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English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1123

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$82,080

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

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $82,080 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,490 at the 10th percentile to $140,940 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,030 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in the Washington metro area earn more than $82,080 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $62,590 and $103,570.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,490$62,590$82,080$103,570$140,940

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

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $82,080
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $82,300
  • United Statesnational
    $78,760

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

The median here is about the same vs District of Columbia overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$49,780$88,217$126,653$165,090Wichita, KS — $49,780Johnstown, PA — $50,920Asheville, NC — $52,750Raleigh-Cary, NC — $52,840Lafayette, LA — $55,890Jacksonville, FL — $58,180Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $58,230Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $58,620Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,120Mobile, AL — $59,710Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,740Chattanooga, TN-GA — $59,830Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,930Lubbock, TX — $60,270Oklahoma City, OK — $60,300North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,420Roanoke, VA — $60,680Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,820Jackson, MS — $61,140Cleveland, OH — $61,160Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,420Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,430Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,570San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,940Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $61,970Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,020Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,410Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $62,540Reno, NV — $62,740Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,770Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $63,050Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $63,320Columbus, OH — $63,590Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $64,120Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $64,140Knoxville, TN — $64,220Killeen-Temple, TX — $64,280Auburn-Opelika, AL — $64,410Montgomery, AL — $64,900Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $65,070Toledo, OH — $65,150Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $65,250Fort Wayne, IN — $65,340Springfield, MO — $65,490Lexington-Fayette, KY — $65,670Greeley, CO — $65,710Birmingham, AL — $65,740Richmond, VA — $65,870Akron, OH — $66,040Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,170Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $66,170Bangor, ME — $66,570El Paso, TX — $66,710Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $67,000Canton-Massillon, OH — $67,870Tulsa, OK — $68,340Evansville, IN — $68,740South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $69,180New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $69,740Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $71,250Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $72,610Colorado Springs, CO — $72,910San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $73,490Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $73,660Abilene, TX — $73,670Terre Haute, IN — $73,780Mankato, MN — $75,530Pittsburgh, PA — $76,080Duluth, MN-WI — $76,150Fargo, ND-MN — $76,230Erie, PA — $76,270Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $76,760Amarillo, TX — $76,840Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $76,960Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $77,400Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $77,410Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $77,550Peoria, IL — $77,820Rochester, NY — $78,200Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $78,260St. Louis, MO-IL — $78,300Columbia, SC — $78,360Ithaca, NY — $78,440Omaha, NE-IA — $78,450Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $78,620Bloomington, IL — $78,860Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $78,920Bellingham, WA — $79,040Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $79,100College Station-Bryan, TX — $79,140Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $79,190Syracuse, NY — $79,220Kansas City, MO-KS — $79,250Boise City, ID — $79,470Harrisonburg, VA — $79,840Lincoln, NE — $79,860Worcester, MA — $80,170Columbia, MO — $80,250Portland-South Portland, ME — $80,580Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $80,680Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $80,770Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $81,040Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $81,570Santa Fe, NM — $81,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $82,080Springfield, IL — $82,220Flagstaff, AZ — $82,560Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,770Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $83,240Reading, PA — $83,460Lawrence, KS — $83,490Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $83,500Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,640Wilmington, NC — $83,910St. Cloud, MN — $84,240Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $84,250Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $84,790Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $85,050Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $85,180Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $85,830Springfield, MA — $86,410Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $87,020Salem, OR — $89,180Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $91,870New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $96,430Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $97,310Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $97,520New Haven, CT — $98,560Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $99,140Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $99,850Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $101,500Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $101,520Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $102,410Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $102,500Manchester-Nashua, NH — $102,550Eugene-Springfield, OR — $103,260Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $103,540Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,070Madison, WI — $104,190Athens-Clarke County, GA — $105,970San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $107,770McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $114,010Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $128,160Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $128,810Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $132,230San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $132,500Ann Arbor, MI — $137,400Fresno, CA — $137,730Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $160,050San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $165,090

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 Washington metro area has the 46th-highest published median for this occupation among the 150 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”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,470Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$46,200Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$80,300Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$46,470Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$77,350Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$44,660

Highest-paying metro areas for english language and literature teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Washington 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.