Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1052
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwestern Pennsylvania 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).
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $80,390 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $57,390 at the 10th percentile to $129,700 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earn more than $80,390 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $65,330 and $99,590.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $57,390 | $65,330 | $80,390 | $99,590 | $129,700 |
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
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$80,390 median for Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $65,330 to $99,590
- Pennsylvaniastate$95,070 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $73,730 to $103,640
- United Statesnational$93,250 median for United States; middle half earns $68,530 to $127,280
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −15% vs Pennsylvania overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for chemistry teachers, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan areathis page$80,390 median for Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $65,330 to $99,590
- $101,330 median for Erie metro area; middle half earns $73,640 to $122,100
- $99,230 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $76,170 to $113,170
- $97,900 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $76,880 to $98,230
- $95,780 median for Harrisburg metro area; middle half earns $72,690 to $124,180
- $93,950 median for Scranton metro area; middle half earns $79,090 to $104,000
- $83,150 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $64,910 to $95,280
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for chemistry teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
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.