Postsecondary Teachers, All Other · SOC 25-1199

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Postsecondary Teachers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for postsecondary teachers, all other. 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 169 metro areas

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$135,060	2,070	1.9
2	Santa Fe, NM	$115,000	Not published	Not published
3	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$113,550	670	4.1
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$105,640	14,070	2.2
5	Modesto, CA	$104,890	190	1.0
6	Madison, WI	$104,760	190	0.5
7	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$103,680	250	3.0
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$103,340	1,120	0.4
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$101,820	3,480	2.3
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$100,550	2,370	1.4
11	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$100,520	100	0.4
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$100,080	4,240	1.5
13	Fresno, CA	$99,480	970	2.0
14	Boulder, CO	$99,360	60	0.3
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$99,240	3,020	1.0
16	Salem, OR	$98,840	530	2.8
17	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$98,440	60	0.2
18	Corvallis, OR	$96,890	80	2.0
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$96,500	520	0.6
20	Kansas City, MO-KS	$95,630	860	0.8
21	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$94,690	3,130	2.8
22	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$89,410	230	3.5
23	Bend, OR	$89,250	130	1.2
24	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$88,360	320	1.4
25	Wichita, KS	$85,690	630	2.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 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.