25 Series · SOC 25-1071
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$105,620
per year
Median Hourly
N/A
per hour
Mean Salary
$137,900
average
Employment
229,720
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$51,760
25th Percentile
$74,400
Median
$105,620
75th Percentile
$176,090
90th Percentile
N/A
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
Lowest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas | $178,830 | +69% above national |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $161,830 | +53% above national |
| 3 | Utah | $136,030 | +29% above national |
| 4 | Washington | $135,510 | +28% above national |
| 5 | Mississippi | $132,630 | +26% above national |
| 6 | North Carolina | $130,110 | +23% above national |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $130,000 | +23% above national |
| 8 | New Mexico | $129,170 | +22% above national |
| 9 | New York | $127,370 | +21% above national |
| 10 | Texas | $125,000 | +18% above national |
| 11 | Oregon | $124,890 | +18% above national |
| 12 | Colorado | $124,790 | +18% above national |
| 13 | West Virginia | $106,940 | +1% above national |
| 14 | Maryland | $106,130 | same as national |
| 15 | Iowa | $106,060 | same as national |
| 16 | Connecticut | $105,730 | same as national |
| 17 | Michigan | $104,770 | 1% below national |
| 18 | New Jersey | $104,760 | 1% below national |
| 19 | Georgia | $104,610 | 1% below national |
| 20 | Vermont | $104,600 | 1% below national |
| 21 | California | $103,500 | 2% below national |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | $103,400 | 2% below national |
| 23 | Virginia | $102,600 | 3% below national |
| 24 | Maine | $101,930 | 3% below national |
| 25 | Florida | $100,980 | 4% below national |
| 26 | Kansas | $99,790 | 6% below national |
| 27 | Minnesota | $99,620 | 6% below national |
| 28 | Montana | $99,490 | 6% below national |
| 29 | Illinois | $99,270 | 6% below national |
| 30 | Rhode Island | $98,640 | 7% below national |
| 31 | North Dakota | $98,090 | 7% below national |
| 32 | Puerto Rico | $97,720 | 7% below national |
| 33 | Tennessee | $96,030 | 9% below national |
| 34 | Arizona | $95,960 | 9% below national |
| 35 | Delaware | $94,700 | 10% below national |
| 36 | Nevada | $83,590 | 21% below national |
| 37 | Louisiana | $82,820 | 22% below national |
| 38 | Alabama | $82,810 | 22% below national |
| 39 | Indiana | $81,970 | 22% below national |
| 40 | Missouri | $81,920 | 22% below national |
| 41 | New Hampshire | $81,700 | 23% below national |
| 42 | Wisconsin | $81,410 | 23% below national |
| 43 | Nebraska | $81,380 | 23% below national |
| 44 | Idaho | $79,870 | 24% below national |
| 45 | South Carolina | $79,770 | 24% below national |
| 46 | Ohio | $79,130 | 25% below national |
| 47 | Kentucky | $78,630 | 26% below national |
| 48 | Wyoming | $72,700 | 31% below national |
| 49 | Alaska | $71,190 | 33% below national |
| 50 | Oklahoma | $70,730 | 33% below national |
| 51 | South Dakota | $68,570 | 35% below national |
| 52 | Hawaii | $48,090 | 54% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $178,830 | +69% above national |
| 2 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $177,220 | +68% above national |
| 3 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $175,870 | +67% above national |
| 4 | Greenville, NC | $173,970 | +65% above national |
| 5 | Albuquerque, NM | $171,090 | +62% above national |
| 6 | Wichita, KS | $169,770 | +61% above national |
| 7 | Jackson, MS | $168,850 | +60% above national |
| 8 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $162,390 | +54% above national |
| 9 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $161,600 | +53% above national |
| 10 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $158,400 | +50% above national |
| 11 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $158,310 | +50% above national |
| 12 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $156,850 | +49% above national |
| 13 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $138,440 | +31% above national |
| 14 | Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | $138,080 | +31% above national |
| 15 | Ithaca, NY | $138,030 | +31% above national |
| 16 | Winston-Salem, NC | $136,410 | +29% above national |
| 17 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $135,510 | +28% above national |
| 18 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $134,840 | +28% above national |
| 19 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $133,840 | +27% above national |
| 20 | Fresno, CA | $133,800 | +27% above national |
| 21 | Ann Arbor, MI | $133,620 | +27% above national |
| 22 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $133,620 | +27% above national |
| 23 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $133,610 | +27% above national |
| 24 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $133,570 | +26% above national |
| 25 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $132,070 | +25% above national |
| 26 | Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $131,840 | +25% above national |
| 27 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $130,850 | +24% above national |
| 28 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $130,750 | +24% above national |
| 29 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $130,580 | +24% above national |
| 30 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $129,970 | +23% above national |
| 31 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $128,270 | +21% above national |
| 32 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $127,600 | +21% above national |
| 33 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $127,570 | +21% above national |
