Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1111

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for criminal justice and law enforcement 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 62 metro areas

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement 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	$223,240	150	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$170,070	130	0.1
3	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$168,410	150	0.1
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$139,790	50	0.0
5	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$137,340	230	0.1
6	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$122,730	50	0.1
7	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$105,680	110	0.1
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$103,870	660	0.1
9	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$97,380	30	0.1
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$93,990	50	0.0
11	Pittsburgh, PA	$93,670	180	0.2
12	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$86,690	920	0.1
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$85,560	230	0.1
14	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$83,930	270	0.1
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$83,060	40	0.0
16	Jackson, MS	$82,610	30	0.1
17	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$82,530	90	0.1
18	Columbia, MO	$82,000	60	0.5
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$81,690	60	0.1
20	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$81,530	70	0.0
21	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$81,300	50	0.1
22	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$81,080	250	0.1
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$80,270	60	0.1
24	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$79,800	60	0.0
25	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$79,420	240	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement 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.