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Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1021

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Santa Maria Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area

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

Median annual wage$173,640

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

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary in the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro area earned a median of $173,640 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $71,400 at the 10th percentile to $315,550 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary in the Santa Maria metro area earn more than $173,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $104,050 and $229,570.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$71,400$104,050$173,640$229,570$315,550

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

  • Santa Maria metro areathis metro area
    $173,640
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $128,210
  • United Statesnational
    $96,980

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

The median here is +35% vs California overall and +79% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$50,760$91,720$132,680$173,640Abilene, TX — $50,760Wichita, KS — $61,560Amarillo, TX — $61,730Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,850College Station-Bryan, TX — $62,830Asheville, NC — $63,860Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $65,600El Paso, TX — $69,920Baton Rouge, LA — $71,090Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,180Tyler, TX — $72,550Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $74,470Huntsville, AL — $75,400Bellingham, WA — $76,190Oklahoma City, OK — $76,230Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $76,350Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $76,400Lafayette, LA — $76,590Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $76,950San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $76,950Kansas City, MO-KS — $78,000Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $78,240Jacksonville, FL — $78,850San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $78,930Boulder, CO — $79,060Chattanooga, TN-GA — $79,070Boise City, ID — $79,150Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $79,230Cleveland, OH — $79,550Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $79,800Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $79,920Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,000Colorado Springs, CO — $80,100Albuquerque, NM — $81,060Lubbock, TX — $81,130Killeen-Temple, TX — $82,180Raleigh-Cary, NC — $82,260Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $82,340Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,350Greenville, NC — $83,470Mobile, AL — $83,560Manchester-Nashua, NH — $84,220Mankato, MN — $84,240Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $84,450South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $84,750Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $85,120Fort Wayne, IN — $85,340St. Cloud, MN — $85,710Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $85,820Winston-Salem, NC — $86,450Richmond, VA — $86,670Springfield, MA — $87,080Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $88,210Syracuse, NY — $90,670Duluth, MN-WI — $91,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $93,730New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $93,980Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $94,580Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $94,810Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $94,930Ithaca, NY — $95,850Columbia, MO — $95,990Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $96,650Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $96,660Greensboro-High Point, NC — $97,050Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $97,940Akron, OH — $98,260Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $98,370Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $98,780Pittsburgh, PA — $98,960Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $99,110Montgomery, AL — $99,130Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $99,670Columbus, OH — $99,820Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $100,060Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $100,100Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $100,660Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $100,680Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $101,710Knoxville, TN — $101,710Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $101,840Flint, MI — $102,080Columbia, SC — $102,390St. Louis, MO-IL — $102,920Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $103,550Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $103,690Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $104,760Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $104,980Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $105,640Lexington-Fayette, KY — $105,690Birmingham, AL — $106,010Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $106,220Springfield, MO — $106,630Valdosta, GA — $107,060Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $107,310Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $107,780Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $107,930Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $109,630Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $109,930Reno, NV — $111,760Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $114,210Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $119,810San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $125,720New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $125,830Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $127,540Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $127,880Auburn-Opelika, AL — $128,090McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $128,680New Haven, CT — $130,820Lincoln, NE — $131,180Harrisonburg, VA — $131,970San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $133,330Portland-South Portland, ME — $133,390Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $133,770Fargo, ND-MN — $134,030Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $135,790Ann Arbor, MI — $136,090Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $137,390Merced, CA — $138,890Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $139,390Wilmington, NC — $139,410Madison, WI — $140,660Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $141,210Fresno, CA — $144,170San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $166,550Lawrence, KS — $170,660Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $173,640

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 Santa Maria metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 127 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 computer science teachers, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Santa Maria metro areathis page
    $173,640
  • San Diego metro area
    $166,550
  • Fresno metro area
    $144,170
  • Sacramento metro area
    $141,210
  • Merced metro area
    $138,890
  • Riverside metro area
    $137,390
  • San Francisco metro area
    $133,330

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$46,540Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$101,030Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$71,200Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$102,840Self-Enrichment Teachers$47,300Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$48,930

Highest-paying metro areas for computer science teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Santa Maria 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.