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Physics Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1054

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Amherst Town Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area

Figures describe the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Amherst Town city limits.

Median annual wage$114,880

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

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area earned a median of $114,880 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $72,880 at the 10th percentile to $175,030 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in the Amherst Town metro area earn more than $114,880 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $91,760 and $170,900.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$72,880$91,760$114,880$170,900$175,030

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

  • Amherst Town metro areathis metro area
    $114,880
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $111,280
  • United Statesnational
    $100,310

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

The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and +15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$66,690$101,963$137,237$172,510Lubbock, TX — $66,690Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $73,940Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $74,050Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $78,430Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $79,760Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $80,630South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $80,670Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $80,940Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $80,990Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,210Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $81,760Auburn-Opelika, AL — $82,750Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $83,830Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $85,000Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $87,460San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $90,180Pittsburgh, PA — $91,620San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $95,060Cleveland, OH — $95,410Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,430El Paso, TX — $95,450Syracuse, NY — $95,980McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $97,760Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $98,060Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $98,470Rochester, NY — $98,690Knoxville, TN — $99,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $99,480Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $99,650Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $100,430Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $100,770Columbus, OH — $101,060Harrisonburg, VA — $101,210New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $101,250Worcester, MA — $101,620St. Louis, MO-IL — $102,530Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $103,530Richmond, VA — $103,650Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $103,750Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $103,780New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $104,690Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,880Raleigh-Cary, NC — $105,560Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $105,810Oklahoma City, OK — $106,000Columbia, MO — $106,680Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $107,080Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $107,410Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $108,070Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $111,460Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $114,590Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $114,880Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $128,640Lincoln, NE — $128,750Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $130,310Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $132,790San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $133,360Lexington-Fayette, KY — $138,980Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $139,400Ann Arbor, MI — $141,400San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $152,190College Station-Bryan, TX — $167,090Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $172,510

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 Amherst Town metro area has the 12th-highest published median for this occupation among the 63 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 Massachusetts

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

  • Amherst Town metro areathis page
    $114,880
  • Boston metro area
    $128,640
  • Worcester metro area
    $101,620

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$39,630Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$81,660Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,900Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$84,190Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$45,430Self-Enrichment Teachers$48,890

Highest-paying metro areas for physics teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Amherst Town 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.