Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1032

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Engineering Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for engineering 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 80 metro areas

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$175,200	230	0.1
2	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$163,110	90	0.1
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$154,760	520	0.5
4	Ann Arbor, MI	$140,450	710	3.2
5	Madison, WI	$137,840	340	0.8
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$137,760	1,130	0.2
7	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$137,290	510	0.7
8	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$137,090	Not published	Not published
9	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$135,480	2,010	0.7
10	Athens-Clarke County, GA	$134,370	60	0.6
11	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$132,210	540	0.2
12	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$132,130	630	0.5
13	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$131,160	380	0.2
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$130,990	Not published	Not published
15	Fresno, CA	$130,790	40	0.1
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$129,910	480	0.2
17	Knoxville, TN	$129,240	370	0.9
18	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$129,240	90	0.3
19	College Station-Bryan, TX	$129,110	1,160	8.7
20	New Haven, CT	$129,090	200	0.7
21	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$128,920	270	0.5
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$128,440	90	0.5
23	Amarillo, TX	$127,010	50	0.4
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$126,680	230	0.2
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$126,210	590	0.2

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