Pay distribution $36,980 10th $42,030 25th $80,860 75th $114,780 90th
Half of Self-Enrichment Teachers in the Boston metro area earn more than $50,250 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $42,030 and $80,860.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $36,980 $42,030 $50,250 $80,860 $114,780 Hourly $17.78 $20.21 $24.16 $38.87 $55.18
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 Boston metro areathis metro area
$50,250 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $42,030 to $80,860
$49,430 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $39,430 to $78,380
$46,800 median for United States; middle half earns $36,380 to $63,210
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Massachusetts overall and +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $26,740 $44,353 $61,967 $79,580 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $26,740 Elizabethtown, KY — $26,830 Florence, SC — $27,560 Gadsden, AL — $28,140 Jonesboro, AR — $28,190 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $28,700 Paducah, KY-IL — $29,090 Grand Island, NE — $29,400 Ames, IA — $29,570 El Paso, TX — $29,640 Corpus Christi, TX — $29,760 College Station-Bryan, TX — $30,120 Midland, MI — $30,370 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $30,780 Lawton, OK — $31,200 Topeka, KS — $31,200 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $31,580 Pocatello, ID — $31,660 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $31,690 Wichita Falls, TX — $32,200 Clarksville, TN-KY — $32,270 Lebanon, PA — $32,270 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $32,900 Sherman-Denison, TX — $32,900 Terre Haute, IN — $33,280 Harrisonburg, VA — $33,470 Killeen-Temple, TX — $33,550 Laredo, TX — $33,780 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $33,830 Alexandria, LA — $33,910 Baton Rouge, LA — $34,010 Dubuque, IA — $34,040 Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,160 Monroe, LA — $34,170 Idaho Falls, ID — $34,200 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $34,350 Aguadilla, PR — $34,600 Oklahoma City, OK — $34,610 Midland, TX — $34,770 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $34,880 Lafayette, LA — $34,970 Bismarck, ND — $35,100 Winston-Salem, NC — $35,130 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $35,180 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $35,460 Elmira, NY — $35,470 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $35,500 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $35,520 Pueblo, CO — $35,570 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $35,600 Greenville, NC — $35,630 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $35,630 State College, PA — $35,630 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,710 Fargo, ND-MN — $35,780 Johnstown, PA — $35,790 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $35,810 Kenosha, WI — $35,840 Tulsa, OK — $35,840 Ocala, FL — $36,080 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,150 Knoxville, TN — $36,200 Appleton, WI — $36,220 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,250 Niles, MI — $36,310 Lincoln, NE — $36,320 Dothan, AL — $36,330 Bay City, MI — $36,350 Green Bay, WI — $36,360 Roanoke, VA — $36,370 Lynchburg, VA — $36,400 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,490 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $36,510 Pittsburgh, PA — $36,530 Columbia, SC — $36,550 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,560 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $36,560 Saginaw, MI — $36,560 Casper, WY — $36,570 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $36,570 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,570 Bloomington, IL — $36,620 Columbus, IN — $36,640 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,710 Columbus, OH — $36,870 Boise City, ID — $36,880 Missoula, MT — $36,950 Altoona, PA — $36,980 Bloomington, IN — $36,980 Wausau, WI — $37,070 Evansville, IN — $37,080 Eau Claire, WI — $37,100 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $37,160 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $37,160 Toledo, OH — $37,180 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,190 Lancaster, PA — $37,190 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $37,190 Wilmington, NC — $37,200 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,300 Battle Creek, MI — $37,320 Duluth, MN-WI — $37,390 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,400 Fond du Lac, WI — $37,440 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,450 Jackson, MI — $37,500 Wheeling, WV-OH — $37,550 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,600 Springfield, MO — $37,640 Chambersburg, PA — $37,650 Reading, PA — $37,660 Peoria, IL — $37,700 Lima, OH — $37,720 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,760 Mansfield, OH — $37,760 Rockford, IL — $37,760 Fort Wayne, IN — $37,820 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,850 Birmingham, AL — $37,950 Akron, OH — $38,000 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $38,030 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,030 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,290 Mobile, AL — $38,310 Cleveland, OH — $38,330 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,510 Kokomo, IN — $38,520 Erie, PA — $38,530 Montgomery, AL — $38,530 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,540 Rome, GA — $38,550 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $38,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $38,730 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $38,730 Billings, MT — $38,870 Tallahassee, FL — $38,920 Muncie, IN — $38,970 Jefferson City, MO — $39,020 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $39,030 Las Cruces, NM — $39,090 Columbia, MO — $39,260 Victoria, TX — $39,330 Wichita, KS — $39,350 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $39,430 Sheboygan, WI — $39,480 Gettysburg, PA — $39,540 Lawrence, KS — $39,590 Johnson City, TN — $39,640 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $39,700 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,740 St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,740 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $39,840 Lubbock, TX — $39,930 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $40,020 Walla Walla, WA — $40,040 Tucson, AZ — $40,420 Twin Falls, ID — $40,820 Lewiston, ID-WA — $40,830 Monroe, MI — $41,180 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $41,420 Grand Junction, CO — $41,530 Medford, OR — $41,600 Great Falls, MT — $41,620 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $41,670 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $41,930 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $41,960 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $41,960 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $42,070 Tuscaloosa, AL — $42,170 San Angelo, TX — $42,230 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $42,510 Logan, UT-ID — $42,640 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $42,710 Spartanburg, SC — $42,790 York-Hanover, PA — $42,870 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $42,900 Redding, CA — $42,910 Madison, WI — $42,930 Abilene, TX — $43,030 St. George, UT — $43,130 Fayetteville, NC — $43,150 Greeley, CO — $43,170 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $43,210 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $43,250 Amarillo, TX — $43,280 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $43,280 Mankato, MN — $43,310 Colorado Springs, CO — $43,390 Sandusky, OH — $43,440 Boulder, CO — $43,450 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $43,450 Reno, NV — $43,470 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $43,480 Helena, MT — $43,550 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,680 Flagstaff, AZ — $43,680 