Economics Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1063

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Economics Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for economics teachers, postsecondary. 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 53 metro areas

Economics Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$220,690	30	0.1
2	College Station-Bryan, TX	$219,160	50	0.4
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$203,720	50	0.0
4	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$202,030	30	0.2
5	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$194,520	40	0.0
6	Ann Arbor, MI	$185,830	70	0.3
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$174,910	530	0.2
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$164,050	90	0.1
9	Knoxville, TN	$162,850	30	0.1
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$155,060	360	0.1
11	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$152,390	Not published	Not published
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$140,700	80	0.1
13	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$140,360	110	1.7
14	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$138,460	70	0.4
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$137,740	250	0.0
16	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$137,420	70	0.1
17	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$137,250	60	0.0
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$135,940	Not published	Not published
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$135,290	100	0.2
20	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$133,540	110	0.1
21	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$133,520	130	0.2
22	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$133,460	230	0.1
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$132,140	930	0.1
24	El Paso, TX	$130,210	30	0.1
25	Oklahoma City, OK	$129,960	40	0.1

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