Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1113

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Social Work Teachers, Postsecondarys

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for social work teachers, postsecondary. 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 49 metro areas

Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$125,770	Not published	Not published
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$98,700	1,680	0.2
3	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$98,590	60	0.0
4	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$94,990	30	0.1
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$91,900	220	0.1
6	Ann Arbor, MI	$87,920	150	0.7
7	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$84,480	70	0.0
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$83,300	Not published	Not published
9	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$83,200	170	0.1
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$83,160	470	0.2
11	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$82,890	90	0.2
12	Portland-South Portland, ME	$82,880	Not published	Not published
13	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$82,540	40	0.1
14	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$80,300	390	0.1
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$80,220	50	0.0
16	Mankato, MN	$80,110	Not published	Not published
17	Springfield, MA	$78,840	40	0.2
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,250	140	0.1
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$77,970	160	0.0
20	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$77,060	150	0.2
21	New Haven, CT	$77,020	70	0.2
22	Erie, PA	$75,920	40	0.3
23	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$75,550	90	0.7
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$74,950	160	0.1
25	Pittsburgh, PA	$74,900	160	0.1

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