Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other salary

SOC 25-1069 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$72,990

per year, nationally

Middle half

$55,910–$102,990

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

16,580

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.7%

1,500 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.

$40,670$164,420

10th: $40,670
25th: $55,910
Median: $72,990
75th: $102,990
90th: $164,420

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 social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other 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	$132,920	110.7	2,760	1.42×
2	Rhode Island	$126,630	102.3	140	2.54×
3	Minnesota	$102,430	98.6	110	0.35×
4	Utah	$101,970	98.9	60	0.34×
5	Massachusetts	$98,260	105.8	410	1.06×
6	Michigan	$97,450	96.2	220	0.46×
7	Virginia	$94,740	101.1	90	0.20×
8	New Mexico	$89,860	92.2	60	0.61×
9	Iowa	$83,920	87.8	150	0.88×
10	Vermont	$83,870	98.0	50	1.42×
11	Nevada	$83,860	100.0	150	0.93×
12	New York	$79,040	107.9	1,840	1.78×
13	Wisconsin	$78,640	94.1	80	0.25×
14	New Hampshire	$77,100	104.2	60	0.80×
15	Missouri	$76,130	90.8	290	0.92×
16	Indiana	$74,360	93.3	170	0.51×
17	Connecticut	$73,930	103.6	110	0.61×
18	Texas	$73,750	97.1	1,530	1.02×
19	Ohio	$73,590	92.8	200	0.33×
20	Washington	$72,670	107.0	80	0.22×
21	Oregon	$72,420	103.4	150	0.69×
22	Tennessee	$71,680	91.9	240	0.69×
23	Arizona	$71,230	100.7	370	1.06×
24	Maryland	$68,650	105.0	500	1.71×
25	Maine	$66,410	97.0	110	1.56×
26	South Carolina	$65,520	93.7	280	1.15×
27	Kentucky	$64,840	90.2	340	1.58×
28	North Dakota	$63,860	89.0	70	1.47×
29	Illinois	$63,470	100.0	1,700	2.62×
30	West Virginia	$63,360	89.5	40	0.59×
31	New Jersey	$63,250	108.8	130	0.29×
32	Nebraska	$62,010	90.1	—	—
33	Idaho	$61,190	95.5	90	1.02×
34	Mississippi	$60,550	87.0	110	0.88×
35	Oklahoma	$60,420	87.8	40	0.22×
36	Florida	$57,180	103.4	1,390	1.32×
37	Georgia	$53,660	96.3	320	0.61×
38	Kansas	$51,540	90.1	190	1.23×
39	Pennsylvania	$48,710	97.6	1,090	1.69×
40	Arkansas	$37,490	86.9	80	0.56×

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 social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other

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	$180,230	106.4	180	0.96×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$170,240	115.6	290	1.16×
3	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$169,660	106.7	50	0.47×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$149,960	110.4	100	0.82×
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$132,920	113.6	1,450	2.17×
6	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$126,630	101.8	140	1.81×
7	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$105,330	98.2	50	0.58×
8	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$104,690	104.8	90	0.43×
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$102,900	111.9	270	1.65×
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$98,370	108.3	290	1.01×
11	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$88,100	100.3	50	0.23×
12	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$83,870	100.9	40	2.80×
13	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$83,860	100.2	130	1.07×
14	Columbia, MO	$81,240	89.4	70	6.10×
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$81,180	112.6	1,210	1.19×
16	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$80,380	103.1	330	0.76×
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$80,380	105.4	40	0.34×
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$80,270	98.1	230	1.67×
19	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$80,230	95.8	70	1.25×
20	Winston-Salem, NC	$79,540	92.0	40	1.24×
21	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$79,160	98.6	280	0.79×
22	St. Louis, MO-IL	$78,670	95.1	90	0.63×
23	Syracuse, NY	$78,490	95.7	70	2.07×
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$78,060	108.9	240	0.71×
25	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$77,440	96.3	70	0.62×
26	San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$77,070	—	120	1.63×
27	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$76,210	93.3	110	2.28×
28	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$76,130	101.0	50	1.26×
29	Ponce, PR	$75,380	—	30	4.68×
30	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$75,050	104.5	330	2.31×
31	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$74,360	92.9	40	2.75×
32	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$71,230	103.3	300	1.17×
33	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$65,360	99.6	170	3.59×
34	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$65,230	94.7	100	0.85×
35	Knoxville, TN	$64,880	92.6	80	1.75×
36	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$64,730	95.4	70	0.59×
37	Kansas City, MO-KS	$64,580	92.5	110	0.93×
38	Rochester, NY	$64,520	97.0	60	1.19×
39	Pittsburgh, PA	$64,420	94.7	200	1.67×
40	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$64,130	92.2	40	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. Metro areas where social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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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

Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn the most

Best paying metro areas for social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other

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