Self-Enrichment Teachers salary

SOC 25-3021 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$46,800

per year, nationally

Middle half

$36,380–$63,210

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

332,110

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.7%

51,400 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.

$30,050$92,840

10th: $30,050
25th: $36,380
Median: $46,800
75th: $63,210
90th: $92,840

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where self-enrichment teachers 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	District of Columbia	$66,430	109.9	600	0.40×
2	New Hampshire	$59,880	104.2	1,820	1.25×
3	New York	$57,790	107.9	31,120	1.50×
4	Connecticut	$55,240	103.6	5,080	1.40×
5	Oregon	$53,790	103.4	5,580	1.33×
6	New Jersey	$53,780	108.8	13,380	1.46×
7	Vermont	$53,190	98.0	1,190	1.84×
8	Georgia	$52,320	96.3	10,030	0.96×
9	Hawaii	$51,960	110.0	1,730	1.29×
10	Maryland	$51,630	105.0	6,570	1.11×
11	South Dakota	$49,720	88.6	140	0.15×
12	California	$49,570	110.7	60,260	1.55×
13	Massachusetts	$49,430	105.8	11,950	1.54×
14	Virginia	$49,160	101.1	8,730	0.99×
15	Washington	$48,020	107.0	12,890	1.70×
16	Alaska	$47,710	102.4	190	0.28×
17	Nevada	$47,020	100.0	1,690	0.51×
18	Maine	$46,720	97.0	1,120	0.82×
19	Wyoming	$46,640	92.7	610	1.02×
20	New Mexico	$45,890	92.2	1,840	0.99×
21	Florida	$45,830	103.4	11,800	0.56×
22	Minnesota	$45,660	98.6	9,050	1.44×
23	Montana	$45,050	94.6	1,070	0.97×
24	West Virginia	$45,010	89.5	540	0.36×
25	Colorado	$44,710	103.1	9,700	1.58×
26	Illinois	$44,230	100.0	15,030	1.15×
27	Arizona	$44,110	100.7	2,330	0.34×
28	Utah	$43,580	98.9	5,180	1.40×
29	Missouri	$43,090	90.8	5,010	0.80×
30	Rhode Island	$41,960	102.3	1,400	1.31×
31	Pennsylvania	$41,740	97.6	15,270	1.18×
32	North Carolina	$41,710	94.3	9,320	0.88×
33	Kansas	$41,290	90.1	1,070	0.35×
34	Michigan	$40,350	96.2	7,190	0.76×
35	Kentucky	$39,990	90.2	1,630	0.38×
36	South Carolina	$39,800	93.7	3,430	0.70×
37	Mississippi	$38,770	87.0	690	0.28×
38	Tennessee	$38,730	91.9	3,530	0.50×
39	Alabama	$38,430	88.8	2,130	0.47×
40	Nebraska	$38,240	90.1	3,360	1.54×
41	Oklahoma	$38,010	87.8	2,710	0.74×
42	Wisconsin	$37,820	94.1	5,140	0.82×
43	Louisiana	$37,760	88.2	3,030	0.73×
44	Ohio	$37,360	92.8	8,860	0.75×
45	Indiana	$36,980	93.3	3,710	0.54×
46	Idaho	$36,490	95.5	2,190	1.20×
47	Texas	$36,140	97.1	16,680	0.55×
48	Iowa	$35,670	87.8	2,910	0.87×
49	North Dakota	$35,100	89.0	470	0.51×
50	Delaware	$34,730	99.8	260	0.25×
51	Arkansas	$30,810	86.9	900	0.32×

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 self-enrichment teachers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for self-enrichment teachers

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	Lake Charles, LA	$79,580	85.9	310	1.43×
2	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$73,430	86.0	210	0.61×
3	Albany, OR	$62,400	102.1	110	1.06×
4	Savannah, GA	$61,580	95.2	450	1.05×
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$59,760	108.9	7,470	1.12×
6	Lexington Park, MD	$59,730	100.8	90	0.59×
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$59,710	105.7	570	1.33×
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$59,600	112.6	33,380	1.65×
9	El Centro, CA	$59,600	95.2	90	0.63×
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$59,470	115.6	10,540	2.08×
11	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$59,260	109.4	300	1.91×
12	Burlington, NC	$58,970	93.2	120	0.84×
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$58,740	106.9	1,960	2.27×
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$58,330	110.4	4,420	1.82×
15	New Haven, CT	$56,600	104.6	800	1.33×
16	Dalton, GA	$56,520	89.8	60	0.42×
17	Valdosta, GA	$56,430	88.3	140	1.18×
18	Charlottesville, VA	$56,370	99.1	300	1.24×
19	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$55,490	100.1	7,000	1.13×
20	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$55,410	100.9	370	1.43×
21	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$54,360	107.8	750	1.71×
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$53,790	105.4	3,980	1.54×
23	Yuba City, CA	$53,710	104.2	80	0.76×
24	Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	$53,640	91.1	310	2.85×
25	Albany, GA	$53,350	87.7	50	0.42×
26	Sebring, FL	$52,450	92.5	30	0.56×
27	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$52,130	90.0	100	0.30×
28	Napa, CA	$52,070	112.6	190	1.12×
29	Kingston, NY	$51,320	100.7	180	1.44×
30	Urban Honolulu, HI	$51,100	111.0	1,060	1.11×
31	Pittsfield, MA	$51,080	95.1	340	2.80×
32	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$51,010	91.9	460	0.93×
33	Ithaca, NY	$50,860	103.3	160	1.57×
34	Barnstable Town, MA	$50,820	98.4	190	0.96×
35	Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	$50,770	88.3	100	1.09×
36	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$50,750	99.6	1,220	1.28×
37	Merced, CA	$50,660	98.3	70	0.41×
38	Ponce, PR	$50,610	—	60	0.42×
39	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$50,330	102.7	1,410	1.10×
40	Cheyenne, WY	$50,250	96.5	50	0.50×

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 self-enrichment teachers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$41,670
Tutors$43,350
Teachers and Instructors, All Other$66,140
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$61,540