25 Series · SOC 25-1081

Education Teachers, Postsecondary

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

Median Salary

$72,090

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$78,500

average

Employment

59,090

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$38,650$50,630$72,090$96,260$126,450
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$38,650

25th Percentile

$50,630

Median

$72,090

75th Percentile

$96,260

90th Percentile

$126,450

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $85,560 2. New York $83,270 3. Louisiana $80,500 4. Alaska $80,070 5. Rhode Island $79,430

Lowest Paying States

47. Hawaii $49,910 48. Iowa $54,720 49. Illinois $60,410 50. Mississippi $61,150 51. Ohio $61,160
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $85,560 +19% above national
2 New York $83,270 +16% above national
3 Louisiana $80,500 +12% above national
4 Alaska $80,070 +11% above national
5 Rhode Island $79,430 +10% above national
6 Virginia $79,280 +10% above national
7 District of Columbia $79,100 +10% above national
8 Connecticut $77,870 +8% above national
9 Massachusetts $77,440 +7% above national
10 Vermont $76,030 +5% above national
11 Minnesota $75,750 +5% above national
12 Texas $75,650 +5% above national
13 Montana $75,540 +5% above national
14 North Dakota $75,190 +4% above national
15 Nebraska $75,130 +4% above national
16 New Jersey $74,990 +4% above national
17 Puerto Rico $74,850 +4% above national
18 Maine $69,710 3% below national
19 Oregon $69,640 3% below national
20 Wyoming $68,440 5% below national
21 Arizona $68,350 5% below national
22 North Carolina $68,340 5% below national
23 Utah $67,580 6% below national
24 New Hampshire $66,680 8% below national
25 Washington $66,150 8% below national
26 Alabama $65,670 9% below national
27 West Virginia $65,670 9% below national
28 Michigan $65,340 9% below national
29 Arkansas $65,020 10% below national
30 Maryland $64,980 10% below national
31 South Carolina $64,690 10% below national
32 Nevada $64,630 10% below national
33 Colorado $64,620 10% below national
34 Tennessee $64,480 11% below national
35 Pennsylvania $64,310 11% below national
36 Wisconsin $64,150 11% below national
37 Georgia $63,940 11% below national
38 Indiana $63,870 11% below national
39 Missouri $63,470 12% below national
40 Idaho $63,080 12% below national
41 Kansas $63,070 13% below national
42 New Mexico $62,460 13% below national
43 Oklahoma $62,320 14% below national
44 South Dakota $62,120 14% below national
45 Florida $62,020 14% below national
46 Kentucky $61,320 15% below national
47 Ohio $61,160 15% below national
48 Mississippi $61,150 15% below national
49 Illinois $60,410 16% below national
50 Iowa $54,720 24% below national
51 Hawaii $49,910 31% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $127,090 2. Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $104,270 3. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $103,310 4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $103,290 5. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $103,170

