Postsecondary Teachers, All Other salary
SOC 25-1199 · BLS OEWS May 2025
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.
- 10th
- $44,300
- 25th
- $59,290
- Median
- $77,640
- 75th
- $106,770
- 90th
- $160,700
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 postsecondary teachers, 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 | Delaware | $101,070 | 99.8 | — | — |
| 2 | California | $100,690 | 110.7 | 37,770 | 2.15× |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $94,480 | 105.8 | 1,790 | 0.51× |
| 4 | New Jersey | $85,260 | 108.8 | 1,040 | 0.25× |
| 5 | Oklahoma | $84,550 | 87.8 | 1,720 | 1.05× |
| 6 | Minnesota | $84,280 | 98.6 | 2,620 | 0.92× |
| 7 | Virginia | $84,060 | 101.1 | 1,580 | 0.40× |
| 8 | Colorado | $83,210 | 103.1 | 480 | 0.17× |
| 9 | Maryland | $82,850 | 105.0 | 4,840 | 1.82× |
| 10 | New Hampshire | $79,980 | 104.2 | 330 | 0.51× |
| 11 | Wisconsin | $79,120 | 94.1 | 1,280 | 0.45× |
| 12 | Washington | $78,940 | 107.0 | 470 | 0.14× |
| 13 | District of Columbia | $78,890 | 109.9 | 400 | 0.59× |
| 14 | New Mexico | $78,840 | 92.2 | 1,360 | 1.62× |
| 15 | Louisiana | $78,810 | 88.2 | 6,870 | 3.69× |
| 16 | Connecticut | $78,220 | 103.6 | 1,940 | 1.19× |
| 17 | South Carolina | $77,940 | 93.7 | 1,600 | 0.72× |
| 18 | Montana | $77,550 | 94.6 | 570 | 1.17× |
| 19 | Arizona | $76,700 | 100.7 | 2,000 | 0.64× |
| 20 | Tennessee | $76,480 | 91.9 | 2,410 | 0.76× |
| 21 | Indiana | $76,390 | 93.3 | 1,340 | 0.43× |
| 22 | Kansas | $75,790 | 90.1 | 2,530 | 1.82× |
| 23 | Ohio | $75,680 | 92.8 | 5,670 | 1.06× |
| 24 | North Carolina | $74,240 | 94.3 | 2,030 | 0.43× |
| 25 | Idaho | $74,180 | 95.5 | 2,200 | 2.66× |
| 26 | Oregon | $72,440 | 103.4 | 3,840 | 2.03× |
| 27 | Iowa | $71,680 | 87.8 | 1,480 | 0.98× |
| 28 | Michigan | $70,550 | 96.2 | 2,660 | 0.63× |
| 29 | Kentucky | $67,690 | 90.2 | 4,120 | 2.14× |
| 30 | New York | $67,640 | 107.9 | 2,810 | 0.30× |
| 31 | Pennsylvania | $65,400 | 97.6 | 12,100 | 2.07× |
| 32 | West Virginia | $65,260 | 89.5 | 430 | 0.64× |
| 33 | Georgia | $64,650 | 96.3 | 5,480 | 1.16× |
| 34 | Texas | $64,110 | 97.1 | 4,600 | 0.34× |
| 35 | North Dakota | $63,430 | 89.0 | 470 | 1.14× |
| 36 | Florida | $62,670 | 103.4 | 14,730 | 1.54× |
| 37 | Missouri | $61,860 | 90.8 | 1,080 | 0.38× |
| 38 | Utah | $61,370 | 98.9 | 3,640 | 2.17× |
| 39 | Rhode Island | $60,390 | 102.3 | 770 | 1.60× |
| 40 | Maine | $59,950 | 97.0 | 280 | 0.45× |
| 41 | Illinois | $59,590 | 100.0 | 990 | 0.17× |
| 42 | Nevada | $59,270 | 100.0 | 1,460 | 0.98× |
| 43 | Vermont | $59,010 | 98.0 | 70 | 0.22× |
| 44 | Arkansas | $54,620 | 86.9 | 1,530 | 1.22× |
| 45 | Nebraska | $52,210 | 90.1 | 830 | 0.85× |
| 46 | Alabama | $51,060 | 88.8 | 220 | 0.11× |
| 47 | Hawaii | $49,730 | 110.0 | 510 | 0.85× |
| 48 | Wyoming | $46,710 | 92.7 | 480 | 1.78× |
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 postsecondary teachers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for postsecondary teachers, 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 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $135,060 | 106.7 | 2,070 | 1.99× |
