Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary salary

SOC 25-1113 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$77,570

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,170–$100,400

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

12,610

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.3%

1,300 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.

$48,200$126,790

10th: $48,200
25th: $61,170
Median: $77,570
75th: $100,400
90th: $126,790

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 work 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	Hawaii	$133,340	110.0	50	0.91×
2	Kansas	$108,610	90.1	50	0.44×
3	Delaware	$100,550	99.8	50	1.19×
4	South Carolina	$100,400	93.7	80	0.44×
5	New York	$98,700	107.9	1,840	2.34×
6	Maryland	$97,110	105.0	230	1.03×
7	Texas	$83,440	97.1	90	0.08×
8	Minnesota	$82,470	98.6	360	1.50×
9	Utah	$81,850	98.9	100	0.70×
10	California	$81,500	110.7	230	0.16×
11	Maine	$80,250	97.0	90	1.71×
12	Connecticut	$79,960	103.6	150	1.06×
13	Massachusetts	$79,710	105.8	650	2.19×
14	Washington	$77,920	107.0	200	0.70×
15	New Jersey	$77,570	108.8	450	1.29×
16	Virginia	$77,180	101.1	390	1.17×
17	Illinois	$77,010	100.0	510	1.03×
18	Michigan	$76,680	96.2	610	1.72×
19	Wisconsin	$76,420	94.1	400	1.67×
20	West Virginia	$76,320	89.5	80	1.46×
21	Pennsylvania	$75,920	97.6	1,050	2.13×
22	New Hampshire	$75,500	104.2	50	0.84×
23	Tennessee	$75,190	91.9	240	0.89×
24	Oregon	$74,320	103.4	220	1.36×
25	Indiana	$74,240	93.3	440	1.69×
26	Nevada	$74,180	100.0	70	0.55×
27	Arizona	$71,690	100.7	140	0.54×
28	New Mexico	$69,950	92.2	210	3.01×
29	North Carolina	$68,660	94.3	580	1.44×
30	Alabama	$66,520	88.8	240	1.39×
31	Missouri	$66,470	90.8	150	0.65×
32	Georgia	$65,350	96.3	90	0.21×
33	Kentucky	$65,260	90.2	280	1.73×
34	Iowa	$64,190	87.8	140	1.09×
35	Mississippi	$63,680	87.0	200	2.07×
36	Idaho	$62,230	95.5	80	1.12×
37	Nebraska	$61,430	90.1	50	0.55×
38	Ohio	$60,930	92.8	670	1.49×
39	Oklahoma	$60,910	87.8	80	0.57×
40	Florida	$60,580	103.4	90	0.12×
41	Arkansas	$60,470	86.9	70	0.63×
42	South Dakota	$60,100	88.6	100	2.67×
43	Montana	$43,010	94.6	—	—

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

Best paying metro areas for social work 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	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$125,770	95.8	—	—
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$98,700	112.6	1,680	2.18×
3	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$98,590	104.5	60	0.52×
4	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$94,990	98.7	30	1.17×
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$91,900	108.9	220	0.88×
6	Ann Arbor, MI	$87,920	100.9	150	8.65×
7	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$84,480	100.3	70	0.45×
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$83,300	106.9	—	—
9	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$83,200	104.8	170	1.06×
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$83,160	108.3	470	2.16×
11	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$82,890	99.6	90	2.55×
12	Portland-South Portland, ME	$82,880	101.9	—	—
13	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$82,540	92.9	40	1.21×
14	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$80,300	102.6	390	1.65×
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$80,220	100.1	50	0.19×
16	Mankato, MN	$80,110	91.0	—	—
17	Springfield, MA	$78,840	96.1	40	2.33×
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,250	111.1	140	0.80×
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$77,970	113.6	160	0.31×
20	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$77,060	96.9	150	2.24×
21	New Haven, CT	$77,020	104.6	70	2.86×
22	Erie, PA	$75,920	91.0	40	3.60×
23	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$75,550	92.9	90	8.22×
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$74,950	105.4	160	1.65×
25	Pittsburgh, PA	$74,900	94.7	160	1.75×
26	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$74,320	100.2	40	0.39×
27	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$73,820	100.0	60	1.82×
28	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$72,890	103.6	380	1.04×
29	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$71,690	103.3	80	0.44×
30	San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$70,760	—	—	—
31	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$68,660	97.3	80	0.73×
32	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$66,640	95.5	140	2.85×
33	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$66,570	95.7	220	2.50×
34	Springfield, MO	$65,780	88.6	40	2.42×
35	Richmond, VA	$65,090	97.9	170	3.23×
36	Omaha, NE-IA	$64,910	91.9	40	1.02×
37	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$64,740	96.3	40	0.44×
38	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$64,480	98.2	60	1.04×
39	St. Louis, MO-IL	$64,460	95.1	40	0.41×
40	Madison, WI	$64,040	97.3	70	2.23×

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 work 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

Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where social work teachers, postsecondary earn the most

Best paying metro areas for social work teachers, postsecondary

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