Directors, Religious Activities and Education · SOC 21-2021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Directors, Religious Activities and Educations

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for directors, religious activities and education. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 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 85 metro areas

Directors, Religious Activities and Education: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$93,120	200	0.1
2	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$84,650	40	0.0
3	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$83,480	70	0.0
4	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$83,260	80	0.0
5	Richmond, VA	$77,020	30	0.1
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$75,420	390	0.2
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$68,040	90	0.0
8	Colorado Springs, CO	$66,950	80	0.3
9	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$66,140	70	0.2
10	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$64,340	50	0.0
11	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$63,650	70	0.1
12	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$63,490	60	0.1
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$63,450	320	0.2
14	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$62,460	80	0.1
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$62,390	1,270	0.2
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$60,650	480	0.2
17	Fresno, CA	$59,720	140	0.3
18	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$59,320	480	0.2
19	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$59,170	2,940	0.3
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$59,010	190	0.2
21	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$58,610	140	0.1
22	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$58,490	410	0.4
23	Peoria, IL	$58,300	80	0.5
24	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$57,760	60	0.2
25	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$57,140	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Directors, Religious Activities and Education 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.