Communications Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1122

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Communications Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for communications 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 105 metro areas

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$180,650	300	0.2
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$166,920	290	0.1
3	Fresno, CA	$136,730	80	0.2
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$134,110	310	0.2
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$133,300	120	0.1
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$130,160	1,360	0.2
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$119,860	260	0.2
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$110,330	40	0.2
9	Lawrence, KS	$109,350	120	2.2
10	Ann Arbor, MI	$105,440	100	0.4
11	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$105,210	110	0.5
12	Madison, WI	$104,670	90	0.2
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$103,920	310	0.3
14	Knoxville, TN	$103,320	90	0.2
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$101,970	80	0.1
16	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$98,040	50	0.1
17	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$97,960	Not published	Not published
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$97,760	2,430	0.3
19	New Haven, CT	$97,210	80	0.3
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$96,470	130	0.2
21	Worcester, MA	$95,980	60	0.2
22	Springfield, MA	$86,730	50	0.2
23	Bangor, ME	$86,590	Not published	Not published
24	Bloomington, IL	$85,390	70	0.8
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$84,950	120	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Communications 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.