| 34 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $127,380 | +21% above national |
| 35 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $126,920 | +20% above national |
| 36 | Charlottesville, VA | $126,570 | +20% above national |
| 37 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $126,080 | +19% above national |
| 38 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $125,820 | +19% above national |
| 39 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $125,330 | +19% above national |
| 40 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $125,180 | +19% above national |
| 41 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $125,000 | +18% above national |
| 42 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $124,890 | +18% above national |
| 43 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $124,550 | +18% above national |
| 44 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $118,030 | +12% above national |
| 45 | Mankato, MN | $115,890 | +10% above national |
| 46 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $115,580 | +9% above national |
| 47 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $111,680 | +6% above national |
| 48 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $107,060 | +1% above national |
| 49 | Springfield, MA | $107,030 | +1% above national |
| 50 | Morgantown, WV | $106,940 | +1% above national |
| 51 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $106,880 | +1% above national |
| 52 | Dover, DE | $106,750 | +1% above national |
| 53 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $106,720 | +1% above national |
| 54 | Erie, PA | $106,580 | +1% above national |
| 55 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $106,440 | +1% above national |
| 56 | Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $105,970 | same as national |
| 57 | New Haven, CT | $105,950 | same as national |
| 58 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $105,750 | same as national |
| 59 | Lawrence, KS | $105,200 | same as national |
| 60 | Green Bay, WI | $104,990 | 1% below national |
| 61 | Bangor, ME | $104,850 | 1% below national |
| 62 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $104,770 | 1% below national |
| 63 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $104,580 | 1% below national |
| 64 | Fargo, ND-MN | $104,480 | 1% below national |
| 65 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $104,280 | 1% below national |
| 66 | Bloomington, IN | $104,230 | 1% below national |
| 67 | Flint, MI | $104,180 | 1% below national |
| 68 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $103,890 | 2% below national |
| 69 | Worcester, MA | $103,740 | 2% below national |
| 70 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $103,670 | 2% below national |
| 71 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $103,580 | 2% below national |
| 72 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $103,500 | 2% below national |
| 73 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $103,460 | 2% below national |
| 74 | Binghamton, NY | $103,160 | 2% below national |
| 75 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $103,000 | 2% below national |
| 76 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $102,670 | 3% below national |
| 77 | Richmond, VA | $102,600 | 3% below national |
| 78 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $102,490 | 3% below national |
| 79 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $102,330 | 3% below national |
| 80 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $101,550 | 4% below national |
| 81 | Arecibo, PR | $101,320 | 4% below national |
| 82 | Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $101,300 | 4% below national |
| 83 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $101,150 | 4% below national |
| 84 | Jacksonville, FL | $100,900 | 4% below national |
| 85 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $100,740 | 5% below national |
| 86 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $100,240 | 5% below national |
| 87 | Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $99,840 | 5% below national |
| 88 | Billings, MT | $99,790 | 6% below national |
| 89 | North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $99,640 | 6% below national |
| 90 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $99,620 | 6% below national |
| 91 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $99,590 | 6% below national |
| 92 | Omaha, NE-IA | $99,410 | 6% below national |
| 93 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $99,390 | 6% below national |
| 94 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $99,360 | 6% below national |
| 95 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $98,640 | 7% below national |
| 96 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $98,500 | 7% below national |
| 97 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $98,330 | 7% below national |
| 98 | Columbia, SC | $98,100 | 7% below national |
| 99 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $97,880 | 7% below national |
| 100 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $97,720 | 7% below national |
| 101 | Utica-Rome, NY | $97,640 | 8% below national |
| 102 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $97,560 | 8% below national |
| 103 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $97,410 | 8% below national |
| 104 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $96,990 | 8% below national |
| 105 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $96,830 | 8% below national |
| 106 | Fort Wayne, IN | $96,700 | 8% below national |
| 107 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $95,850 | 9% below national |
