Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1065

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Political Science Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for political science teachers, postsecondary. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 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 65 metro areas

Political Science 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	$150,940	70	0.0
2	Ann Arbor, MI	$137,430	140	0.7
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$131,690	670	0.2
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$131,440	70	0.1
5	Fresno, CA	$128,820	30	0.1
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$128,050	60	0.0
7	College Station-Bryan, TX	$126,240	130	0.9
8	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$121,300	40	0.1
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$119,590	420	0.1
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$118,950	120	0.1
11	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$111,030	70	0.2
12	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$107,490	40	0.3
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,170	310	0.1
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$107,070	1,220	0.1
15	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$107,060	30	0.1
16	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$105,200	40	0.1
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$105,090	130	0.1
18	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$104,970	100	1.5
19	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$104,700	40	0.2
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$104,120	310	0.1
21	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$104,090	40	0.0
22	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$104,050	90	0.2
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$103,370	140	0.1
24	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$102,960	360	0.1
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$102,430	150	0.1

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