	1,160	33.48×
20	New Haven, CT	$129,090	104.6	200	2.69×
21	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$128,920	95.8	270	1.96×
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$128,440	108.8	90	1.75×
23	Amarillo, TX	$127,010	91.8	50	1.42×
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$126,680	111.9	230	0.58×
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$126,210	108.9	590	0.72×
26	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$126,090	102.7	—	—
27	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$125,930	92.6	110	0.99×
28	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$125,140	103.1	600	0.57×
29	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$123,210	112.6	2,600	1.06×
30	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$112,100	100.3	500	1.01×
31	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$110,310	103.6	430	0.37×
32	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$108,540	103.3	200	0.33×
33	Oklahoma City, OK	$107,050	90.4	130	0.75×
34	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$106,880	97.3	220	0.61×
35	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$106,690	104.5	—	—
36	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$106,500	95.7	290	1.00×
37	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$106,190	105.4	450	1.45×
38	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$106,010	92.9	150	4.46×
39	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$105,930	96.9	180	0.86×
40	Erie, PA	$105,810	91.0	—	—

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 engineering 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

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where engineering teachers, postsecondary earn the most

Best paying metro areas for engineering teachers, postsecondary

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