| 108 | Pittsburgh, PA | $95,210 | 10% below national |
| 109 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $95,150 | 10% below national |
| 110 | Joplin, MO-KS | $95,090 | 10% below national |
| 111 | Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $95,090 | 10% below national |
| 112 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $94,500 | 11% below national |
| 113 | Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $94,250 | 11% below national |
| 114 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $94,130 | 11% below national |
| 115 | Salem, OR | $93,700 | 11% below national |
| 116 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $93,350 | 12% below national |
| 117 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $93,280 | 12% below national |
| 118 | North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $91,860 | 13% below national |
| 119 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $87,500 | 17% below national |
| 120 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $87,050 | 18% below national |
| 121 | Abilene, TX | $86,900 | 18% below national |
| 122 | Flagstaff, AZ | $85,060 | 19% below national |
| 123 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $84,810 | 20% below national |
| 124 | Wilmington, NC | $84,450 | 20% below national |
| 125 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $83,950 | 21% below national |
| 126 | Johnstown, PA | $83,590 | 21% below national |
| 127 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $83,430 | 21% below national |
| 128 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $83,320 | 21% below national |
| 129 | El Paso, TX | $83,280 | 21% below national |
| 130 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $83,200 | 21% below national |
| 131 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $82,820 | 22% below national |
| 132 | Birmingham, AL | $82,810 | 22% below national |
| 133 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $82,410 | 22% below national |
| 134 | Madison, WI | $82,060 | 22% below national |
| 135 | Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $81,960 | 22% below national |
| 136 | Reno, NV | $81,950 | 22% below national |
| 137 | Cheyenne, WY | $81,930 | 22% below national |
| 138 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $81,920 | 22% below national |
| 139 | Charleston, WV | $81,910 | 22% below national |
| 140 | Terre Haute, IN | $81,910 | 22% below national |
| 141 | Akron, OH | $81,660 | 23% below national |
| 142 | Cleveland, OH | $81,560 | 23% below national |
| 143 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $81,410 | 23% below national |
| 144 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $81,300 | 23% below national |
| 145 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $80,960 | 23% below national |
| 146 | St. Cloud, MN | $80,900 | 23% below national |
| 147 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $80,880 | 23% below national |
| 148 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $80,880 | 23% below national |
| 149 | Evansville, IN | $80,860 | 23% below national |
| 150 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $80,860 | 23% below national |
| 151 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $80,810 | 23% below national |
| 152 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $80,690 | 24% below national |
| 153 | Peoria, IL | $80,600 | 24% below national |
| 154 | Reading, PA | $80,580 | 24% below national |
| 155 | Bowling Green, KY | $80,400 | 24% below national |
| 156 | Boise City, ID | $80,270 | 24% below national |
| 157 | Wheeling, WV-OH | $80,200 | 24% below national |
| 158 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $80,100 | 24% below national |
| 159 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $80,060 | 24% below national |
| 160 | Toledo, OH | $80,030 | 24% below national |
| 161 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $80,020 | 24% below national |
| 162 | Montgomery, AL | $79,910 | 24% below national |
| 163 | Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $79,840 | 24% below national |
| 164 | Harrisonburg, VA | $79,510 | 25% below national |
| 165 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $79,500 | 25% below national |
| 166 | Ogden, UT | $79,440 | 25% below national |
| 167 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $79,370 | 25% below national |
| 168 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $79,290 | 25% below national |
| 169 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $79,290 | 25% below national |
| 170 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $79,260 | 25% below national |
| 171 | Huntsville, AL | $79,230 | 25% below national |
| 172 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $78,910 | 25% below national |
| 173 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $78,900 | 25% below national |
| 174 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $78,750 | 25% below national |
| 175 | Lincoln, NE | $77,960 | 26% below national |
| 176 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $77,950 | 26% below national |
| 177 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $77,770 | 26% below national |
| 178 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $77,740 | 26% below national |
| 179 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $77,660 | 26% below national |
| 180 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $77,620 | 27% below national |
| 181 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $77,570 | 27% below national |
| 182 | Roanoke, VA | $77,520 | 27% below national |
| 183 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $77,180 | 27% below national |
