History Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1125

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for History Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for history teachers, postsecondary. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 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 89 metro areas

History 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	$192,320	110	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$162,160	100	0.0
3	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$135,420	160	0.1
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$129,120	480	0.1
5	New Haven, CT	$128,760	110	0.4
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$127,780	100	0.1
7	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$127,180	110	0.1
8	Fresno, CA	$121,820	60	0.1
9	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$120,300	50	0.2
10	Madison, WI	$112,530	90	0.2
11	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$109,820	40	0.2
12	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$107,730	50	0.1
13	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$106,990	160	0.2
14	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$106,840	90	1.3
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$105,420	540	0.2
16	Portland-South Portland, ME	$104,420	30	0.1
17	Columbia, SC	$104,100	50	0.1
18	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$102,840	430	0.1
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$101,950	120	0.2
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$101,790	200	0.2
21	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$101,380	80	0.2
22	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$101,330	80	0.2
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$101,170	1,470	0.2
24	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$100,350	210	0.2
25	Ithaca, NY	$99,940	40	0.8

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