Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1053
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary in the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $80,680 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,570 at the 10th percentile to $104,420 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary in the Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $80,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,080 and $80,680.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,570 | $50,080 | $80,680 | $80,680 | $104,420 |
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.
How this area compares
- Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$80,680 median for Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $50,080 to $80,680
- North Carolinastate$82,360 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $68,730 to $110,070
- United Statesnational$94,980 median for United States; middle half earns $69,880 to $126,900
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −2% vs North Carolina overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for environmental science teachers, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$80,680 median for Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $50,080 to $80,680
- $110,510 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $86,650 to $124,370
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for environmental science teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
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.