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Highest Paying Cities for Postsecondary Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $106,760, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers. It is followed by New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana (average annual salary $105,820). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [1]. For more salary information of postsecondary criminal justice and law enforcement teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Postsecondary Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$106,760	$73,360	100
2	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$105,820	$42,820	40
3	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$98,080	$41,610	100
4	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$85,900	$61,180	30
5	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$85,730	$55,100	110
6	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$84,290	$58,600	160
7	Utica-Rome, New York	$83,590	$44,460	50
8	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$82,360	$53,910	80
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$82,190	$41,860	200
10	Columbia, South Carolina	$79,670	$31,260	70
11	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,580	$37,540	210
12	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$76,050	$43,090	50
13	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$75,040	$42,050	130
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$74,750	$52,540	270
15	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$71,570	$33,230	130
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$71,450	$29,360	460
17	St Louis, Missouri	$70,750	$40,230	160
18	Provo-Orem, Utah	$69,440	$39,640	70
19	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$69,180	$62,050	220
20	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$68,830	$38,160	60
21	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$68,630	$32,000	180
22	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$67,980	$21,940	210
23	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$66,930	$51,520	90
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$66,600	$23,260	60
25	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$65,890	$28,240	120
26	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$65,760	$36,720	930
27	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$65,520	$22,110	50
28	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$64,950	$34,860	50
29	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,630	$46,040	310
30	Reading, Pennsylvania	$64,490	$38,700	30
31	Fresno, California	$64,030	$22,320	150
32	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,940	$46,900	180
33	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$63,750	$33,990	80
34	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$63,520	$36,830	150
35	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$63,210	$34,910	50
36	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$62,380	$32,910	1,600
37	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$62,370	$37,900	250
38	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$62,210	$35,250	370
39	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$61,230	$26,630	60
40	Dayton, Ohio	$61,070	$27,840	30
41	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,990	$34,090	180
42	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$60,530	$23,950	40
43	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$60,070	$43,860	80
44	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$59,980	$44,130	130
45	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$59,780	$18,530	30
46	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$59,030	$45,050	50
47	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$59,000	$35,090	280
48	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$58,670	$32,170	40
49	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,660	$29,290	180
50	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$58,620	$35,160	270
51	Columbus, Ohio	$58,520	$34,590	40
52	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$58,420	$33,870	120
53	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$58,390	$36,080	150
54	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$58,150	$18,570	130
55	Richmond, Virginia	$57,720	$36,660	40
56	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$57,600	$48,910	300
57	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$57,100	$42,660	250
58	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$56,870	$38,510	40
59	Salt Lake City, Utah	$56,660	$36,450	80
60	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$56,550	$43,170	200
61	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$56,190	$35,860	50
62	Goldsboro, North Carolina	$55,710	$38,980	50
63	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$55,500	$44,150	60
64	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$55,130	$40,900	150
65	Kansas City, Missouri	$54,730	$22,910	30
66	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$54,620	$38,180	80
67	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$54,590	$18,630	180
68	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$54,090	$35,720	30
69	Syracuse, New York	$52,970	$39,780	30
70	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$52,920	$40,970	40
71	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$52,880	$30,060	210
72	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$52,580	$28,500	60
73	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$51,170	$35,290	30
74	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$50,880	$36,730	130
75	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,670	$38,360	60
76	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$48,910	$41,170	220
77	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$47,280	$33,570	30
78	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$47,050	$19,500	60
79	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$46,310	$18,790	50
80	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,270	$40,790	40
81	Honolulu, Hawaii	$46,090	$31,980	80
82	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,020	$17,830	70
83	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$44,950	$39,440	30
84	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$41,820	$29,280	40
85	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$40,190	$26,130	70
86	Rochester, New York	$40,130	$33,270	170
87	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$39,500	$33,120	30
88	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$38,560	$33,500	40
89	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$37,470	$33,210	30
90	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$30,030	$25,390	50
91	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$25,320	$16,720	60