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Communications Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1122

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$166,920

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

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $166,920 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $94,940 at the 10th percentile to $286,370 at the 90th. BLS estimates 290 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Communications Teachers, Postsecondary in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $166,920 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $127,950 and $223,300.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$94,940$127,950$166,920$223,300$286,370

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $166,920
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $135,000
  • United Statesnational
    $78,580

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

The median here is +24% vs California overall and +112% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$42,680$88,670$134,660$180,650Albuquerque, NM — $42,680El Paso, TX — $58,570Tyler, TX — $58,930Lubbock, TX — $60,680Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $61,250San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,530Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,540South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,740Cleveland, OH — $61,820Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,340Greeley, CO — $62,380Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $62,410Raleigh-Cary, NC — $62,540Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,970Kansas City, MO-KS — $63,890Duluth, MN-WI — $64,030Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,290Lexington-Fayette, KY — $64,760Springfield, MO — $64,960Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $65,180Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $66,010Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $66,630Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $66,770Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $67,530Richmond, VA — $69,300Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $69,310Jacksonville, FL — $70,100Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $71,230Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $72,440Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $73,770Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $74,240Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $74,450Amarillo, TX — $75,270Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $75,400Pittsburgh, PA — $75,890Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $76,030Akron, OH — $76,280Syracuse, NY — $76,520Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $76,580Oklahoma City, OK — $76,590Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $76,730Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $77,050La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $77,130St. Louis, MO-IL — $77,150Boulder, CO — $77,560Harrisonburg, VA — $77,810Birmingham, AL — $78,240Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $78,270Columbia, MO — $78,270Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $78,310Toledo, OH — $78,320Rochester, NY — $78,400Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $78,780Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $79,060Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $79,180Omaha, NE-IA — $79,180Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $79,310McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $79,660Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $79,710Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $79,810Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,870New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $80,030Columbia, SC — $80,290Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $80,440Mankato, MN — $80,670Erie, PA — $80,750Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $80,890Columbus, OH — $81,160Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $81,370Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $81,810Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $81,920San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $82,880Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $83,120Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $83,170St. Cloud, MN — $83,500Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,510Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $83,780Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $83,810Ithaca, NY — $83,890Wilmington, NC — $83,900Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $84,950Bloomington, IL — $85,390Bangor, ME — $86,590Springfield, MA — $86,730Worcester, MA — $95,980Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $96,470New Haven, CT — $97,210New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $97,760Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $97,960Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $98,040Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $101,970Knoxville, TN — $103,320Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $103,920Madison, WI — $104,670Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $105,210Ann Arbor, MI — $105,440Lawrence, KS — $109,350Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $110,330San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $119,860Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $130,160Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $133,300San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $134,110Fresno, CA — $136,730San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $166,920Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $180,650

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 San Francisco metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 105 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 California

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $166,920
  • Riverside metro area
    $180,650
  • Fresno metro area
    $136,730
  • San Diego metro area
    $134,110
  • Sacramento metro area
    $133,300
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $130,160
  • San Jose metro area
    $119,860

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$49,360Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$101,860Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$102,880Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$60,790Self-Enrichment Teachers$59,470Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$53,810

Highest-paying metro areas for communications teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco 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.