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Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary · SOC 25-1066

Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in the Abilene Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Abilene, TX metro area

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

Median annual wage$61,940

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

Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in the Abilene, TX metro area earned a median of $61,940 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,880 at the 10th percentile to $97,610 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary in the Abilene metro area earn more than $61,940 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,880 and $76,440.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,880$48,880$61,940$76,440$97,610

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

  • Abilene metro areathis metro area
    $61,940
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $77,060
  • United Statesnational
    $80,340

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

The median here is −20% vs Texas overall and −23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$59,330$87,167$115,003$142,840Tulsa, OK — $59,330El Paso, TX — $59,960Greeley, CO — $59,990Amarillo, TX — $60,730Huntsville, AL — $61,430Jackson, MS — $61,570Abilene, TX — $61,940Mobile, AL — $62,950Montgomery, AL — $63,080Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,530Asheville, NC — $63,560Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $63,820Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,920Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $64,200Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,490Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,670Roanoke, VA — $65,080Jackson, TN — $65,180Ponce, PR — $65,570Cedar Rapids, IA — $67,710Green Bay, WI — $68,580Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $69,050Jacksonville, FL — $69,250Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $69,930Pittsburgh, PA — $72,110Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $72,800Walla Walla, WA — $73,070Oklahoma City, OK — $73,670Reading, PA — $74,840Springfield, MO — $75,250Tuscaloosa, AL — $75,340San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $75,680South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $75,960Erie, PA — $76,170Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,190Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $76,320Evansville, IN — $76,330Duluth, MN-WI — $76,470Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $76,600Lexington-Fayette, KY — $76,680Harrisonburg, VA — $76,710Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $77,000Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,100Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,380San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $77,380Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $77,430Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $77,440Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,440Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $77,720New Haven, CT — $77,740Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,860Akron, OH — $77,920Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $77,950Toledo, OH — $77,970Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $77,980Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $78,100Boise City, ID — $78,210Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $78,210La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $78,480Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $78,530Birmingham, AL — $78,590Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $78,660Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $78,670Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $78,770Bellingham, WA — $78,820Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $78,920Greensboro-High Point, NC — $78,950Columbia, MO — $78,980Syracuse, NY — $79,210Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $79,240Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $79,400Mankato, MN — $79,420Kansas City, MO-KS — $79,570Cleveland, OH — $79,840Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $79,860Killeen-Temple, TX — $80,000Omaha, NE-IA — $80,040Raleigh-Cary, NC — $80,190Springfield, MA — $80,340Utica-Rome, NY — $80,420Knoxville, TN — $81,030St. Louis, MO-IL — $81,030Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $81,100Rochester, NY — $81,120Columbus, OH — $81,220Boulder, CO — $81,250New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $81,630Bangor, ME — $81,660Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,780Richmond, VA — $81,870Flagstaff, AZ — $81,990Laredo, TX — $82,260Lincoln, NE — $82,430Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $82,450Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $82,790Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $82,930St. Cloud, MN — $83,190Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $83,670Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $83,690Bloomington, IL — $84,110Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $85,170Greenville, NC — $86,110Worcester, MA — $86,300Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $87,780Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $89,160Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $92,190Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $93,160Ithaca, NY — $93,500Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $94,360Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $97,110Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $97,580Auburn-Opelika, AL — $98,250Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $99,900McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $100,190Columbia, SC — $100,260College Station-Bryan, TX — $100,450Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $100,780Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $100,980Eugene-Springfield, OR — $101,670Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $101,810Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $101,980New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $102,740Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $103,780Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $104,480Fargo, ND-MN — $104,560Wilmington, NC — $105,420San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $105,720Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $109,140Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $126,080San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $126,690San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $129,610Fresno, CA — $133,490Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $133,880Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $137,810Ann Arbor, MI — $142,840

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 Abilene metro area has the 130th-highest published median for this occupation among the 136 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 Texas

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

  • Abilene metro areathis page
    $61,940
  • College Station metro area
    $100,450
  • McAllen metro area
    $100,190
  • Austin metro area
    $87,780
  • Laredo metro area
    $82,260
  • Killeen metro area
    $80,000
  • Dallas metro area
    $77,980

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$28,700Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$53,480Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$59,990Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$29,120Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$59,510Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$29,190

Highest-paying metro areas for psychology teachers, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Abilene 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.