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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1032

Engineering 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$175,200

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

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $175,200 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $85,730 at the 10th percentile to $300,100 at the 90th. BLS estimates 230 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $175,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $128,130 and $221,270.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$85,730$128,130$175,200$221,270$300,100

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
    $175,200
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $137,280
  • United Statesnational
    $109,270

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

The median here is +28% vs California overall and +60% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$74,040$107,760$141,480$175,200Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $74,040San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $76,150Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $76,250Pittsburgh, PA — $77,870Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,210Cleveland, OH — $84,640Utica-Rome, NY — $84,660Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $86,070Greenville, NC — $87,950Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $92,640Springfield, MA — $95,200Omaha, NE-IA — $95,860Kansas City, MO-KS — $97,040Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $98,300Barnstable Town, MA — $98,400Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $98,470Duluth, MN-WI — $99,390Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $99,890Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $99,980Laredo, TX — $100,340Greensboro-High Point, NC — $100,350Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $100,560Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $100,630Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $100,700Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $101,160Lincoln, NE — $101,350Boise City, ID — $101,610El Paso, TX — $102,090Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,410Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $102,690Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $102,840Syracuse, NY — $103,080Fort Wayne, IN — $103,480Auburn-Opelika, AL — $103,580Manchester-Nashua, NH — $104,500Columbus, OH — $104,610Richmond, VA — $104,990Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $105,060Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $105,440San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $105,690Erie, PA — $105,810Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $105,930South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $106,010Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $106,190Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $106,500Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $106,690Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $106,880Oklahoma City, OK — $107,050Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $108,540Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $110,310Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $112,100New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $123,210Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $125,140New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $125,930Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $126,090Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $126,210San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $126,680Amarillo, TX — $127,010Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $128,440Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $128,920New Haven, CT — $129,090College Station-Bryan, TX — $129,110Knoxville, TN — $129,240McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $129,240Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $129,910Fresno, CA — $130,790Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $130,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $131,160Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $132,130Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $132,210Athens-Clarke County, GA — $134,370Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $135,480Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $137,090Raleigh-Cary, NC — $137,290Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $137,760Madison, WI — $137,840Ann Arbor, MI — $140,450San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $154,760Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $163,110San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $175,200

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 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 80 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 engineering teachers, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $175,200
  • Riverside metro area
    $163,110
  • San Jose metro area
    $154,760
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $137,760
  • Fresno metro area
    $130,790
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $128,440
  • San Diego metro area
    $126,680

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 engineering 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.