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Physics Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1054

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Riverside Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area

Figures describe the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Riverside city limits.

Median annual wage$139,400

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

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area earned a median of $139,400 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $76,980 at the 10th percentile to $250,700 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Physics Teachers, Postsecondary in the Riverside metro area earn more than $139,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $101,780 and $211,040.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$76,980$101,780$139,400$211,040$250,700

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

  • Riverside metro areathis metro area
    $139,400
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $139,420
  • United Statesnational
    $100,310

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

The median here is about the same vs California overall and +39% 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 Riverside metro area has the 5th-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 California

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

  • Riverside metro areathis page
    $139,400
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $172,510
  • San Diego metro area
    $152,190
  • San Francisco metro area
    $133,360
  • Sacramento metro area
    $132,790
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $105,810

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$46,330Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,520Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$60,780Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$100,130Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$100,810Tutors$42,260

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