Lowest Paying Metros

206. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $18,660 207. Canton-Massillon, OH $45,330 208. North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $45,800 209. Cedar Rapids, IA $47,970 210. Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $48,140
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $127,090 +76% above national
2 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $104,270 +45% above national
3 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $103,310 +43% above national
4 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $103,290 +43% above national
5 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $103,170 +43% above national
6 Ann Arbor, MI $101,840 +41% above national
7 Wilmington, NC $101,790 +41% above national
8 Fresno, CA $101,270 +40% above national
9 Fargo, ND-MN $99,660 +38% above national
10 Eugene-Springfield, OR $95,810 +33% above national
11 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $95,060 +32% above national
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $85,640 +19% above national
13 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $85,280 +18% above national
14 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $84,540 +17% above national
15 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $84,500 +17% above national
16 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $84,090 +17% above national
17 Ithaca, NY $83,680 +16% above national
18 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $83,490 +16% above national
19 Chattanooga, TN-GA $83,370 +16% above national
20 New Haven, CT $83,080 +15% above national
21 Madison, WI $83,070 +15% above national
22 Lincoln, NE $82,850 +15% above national
23 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $82,810 +15% above national
24 Tuscaloosa, AL $82,750 +15% above national
25 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $82,620 +15% above national
26 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $82,460 +14% above national
27 Laredo, TX $82,390 +14% above national
28 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $82,000 +14% above national
29 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $81,760 +13% above national
30 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $81,240 +13% above national
31 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $81,000 +12% above national
32 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $80,960 +12% above national
33 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $80,500 +12% above national
34 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $80,500 +12% above national
35 Reading, PA $80,400 +12% above national
36 Grand Forks, ND-MN $80,130 +11% above national
37 Reno, NV $79,650 +10% above national
38 College Station-Bryan, TX $79,270 +10% above national
39 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $79,090 +10% above national
40 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $79,050 +10% above national
41 Portland-South Portland, ME $78,890 +9% above national
42 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $78,740 +9% above national
43 Greenville, NC $78,710 +9% above national
44 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $78,370 +9% above national
45 Springfield, MA $78,370 +9% above national
46 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $77,440 +7% above national
47 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $77,390 +7% above national
48 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $77,340 +7% above national
49 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $77,300 +7% above national
50 Mankato, MN $77,280 +7% above national
51 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $77,130 +7% above national
52 Rochester, NY $76,950 +7% above national
53 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $76,920 +7% above national
54 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $76,880 +7% above national
55 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $76,740 +6% above national
56 Columbia, SC $76,500 +6% above national
57 Auburn-Opelika, AL $76,400 +6% above national
58 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $76,330 +6% above national
59 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $76,010 +5% above national
60 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $75,980 +5% above national
61 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $75,930 +5% above national
62 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $75,750 +5% above national
63 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $75,730 +5% above national
64 Mayaguez, PR $75,490 +5% above national
65 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $75,370 +5% above national
66 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $75,330 +4% above national
67 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $75,150 +4% above national
68 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $75,090 +4% above national
69 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $75,000 +4% above national
70 Arecibo, PR $74,850 +4% above national
71 Ponce, PR $74,670 +4% above national
72 St. Cloud, MN $74,510 +3% above national
73 Salem, OR $74,360 +3% above national
74 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $73,950 +3% above national
75 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $73,910 +3% above national
76 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $73,770 +2% above national
77 Knoxville, TN $73,700 +2% above national
78 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $73,240 +2% above national
79 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $73,240 +2% above national
80 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $73,050 +1% above national
81 Worcester, MA $72,740 +1% above national
82 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $72,490 +1% above national
83 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $72,330 same as national
84 Syracuse, NY $71,590 1% below national
85 Greensboro-High Point, NC $70,190 3% below national
86 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $70,060 3% below national
87 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $69,640 3% below national
88 Tulsa, OK $69,530 4% below national
89 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $68,690 5% below national
90 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $68,350 5% below national
91 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $68,340 5% below national
92 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $67,370 7% below national
93 Kokomo, IN $67,090 7% below national
94 Roanoke, VA $67,060 7% below national
95 Montgomery, AL $66,840 7% below national
96 Harrisonburg, VA $66,470 8% below national
97 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $66,230 8% below national
98 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $66,020 8% below national
99 Winston-Salem, NC $65,930 9% below national
100 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $65,890 9% below national
101 Oklahoma City, OK $65,620 9% below national
102 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $65,560 9% below national
103 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $65,470 9% below national
104 Bangor, ME $65,410 9% below national
