Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1062

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondarys

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 40 metro areas

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$145,530	40	0.2
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$129,270	40	0.0
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$125,890	50	0.0
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$118,970	90	0.1
5	Ann Arbor, MI	$106,140	240	1.1
6	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$105,290	Not published	Not published
7	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$104,460	Not published	Not published
8	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$104,410	70	0.1
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$103,700	1,190	0.1
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$102,030	310	0.0
11	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$101,920	Not published	Not published
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$101,700	360	0.1
13	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$101,180	140	0.0
14	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$100,760	140	0.0
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$100,140	440	0.2
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$99,600	Not published	Not published
17	Syracuse, NY	$98,490	80	0.3
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$97,200	230	0.2
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$95,980	110	0.1
20	Oklahoma City, OK	$86,240	40	0.1
21	Richmond, VA	$85,960	90	0.1
22	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$83,910	Not published	Not published
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$82,150	50	0.1
24	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$81,790	50	0.1
25	Cleveland, OH	$81,670	100	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.