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $43,680 Winchester, VA-WV — $43,730 Springfield, IL — $43,740 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $43,770 St. Cloud, MN — $43,800 Bowling Green, KY — $43,830 Kankakee, IL — $43,980 Tyler, TX — $44,060 Iowa City, IA — $44,070 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $44,120 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $44,130 Fresno, CA — $44,150 Visalia, CA — $44,200 Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,330 Omaha, NE-IA — $44,470 Salem, OR — $44,470 Ogden, UT — $44,520 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,560 Williamsport, PA — $44,570 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $44,650 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,680 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,710 Modesto, CA — $44,760 Morgantown, WV — $44,770 Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,840 Chico, CA — $44,890 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $44,910 Bellingham, WA — $44,930 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $45,020 Ann Arbor, MI — $45,030 Salisbury, MD — $45,050 Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,090 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,090 Bangor, ME — $45,100 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,240 Richmond, VA — $45,280 Gainesville, GA — $45,290 Anchorage, AK — $45,350 Flint, MI — $45,380 Springfield, MA — $45,400 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $45,710 Grants Pass, OR — $45,710 Charleston, WV — $45,790 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,930 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,930 Decatur, IL — $45,950 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,020 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,050 Jacksonville, FL — $46,060 Asheville, NC — $46,110 Sumter, SC — $46,140 Beckley, WV — $46,160 Jacksonville, NC — $46,160 Corvallis, OR — $46,170 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $46,190 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,270 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $46,300 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,470 Glens Falls, NY — $46,490 Traverse City, MI — $46,530 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $46,590 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,650 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,670 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,680 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $46,730 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,730 Albuquerque, NM — $46,800 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,800 Syracuse, NY — $46,880 Farmington, NM — $46,990 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,020 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $47,300 Homosassa Springs, FL — $47,330 Worcester, MA — $47,330 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $47,380 Vineland, NJ — $47,480 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,530 Bozeman, MT — $47,600 Yakima, WA — $47,680 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,710 Huntsville, AL — $47,750 Rochester, NY — $47,780 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,800 Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,840 Vallejo, CA — $47,980 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,020 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $48,020 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $48,090 Gainesville, FL — $48,160 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $48,190 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,220 Odessa, TX — $48,240 Joplin, MO-KS — $48,270 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $48,380 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $48,460 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $48,480 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,530 Warner Robins, GA — $48,530 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,570 Bend, OR — $48,620 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $48,640 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,720 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,770 Utica-Rome, NY — $48,850 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $48,870 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $48,880 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $48,890 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $48,980 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,040 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $49,070 Santa Fe, NM — $49,090 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $49,120 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,220 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $49,270 Jackson, MS — $49,640 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,800 Salinas, CA — $49,920 Rochester, MN — $50,050 Binghamton, NY — $50,110 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,250 Cheyenne, WY — $50,250 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $50,330 Ponce, PR — $50,610 Merced, CA — $50,660 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $50,750 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,770 Barnstable Town, MA — $50,820 Ithaca, NY — $50,860 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $51,010 Pittsfield, MA — $51,080 Urban Honolulu, HI — $51,100 Kingston, NY — $51,320 Napa, CA — $52,070 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $52,130 Sebring, FL — $52,450 Albany, GA — $53,350 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $53,640 Yuba City, CA — $53,710 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $53,790 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $54,360 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $55,410 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $55,490 Charlottesville, VA — $56,370 Valdosta, GA — $56,430 Dalton, GA — $56,520 New Haven, CT — $56,600 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $58,330 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $58,740 Burlington, NC — $58,970 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $59,260 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $59,470 El Centro, CA — $59,600 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,600 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,710 Lexington Park, MD — $59,730 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,760 Savannah, GA — $61,580 Albany, OR — $62,400 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $73,430 Lake Charles, LA — $79,580 Boston metro area 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 Boston metro area has the 40th-highest published median for this occupation among the 356 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 self-enrichment teachers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$50,250 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $42,030 to $80,860
$51,080 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $41,810 to $78,760
$50,820 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $47,090 to $76,480
$48,890 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $44,130 to $85,100
$47,330 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $37,500 to $66,370
$45,400 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $36,150 to $60,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $40,930 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $98,850 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $98,060 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $46,030 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $94,170 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $164,450 Highest-paying metro areas for self-enrichment teacherss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston 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 .