105 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $65,380 9% below national
106 Boise City, ID $65,360 9% below national
107 Kenosha, WI $65,300 9% below national
108 Huntsville, AL $65,290 9% below national
109 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $65,020 10% below national
110 Omaha, NE-IA $65,000 10% below national
111 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $64,960 10% below national
112 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $64,820 10% below national
113 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $64,630 10% below national
114 Abilene, TX $64,540 10% below national
115 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $64,510 11% below national
116 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $64,460 11% below national
117 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $64,450 11% below national
118 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $64,310 11% below national
119 Charleston, WV $64,200 11% below national
120 El Paso, TX $63,860 11% below national
121 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $63,820 11% below national
122 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $63,780 12% below national
123 Manchester-Nashua, NH $63,780 12% below national
124 Tucson, AZ $63,760 12% below national
125 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $63,750 12% below national
126 Columbia, MO $63,710 12% below national
127 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $63,700 12% below national
128 Albuquerque, NM $63,660 12% below national
129 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $63,480 12% below national
130 St. Louis, MO-IL $63,470 12% below national
131 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,440 12% below national
132 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $63,240 12% below national
133 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $63,220 12% below national
134 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $63,130 12% below national
135 Pittsburgh, PA $63,090 12% below national
136 Fort Wayne, IN $63,020 13% below national
137 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $62,930 13% below national
138 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $62,850 13% below national
139 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $62,690 13% below national
140 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $62,680 13% below national
141 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $62,670 13% below national
142 Richmond, VA $62,640 13% below national
143 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $62,560 13% below national
144 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $62,490 13% below national
145 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $62,430 13% below national
146 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $62,420 13% below national
147 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $62,420 13% below national
148 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $62,400 13% below national
149 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $62,250 14% below national
150 Akron, OH $62,230 14% below national
151 Toledo, OH $62,120 14% below national
152 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $61,960 14% below national
153 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $61,910 14% below national
154 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $61,900 14% below national
155 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $61,890 14% below national
156 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $61,870 14% below national
157 Springfield, MO $61,840 14% below national
158 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $61,830 14% below national
159 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $61,800 14% below national
160 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $61,690 14% below national
161 Birmingham, AL $61,520 15% below national
162 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $61,430 15% below national
163 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $61,420 15% below national
164 Lancaster, PA $61,380 15% below national
165 Asheville, NC $61,360 15% below national
166 Evansville, IN $61,320 15% below national
167 Columbus, OH $60,900 16% below national
168 Lubbock, TX $60,850 16% below national
169 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $60,590 16% below national
170 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $60,580 16% below national
171 Bloomington, IL $60,410 16% below national
172 Columbus, GA-AL $60,360 16% below national
173 Jackson, MS $60,310 16% below national
174 Cleveland, OH $60,230 16% below national
175 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $60,170 17% below national
176 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $60,130 17% below national
177 Jacksonville, FL $59,590 17% below national
178 Kansas City, MO-KS $59,580 17% below national
179 Terre Haute, IN $59,580 17% below national
180 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $59,530 17% below national
181 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $59,520 17% below national
182 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $59,480 17% below national
183 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $59,420 18% below national
184 Fayetteville, NC $59,300 18% below national
185 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $59,270 18% below national
186 Erie, PA $59,130 18% below national
187 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $58,600 19% below national
188 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $57,830 20% below national
189 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $57,200 21% below national
190 Duluth, MN-WI $57,090 21% below national
191 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $56,860 21% below national
192 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $56,380 22% below national
193 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $56,100 22% below national
194 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $55,810 23% below national
195 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $54,520 24% below national
196 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $51,940 28% below national
197 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $51,450 29% below national
198 Utica-Rome, NY $51,190 29% below national
199 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $51,000 29% below national
200 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $50,290 30% below national
201 Spartanburg, SC $50,240 30% below national
202 Rockford, IL $50,200 30% below national
203 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $50,020 31% below national
204 Raleigh-Cary, NC $49,980 31% below national
205 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $48,480 33% below national
206 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $48,140 33% below national
207 Cedar Rapids, IA $47,970 33% below national
208 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $45,800 36% below national
209 Canton-Massillon, OH $45,330 37% below national
210 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $18,660 74% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.