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Highest Paying Cities for Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary vocational education 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 vocational education teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $166,230, Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan is the highest paying city for postsecondary vocational education teachers. It is followed by Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa (average annual salary $102,760). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of postsecondary vocational education teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$166,230	$35,650	120
2	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$102,760	$33,500	410
3	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$100,390	$25,700	160
4	Bay City, Michigan	$89,920	$60,630	150
5	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$82,380	$53,600	220
6	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$81,140	$48,060	50
7	Chico, California	$80,380	$32,450	n/a
8	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$75,780	$36,220	180
9	Evansville, Kentucky	$75,330	$49,160	130
10	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$74,970	$66,060	70
11	Johnson City, Tennessee	$74,750	$34,500	50
12	Monroe, Michigan	$73,210	$35,500	100
13	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$72,620	$34,380	70
14	Jackson, Michigan	$72,390	$57,750	50
15	Racine, Wisconsin	$72,240	$48,160	n/a
16	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$71,240	$57,950	40
17	Salisbury, Maryland	$70,010	$41,970	40
18	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$69,860	$33,410	50
19	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$69,720	$36,840	730
20	Urban Honolulu, USA	$69,660	$30,290	520
21	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$69,420	$33,200	1,810
22	Toledo, Ohio	$69,350	$32,920	430
23	Terre Haute, Indiana	$68,800	$22,170	60
24	Wilmington, New Jersey	$68,590	$40,130	140
25	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$68,570	$35,190	270
26	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$68,420	$34,150	50
27	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$68,240	$38,770	40
28	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$68,030	$33,790	90
29	Binghamton, New York	$67,860	$36,300	40
30	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$67,720	$46,590	40
31	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$66,710	$36,310	2,800
32	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$66,600	$47,530	90
33	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$66,590	$18,880	110
34	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$66,470	$33,300	70
35	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$66,380	$37,320	50
36	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$66,220	$20,960	110
37	Anchorage, Alaska	$66,020	$48,440	170
38	Missoula, Montana	$65,970	$27,660	60
39	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$65,590	$41,140	240
40	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$65,150	$29,790	80
41	Salinas, California	$64,950	$20,820	140
42	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$64,880	$37,680	500
43	Lafayette, Indiana	$64,730	$27,380	70
44	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$64,710	$46,540	130
45	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$64,630	$34,170	450
46	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$64,470	$41,380	450
47	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$64,460	$34,150	220
48	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$64,390	$18,050	70
49	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, USA	$64,280	$36,550	2,660
50	Lima, Ohio	$64,280	$34,760	30
51	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$63,740	$26,330	50
52	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$63,640	$51,870	30
53	Wichita, Kansas	$63,530	$33,480	480
54	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,990	$36,190	1,060
55	Pocatello, Idaho	$62,770	$29,120	80
56	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$62,610	$38,560	220
57	El Centro, California	$62,500	$38,460	60
58	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$62,380	$38,140	460
59	Fresno, California	$62,310	$36,190	540
60	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$62,310	$33,770	690
61	Boulder, Colorado	$62,290	$33,460	170
62	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$62,250	$32,090	330
63	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$62,220	$35,170	560
64	Erie, Pennsylvania	$61,890	$18,420	50
65	Madison, Wisconsin	$61,440	$40,120	350
66	Prescott, Arizona	$61,410	$46,280	110
67	Dayton, Ohio	$61,340	$49,710	610
68	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$61,240	$36,460	4,080
69	Cumberland, West Virginia	$60,900	$29,160	40
70	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$60,760	$41,200	160
71	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$60,760	$33,030	220
72	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$60,640	$32,970	2,660
73	Roanoke, Virginia	$60,610	$27,060	90
74	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$60,510	$34,800	50
75	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$60,380	$19,040	120
76	Bellingham, Washington	$60,320	$42,270	180
77	Akron, Ohio	$60,320	$32,150	170
78	State College, Pennsylvania	$60,280	$40,060	60
79	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$60,110	$33,260	940
80	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$60,060	$33,610	1,720
81	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$59,930	$34,970	160
82	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$59,890	$52,710	320
83	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$59,880	$22,330	340
84	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$59,800	$33,000	190
85	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$59,790	$36,110	2,110
86	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$59,700	$35,000	80
87	Jacksonville, Florida	$59,410	$27,340	650
88	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$59,380	$34,130	40
89	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$59,370	$40,080	100
90	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$59,250	$41,460	70
91	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,240	$31,190	1,440
92	Corpus Christi, Texas	$59,080	$38,210	180
93	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$59,050	$40,660	60
94	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$58,900	$48,270	70
95	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, USA	$58,890	$35,410	3,300
96	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$58,780	$36,830	2,380
97	Walla Walla, USA	$58,720	$43,050	100
98	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$58,320	$34,100	280
99	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$58,150	$41,520	1,510
100	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$58,140	$38,330	290