Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1121
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $65,630 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,690 at the 10th percentile to $120,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area earn more than $65,630 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $53,130 and $83,260.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $47,690 | $53,130 | $65,630 | $83,260 | $120,750 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$65,630 median for Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $53,130 to $83,260
- New Mexicostate$76,240 median for New Mexico; middle half earns $62,880 to $103,350
- United Statesnational$78,620 median for United States; middle half earns $61,620 to $103,850
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −14% vs New Mexico overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.