Law Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1112

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Law Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for law 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 31 metro areas

Law Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$218,970	60	0.0
2	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$170,310	710	0.3
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$144,130	2,180	0.2
4	Oklahoma City, OK	$142,720	30	0.0
5	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$141,220	60	0.0
6	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$139,980	150	0.1
7	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$139,710	Not published	Not published
8	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$139,160	80	0.5
9	Portland-South Portland, ME	$138,870	30	0.1
10	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$136,570	230	0.2
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$134,090	740	0.2
12	Richmond, VA	$131,340	Not published	Not published
13	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$131,190	120	0.2
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$130,330	Not published	Not published
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$130,010	760	0.3
16	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$129,180	40	0.0
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$128,560	510	0.2
18	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$128,460	Not published	Not published
19	Kansas City, MO-KS	$127,980	60	0.1
20	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$125,440	430	0.1
21	Springfield, MA	$125,310	30	0.2
22	Pittsburgh, PA	$121,310	240	0.2
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$114,330	2,940	0.5
24	Fresno, CA	$107,840	320	0.7
25	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$103,790	30	0.1

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