Education Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1081

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Education Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for education 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 151 metro areas

Education Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$129,100	160	0.1
2	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$123,910	240	0.1
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$121,520	430	0.4
4	Wilmington, NC	$106,070	100	0.5
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$105,730	1,330	0.2
6	Ann Arbor, MI	$105,640	180	0.8
7	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$103,930	Not published	Not published
8	Fargo, ND-MN	$103,850	80	0.5
9	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$103,790	110	0.4
10	College Station-Bryan, TX	$96,960	220	1.7
11	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$96,920	80	1.0
12	Ithaca, NY	$92,870	190	4.0
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$92,720	240	0.1
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$90,940	300	0.5
15	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$86,290	160	0.7
16	Reading, PA	$83,780	160	0.9
17	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$83,400	240	0.1
18	Reno, NV	$83,000	70	0.2
19	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$82,700	110	0.2
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$82,370	80	0.1
21	New Haven, CT	$82,310	140	0.5
22	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$81,870	240	0.6
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$80,640	5,120	0.5
24	Rochester, NY	$80,560	300	0.6
25	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$80,440	100	0.8

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