| 184 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $77,160 | 27% below national |
| 185 | Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $77,140 | 27% below national |
| 186 | Tyler, TX | $76,680 | 27% below national |
| 187 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $76,350 | 28% below national |
| 188 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $76,250 | 28% below national |
| 189 | Lubbock, TX | $76,250 | 28% below national |
| 190 | Pittsfield, MA | $76,240 | 28% below national |
| 191 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $76,190 | 28% below national |
| 192 | Columbus, OH | $75,910 | 28% below national |
| 193 | Kenosha, WI | $75,730 | 28% below national |
| 194 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $75,140 | 29% below national |
| 195 | Appleton, WI | $74,950 | 29% below national |
| 196 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $74,880 | 29% below national |
| 197 | East Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $74,660 | 29% below national |
| 198 | Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $74,620 | 29% below national |
| 199 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $74,110 | 30% below national |
| 200 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $74,050 | 30% below national |
| 201 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $73,090 | 31% below national |
| 202 | Jefferson City, MO | $72,570 | 31% below national |
| 203 | Duluth, MN-WI | $72,470 | 31% below national |
| 204 | Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $72,050 | 32% below national |
| 205 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $72,030 | 32% below national |
| 206 | Asheville, NC | $70,100 | 34% below national |
| 207 | Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $69,270 | 34% below national |
| 208 | Anchorage, AK | $68,290 | 35% below national |
| 209 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $67,040 | 37% below national |
| 210 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $66,900 | 37% below national |
| 211 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $66,790 | 37% below national |
| 212 | Knoxville, TN | $66,670 | 37% below national |
| 213 | Oklahoma City, OK | $66,450 | 37% below national |
| 214 | East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $65,820 | 38% below national |
| 215 | Colorado Springs, CO | $65,560 | 38% below national |
| 216 | Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $65,530 | 38% below national |
| 217 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $65,250 | 38% below national |
| 218 | Springfield, MO | $64,990 | 38% below national |
| 219 | Tulsa, OK | $64,890 | 39% below national |
| 220 | Valdosta, GA | $64,350 | 39% below national |
| 221 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $64,290 | 39% below national |
| 222 | Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $64,160 | 39% below national |
| 223 | Syracuse, NY | $63,590 | 40% below national |
| 224 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $63,580 | 40% below national |
| 225 | Boulder, CO | $62,960 | 40% below national |
| 226 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $62,670 | 41% below national |
| 227 | Bend, OR | $62,490 | 41% below national |
| 228 | East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $62,390 | 41% below national |
| 229 | Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $61,620 | 42% below national |
| 230 | Modesto, CA | $61,430 | 42% below national |
| 231 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $61,400 | 42% below national |
| 232 | Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $61,350 | 42% below national |
| 233 | Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $61,270 | 42% below national |
| 234 | South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $61,190 | 42% below national |
| 235 | Rome, GA | $61,080 | 42% below national |
| 236 | West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $60,950 | 42% below national |
| 237 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $60,140 | 43% below national |
| 238 | Springfield, IL | $60,130 | 43% below national |
| 239 | Odessa, TX | $59,960 | 43% below national |
| 240 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $59,760 | 43% below national |
| 241 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $59,530 | 44% below national |
| 242 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $59,450 | 44% below national |
| 243 | East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $59,100 | 44% below national |
| 244 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $58,950 | 44% below national |
| 245 | Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $57,520 | 46% below national |
| 246 | Rocky Mount, NC | $57,380 | 46% below national |
| 247 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $56,760 | 46% below national |
| 248 | Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $55,660 | 47% below national |
| 249 | Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $54,060 | 49% below national |
| 250 | Ponce, PR | $53,640 | 49% below national |
| 251 | Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $50,290 | 52% below national |
| 252 | Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $50,280 | 52% below national |
| 253 | Casper, WY | $50,200 | 52% below national |
| 254 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $48,120 | 54% below national |
| 255 | Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $43,710 | 59% below national |
| 256 | Grand Junction, CO | $35,780 | 66% below national |
| 257 | High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $33,190 | 69% below national |
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