Self-Enrichment Teachers · SOC 25-3021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Self-Enrichment Teacherss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for self-enrichment teachers. 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 356 metro areas

Self-Enrichment Teachers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Lake Charles, LA	$79,580	310	3.1
2	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$73,430	210	1.3
3	Albany, OR	$62,400	110	2.3
4	Savannah, GA	$61,580	450	2.2
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$59,760	7,470	2.4
6	Lexington Park, MD	$59,730	90	1.3
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$59,710	570	2.8
8	El Centro, CA	$59,600	90	1.3
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$59,600	33,380	3.5
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$59,470	10,540	4.4
11	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$59,260	300	4.1
12	Burlington, NC	$58,970	120	1.8
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$58,740	1,960	4.8
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$58,330	4,420	3.9
15	New Haven, CT	$56,600	800	2.8
16	Dalton, GA	$56,520	60	0.9
17	Valdosta, GA	$56,430	140	2.5
18	Charlottesville, VA	$56,370	300	2.6
19	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$55,490	7,000	2.4
20	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$55,410	370	3.0
21	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$54,360	750	3.6
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$53,790	3,980	3.3
23	Yuba City, CA	$53,710	80	1.6
24	Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	$53,640	310	6.1
25	Albany, GA	$53,350	50	0.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Self-Enrichment Teachers 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.