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Business Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1011

Business Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Rochester Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Rochester, NY metro area

Figures describe the Rochester, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Rochester city limits.

Median annual wage$102,320

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Business Teachers, Postsecondary in the Rochester, NY metro area earned a median of $102,320 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $56,170 at the 10th percentile to $215,320 at the 90th. BLS estimates 410 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Business Teachers, Postsecondary in the Rochester metro area earn more than $102,320 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $72,420 and $157,450.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$56,170$72,420$102,320$157,450$215,320

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.

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How this area compares

  • Rochester metro areathis metro area
    $102,320
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $104,490
  • United Statesnational
    $99,080

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −2% vs New York overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,830$87,680$137,530$187,380Grand Junction, CO — $37,830Tallahassee, FL — $57,940Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,680Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $62,660Huntsville, AL — $62,790Jefferson City, MO — $62,920Wichita, KS — $63,070Greeley, CO — $63,320Ponce, PR — $63,500Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $63,840Asheville, NC — $64,260Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $65,730Johnstown, PA — $66,100San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $66,870Mayaguez, PR — $67,010Urban Honolulu, HI — $67,880Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $69,330Colorado Springs, CO — $72,020Texarkana, TX-AR — $73,330Canton-Massillon, OH — $73,770Oklahoma City, OK — $74,170Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $74,490Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $74,530Montgomery, AL — $74,810Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $74,870Fort Wayne, IN — $76,500South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $76,690Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $76,750Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $76,870Portland-South Portland, ME — $76,870Lynchburg, VA — $76,950Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $77,150Roanoke, VA — $77,410Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $77,590Jackson, MS — $77,690Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $78,050Dover, DE — $78,140Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $78,210Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $78,270San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $78,360Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $78,610Springfield, MO — $78,640Bismarck, ND — $78,830Jacksonville, FL — $78,930Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $78,990Cleveland, OH — $79,080Tulsa, OK — $79,100Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $79,390Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $79,450Boulder, CO — $79,580Fayetteville, NC — $79,660Kansas City, MO-KS — $79,790Eau Claire, WI — $80,020Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,600Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $80,660Columbus, OH — $80,670Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $81,050Boise City, ID — $81,260Cedar Rapids, IA — $81,390La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $81,790Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $82,140Manchester-Nashua, NH — $82,270Killeen-Temple, TX — $82,290Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $82,730Albuquerque, NM — $82,900Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $83,060Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $83,130Laredo, TX — $83,700Reading, PA — $83,980Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $84,170Athens-Clarke County, GA — $84,320Greensboro-High Point, NC — $84,330Spartanburg, SC — $84,470Abilene, TX — $84,670Charleston, WV — $84,770Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $84,980St. Cloud, MN — $85,610Peoria, IL — $85,660Salem, OR — $87,430Lexington-Fayette, KY — $89,430Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $91,110Ithaca, NY — $91,400Omaha, NE-IA — $92,660Flint, MI — $93,130Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $93,670Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $94,530Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $94,910Harrisonburg, VA — $94,950Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $94,960Mobile, AL — $95,510Bellingham, WA — $95,630Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $96,180Appleton, WI — $96,680Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $97,340Duluth, MN-WI — $97,510Chattanooga, TN-GA — $97,640Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $98,080Auburn-Opelika, AL — $98,130Richmond, VA — $98,170Tyler, TX — $98,560Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $98,830Springfield, MA — $99,250Toledo, OH — $99,330Terre Haute, IN — $99,980Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $100,120Barnstable Town, MA — $100,160Tuscaloosa, AL — $100,530Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $100,610Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $101,430Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $101,730St. Louis, MO-IL — $101,730Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $101,770Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $101,930Worcester, MA — $102,110Lincoln, NE — $102,190Grand Forks, ND-MN — $102,230Rochester, NY — $102,320Mankato, MN — $102,450Syracuse, NY — $102,480Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $102,510Evansville, IN — $102,740Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $102,980Knoxville, TN — $103,010Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $103,110El Paso, TX — $103,130Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $103,130Joplin, MO-KS — $103,240Raleigh-Cary, NC — $103,820Eugene-Springfield, OR — $103,830Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $103,860Bowling Green, KY — $104,190Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $104,320Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $104,570New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $104,770Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $104,810Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $104,920Lubbock, TX — $106,150Erie, PA — $106,300Bangor, ME — $106,740Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $107,120Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $107,170Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $107,910Bloomington, IN — $108,060Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $108,280Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $108,870Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $113,550Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $115,870Columbia, MO — $120,590Pittsburgh, PA — $121,760Flagstaff, AZ — $121,780Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $124,640Birmingham, AL — $125,940San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $126,140Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $127,450McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $127,460Lafayette, LA — $127,840Kenosha, WI — $128,090Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $128,370Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $128,470San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $128,640College Station-Bryan, TX — $129,080Amarillo, TX — $129,210Columbia, SC — $129,380New Haven, CT — $130,560Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $132,410Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $133,220Madison, WI — $137,060New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $137,540Fresno, CA — $138,680Fargo, ND-MN — $138,950Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $139,380Binghamton, NY — $139,510Greenville, NC — $140,490Reno, NV — $142,920Bloomington, IL — $148,290Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $148,500San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $160,090Anchorage, AK — $168,440Lawrence, KS — $169,130Wilmington, NC — $187,380

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Rochester metro area has the 64th-highest published median for this occupation among the 180 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for business teachers, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Rochester metro areathis page
    $102,320
  • Binghamton metro area
    $139,510
  • New York metro area
    $104,770
  • Syracuse metro area
    $102,480
  • Buffalo metro area
    $101,430
  • Ithaca metro area
    $91,400
  • Albany metro area
    $84,980

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$36,240Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$62,840Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$76,190Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$42,280Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$76,160Self-Enrichment Teachers$47,780

Highest-paying metro areas for business teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Rochester Metro

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.