Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1051

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 42 metro areas

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$175,120	580	0.1
2	New Haven, CT	$163,850	60	0.2
3	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$163,120	60	0.0
4	College Station-Bryan, TX	$160,550	100	0.8
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$134,670	60	0.0
6	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$133,660	Not published	Not published
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$132,070	130	0.1
8	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$131,930	Not published	Not published
9	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$129,110	170	0.1
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$128,690	140	0.1
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$128,140	170	0.1
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$127,480	130	0.1
13	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$125,320	70	0.1
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$124,440	320	0.1
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$123,480	60	0.0
16	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$121,760	Not published	Not published
17	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$110,600	120	0.1
18	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$108,460	70	0.1
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$108,220	130	0.0
20	Wilmington, NC	$107,850	40	0.2
21	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$107,450	70	0.1
22	Bangor, ME	$107,240	80	1.1
23	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$105,700	110	0.0
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$105,080	250	0.2
25	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$102,980	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences 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.