Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1124
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Pennsylvania
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Pennsylvania
Figures describe the state of Pennsylvania as a whole.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in the Pennsylvania earned a median of $77,210 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,360 at the 10th percentile to $120,290 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,060 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in the Pennsylvania earn more than $77,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,450 and $101,410.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $47,360 | $61,450 | $77,210 | $101,410 | $120,290 |
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
- Pennsylvania$77,210 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $61,450 to $101,410
- United Statesnational$79,350 median for United States; middle half earns $62,510 to $102,730
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Pennsylvania
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Pennsylvaniathis page$77,210 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $61,450 to $101,410
- $97,520 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $64,830 to $102,010
- $82,890 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $64,580 to $103,450
- $75,710 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $62,850 to $95,220
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Pennsylvania
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.