| 2 | Santa Fe, NM | $115,000 | 98.8 | — | — |
| 3 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $113,550 | 84.8 | 670 | 4.30× |
| 4 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $105,640 | 113.6 | 14,070 | 2.33× |
| 5 | Modesto, CA | $104,890 | 104.1 | 190 | 1.01× |
| 6 | Madison, WI | $104,760 | 97.3 | 190 | 0.48× |
| 7 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $103,680 | 87.1 | 250 | 3.09× |
| 8 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $103,340 | 108.3 | 1,120 | 0.43× |
| 9 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $101,820 | 111.9 | 3,480 | 2.35× |
| 10 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $100,550 | 106.4 | 2,370 | 1.43× |
| 11 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $100,520 | 103.2 | 100 | 0.41× |
| 12 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $100,080 | 114.2 | 4,240 | 1.56× |
| 13 | Fresno, CA | $99,480 | 102.2 | 970 | 2.12× |
| 14 | Boulder, CO | $99,360 | 105.2 | 60 | 0.32× |
| 15 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $99,240 | 108.9 | 3,020 | 1.00× |
| 16 | Salem, OR | $98,840 | 103.6 | 530 | 2.92× |
| 17 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $98,440 | 85.9 | 60 | 0.20× |
| 18 | Corvallis, OR | $96,890 | 104.0 | 80 | 2.04× |
| 19 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $96,500 | 96.9 | 520 | 0.65× |
| 20 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $95,630 | 92.5 | 860 | 0.81× |
| 21 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $94,690 | 110.4 | 3,130 | 2.87× |
| 22 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $89,410 | 100.2 | 230 | 3.59× |
| 23 | Bend, OR | $89,250 | 103.6 | 130 | 1.29× |
| 24 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $88,360 | 99.4 | 320 | 1.50× |
| 25 | Wichita, KS | $85,690 | 88.9 | 630 | 2.11× |
| 26 | St. Cloud, MN | $84,910 | 87.6 | 60 | 0.61× |
| 27 | Springfield, MA | $84,740 | 96.1 | 70 | 0.38× |
| 28 | Oklahoma City, OK | $84,550 | 90.4 | 1,540 | 2.36× |
| 29 | Hammond, LA | $84,050 | 84.5 | 630 | 13.66× |
| 30 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $84,020 | 95.0 | 170 | 0.82× |
| 31 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $83,900 | 99.8 | 100 | 0.65× |
| 32 | Bloomington, IN | $83,880 | 95.1 | 60 | 0.86× |
| 33 | Worcester, MA | $83,820 | 102.5 | 380 | 1.13× |
| 34 | Albuquerque, NM | $83,300 | 95.5 | 640 | 1.64× |
| 35 | Lubbock, TX | $83,260 | 91.3 | 180 | 1.15× |
| 36 | Bowling Green, KY | $83,220 | 90.2 | 170 | 2.15× |
| 37 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $83,210 | 101.1 | 60 | 0.35× |
| 38 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $83,090 | 93.1 | 2,110 | 3.20× |
| 39 | Ann Arbor, MI | $82,820 | 100.9 | 330 | 1.54× |
| 40 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $82,620 | 115.6 | 4,190 | 1.83× |
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 postsecondary teachers, all other 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
- 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
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$84,620