25 Series · SOC 25-1111

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$71,470

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$84,820

average

Employment

13,560

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$45,640

25th Percentile

$56,100

Median

$71,470

75th Percentile

$99,730

90th Percentile

$143,130

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $136,240 2. Colorado $101,880 3. Wisconsin $97,290 4. Maryland $95,410 5. Oregon $82,400

Lowest Paying States

44. Kansas $48,410 45. Iowa $52,500 46. Arkansas $57,610 47. Kentucky $58,320 48. Indiana $58,620

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#	State	Median Salary	Mean Salary	Employment	vs National
1	California	$136,240	$146,040	1,300	+91% above national
2	Colorado	$101,880	$102,490	510	+43% above national
3	Wisconsin	$97,290	$99,340	300	+36% above national
4	Maryland	$95,410	$82,500	230	+33% above national
5	Oregon	$82,400	$97,770	90	+15% above national
6	New York	$80,960	$95,760	1,050	+13% above national
7	Minnesota	$80,700	$82,740	90	+13% above national
8	Utah	$79,700	$77,930	80	+12% above national
9	Puerto Rico	$79,630	$78,030	30	+11% above national
10	New Hampshire	$79,620	$80,620	50	+11% above national
11	Louisiana	$79,470	$89,850	70	+11% above national
12	Massachusetts	$78,900	$92,950	390	+10% above national
13	Rhode Island	$78,520	$90,260	70	+10% above national
14	Mississippi	$78,280	$86,910	130	+10% above national
15	Wyoming	$77,910	$75,540	30	+9% above national
16	Delaware	$77,530	$80,080	30	+8% above national
17	Missouri	$77,410	$77,820	250	+8% above national
18	Nevada	$76,760	$76,680	70	+7% above national
19	Texas	$76,580	$86,290	1,150	+7% above national
20	New Jersey	$76,290	$83,050	380	+7% above national
21	Virginia	$74,940	$88,860	280	+5% above national
22	Idaho	$72,150	$76,780	30	+1% above national
23	Connecticut	$71,990	$80,170	N/A	+1% above national
24	Pennsylvania	$69,960	$79,970	810	2% below national
25	Arizona	$68,350	$83,080	400	4% below national
26	Ohio	$67,490	$76,240	510	6% below national
27	Washington	$66,680	$70,570	150	7% below national
28	South Carolina	$66,090	$71,780	120	8% below national
29	Illinois	$65,390	$72,760	370	9% below national
30	West Virginia	$65,350	$74,230	80	9% below national
31	Vermont	$65,280	$72,000	30	9% below national
32	Nebraska	$64,710	$76,340	110	9% below national
33	District of Columbia	$64,360	$93,410	N/A	10% below national
34	Alabama	$64,020	$68,850	170	10% below national
35	New Mexico	$63,850	$66,090	40	11% below national
36	South Dakota	$63,290	$69,890	30	11% below national
37	Oklahoma	$62,730	$57,740	80	12% below national
38	Michigan	$62,210	$76,180	330	13% below national
39	Maine	$61,720	$67,110	40	14% below national
40	Georgia	$61,540	$68,430	180	14% below national
41	Tennessee	$60,780	$63,460	160	15% below national
42	North Carolina	$60,080	$60,130	1,470	16% below national
43	Florida	$59,660	$63,650	850	17% below national
44	Indiana	$58,620	$65,330	230	18% below national
45	Kentucky	$58,320	$61,570	90	18% below national
46	Arkansas	$57,610	$60,160	110	19% below national
47	Iowa	$52,500	$67,750	260	27% below national
48	Kansas	$48,410	$54,480	90	32% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $214,870 2. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $164,500 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $163,770 4. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $162,810 5. Madison, WI $133,630

Lowest Paying Metros

74. Raleigh-Cary, NC $38,030 75. Kansas nonmetropolitan area $48,410 76. Terre Haute, IN $51,540 77. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $52,500 78. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $54,660

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#	Metro Area	Median Salary	Employment	vs National
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$214,870	150	+201% above national
2	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$164,500	60	+130% above national
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$163,770	130	+129% above national
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$162,810	120	+128% above national
5	Madison, WI	$133,630	50	+87% above national
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$128,040	280	+79% above national
7	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$104,550	80	+46% above national
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$103,940	510	+45% above national
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$102,000	120	+43% above national
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$101,740	40	+42% above national
11	El Paso, TX	$100,170	50	+40% above national
12	Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$89,020	110	+25% above national
13	Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$83,550	40	+17% above national
14	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$83,030	40	+16% above national
15	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$82,980	N/A	+16% above national
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$82,600	870	+16% above national
17	Springfield, MO	$81,680	50	+14% above national
18	Colorado Springs, CO	$81,240	60	+14% above national
19	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$80,360	260	+12% above national
20	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$79,880	180	+12% above national
21	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$79,690	100	+12% above national
22	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$79,500	60	+11% above national
23	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$79,310	320	+11% above national
24	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$78,630	30	+10% above national
25	Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area	$77,920	30	+9% above national
26	Columbus, OH	$77,880	110	+9% above national
27	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	$76,540	50	+7% above national
28	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$76,530	50	+7% above national
29	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$76,360	60	+7% above national
30	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$76,070	60	+6% above national
31	St. Louis, MO-IL	$76,050	130	+6% above national
32	Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area	$75,990	80	+6% above national
33	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$74,960	110	+5% above national
34	Rochester, NY	$74,510	50	+4% above national
35	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$74,380	80	+4% above national
36	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$73,280	30	+3% above national
37	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$72,970	60	+2% above national
38	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$72,450	230	+1% above national
39	Springfield, MA	$71,540	50	same as national
40	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$71,260	50	same as national
41	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$70,920	180	1% below national
42	Syracuse, NY	$70,330	40	2% below national
43	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$68,350	320	4% below national
44	College Station-Bryan, TX	$67,180	40	6% below national
45	Worcester, MA	$66,560	60	7% below national
46	Pittsburgh, PA	$65,950	110	8% below national
47	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$65,880	110	8% below national
48	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$65,590	50	8% below national
49	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$65,440	450	8% below national
50	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$65,430	220	8% below national
51	Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$64,750	40	9% below national
52	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	$64,520	50	10% below national
53	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$64,480	170	10% below national
54	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$64,160	50	10% below national
55	Richmond, VA	$64,020	50	10% below national
56	New Haven, CT	$63,910	N/A	11% below national
57	Cleveland, OH	$63,840	120	11% below national
58	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$63,430	170	11% below national
59	Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$63,120	180	12% below national
60	Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$62,790	30	12% below national
61	Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area	$62,730	40	12% below national
62	Kansas City, MO-KS	$61,930	30	13% below national
63	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$61,410	80	14% below national
64	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$61,280	70	14% below national
65	Asheville, NC	$60,080	100	16% below national
66	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$60,050	50	16% below national
67	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area	$59,730	40	16% below national
68	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$59,660	110	17% below national
69	Greenville, NC	$59,610	50	17% below national
70	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$58,390	210	18% below national
71	Rocky Mount, NC	$57,850	50	19% below national
72	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$57,330	60	20% below national
73	Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	$55,010	120	23% below national
74	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$54,660	90	24% below national
75	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$52,500	170	27% below national
76	Terre Haute, IN	$51,540	30	28% below national
77	Kansas nonmetropolitan area	$48,410	60	32% below national
78	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$38,030	110	47% below national

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