Economics Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1063

Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the College Station Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025College Station-Bryan, TX metro area

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

Median annual wage$219,160

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

Economics Teachers, Postsecondary in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area earned a median of $219,160 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $64,180 at the 10th percentile to $284,130 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Economics Teachers, Postsecondary in the College Station metro area earn more than $219,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $99,800 and $284,130.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$64,180$99,800$219,160$284,130$284,130

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

  • College Station metro areathis metro area
    $219,160 median for College Station metro area; middle half earns $99,800 to $284,130
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $118,530 median for Texas; middle half earns $83,130 to $160,330
  • $123,920 median for United States; middle half earns $86,840 to $168,770

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

The median here is +85% vs Texas overall and +77% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$64,870$116,810$168,750$220,690Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,870Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $91,670Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $96,790Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $99,950Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $100,310Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $101,220San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $102,630Cleveland, OH — $102,690Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $103,430Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $104,420Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $104,520Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $105,420Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $106,960Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $109,060Worcester, MA — $110,680Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $112,370Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $121,210Rochester, NY — $121,660Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $122,450Syracuse, NY — $123,940Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $124,360Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $125,080Columbus, OH — $127,420Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $127,430Richmond, VA — $128,470Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $129,360Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $129,470Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $129,910Oklahoma City, OK — $129,960El Paso, TX — $130,210New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $132,140Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $133,460Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $133,520Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $133,540Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $135,290Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $135,940Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $137,250Raleigh-Cary, NC — $137,420Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $137,740Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $138,460Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $140,360San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $140,700Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $152,390Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $155,060Knoxville, TN — $162,850San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $164,050Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $174,910Ann Arbor, MI — $185,830Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $194,520Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $202,030San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $203,720College Station-Bryan, TX — $219,160Lexington-Fayette, KY — $220,690

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 College Station metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 53 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 Texas

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

  • College Station metro areathis page
    $219,160 median for College Station metro area; middle half earns $99,800 to $284,130
  • $130,210 median for El Paso metro area; middle half earns $76,040 to $198,940
  • $129,910 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $110,910 to $203,920
  • $112,370 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $78,200 to $133,210
  • $104,520 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $101,520 to $155,350
  • $102,630 median for San Antonio metro area; middle half earns $72,060 to $130,000

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

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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.