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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 $96,480, Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa is the highest paying city for postsecondary vocational education teachers. It is followed by Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York (average annual salary $84,440). 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 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	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$96,480	$35,020	420
2	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$84,440	$29,510	540
3	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$81,520	$36,450	220
4	Chico, California	$80,380	$32,450	n/a
5	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$79,160	$43,570	140
6	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$77,430	$56,200	50
7	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$76,880	$34,880	60
8	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$76,680	$63,990	70
9	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$76,460	$45,390	110
10	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$73,610	$34,660	1,860
11	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$71,960	$47,060	40
12	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$71,900	$33,780	1,030
13	Evansville, Kentucky	$70,890	$54,610	110
14	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$68,850	$31,770	50
15	Terre Haute, Indiana	$68,800	$22,170	110
16	Syracuse, New York	$68,460	$27,470	140
17	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$68,030	$33,790	90
18	Anchorage, Alaska	$67,330	$49,520	190
19	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$66,710	$36,310	2,800
20	Wilmington, New Jersey	$66,560	$38,250	200
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$66,560	$35,470	1,020
22	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$66,450	$34,370	460
23	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$66,380	$37,320	50
24	Binghamton, New York	$65,930	$36,170	40
25	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$65,390	$37,300	780
26	Salinas, California	$64,950	$20,820	140
27	Lafayette, Indiana	$64,730	$27,380	70
28	Stockton, California	$64,730	$35,600	150
29	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$64,710	$46,540	130
30	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$64,490	$41,820	70
31	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$64,390	$32,490	2,740
32	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$63,740	$26,330	50
33	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$63,400	$28,440	250
34	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,300	$36,790	4,220
35	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$62,030	$38,040	1,060
36	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$61,900	$34,400	1,050
37	Erie, Pennsylvania	$61,890	$18,420	50
38	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$61,790	$34,230	70
39	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$61,210	$40,570	280
40	Madison, Wisconsin	$61,120	$43,560	410
41	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$61,120	$37,030	250
42	Cumberland, West Virginia	$60,900	$29,160	40
43	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$60,890	$41,560	40
44	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$60,760	$41,200	160
45	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$60,760	$33,030	220
46	Roanoke, Virginia	$60,610	$27,060	90
47	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$60,390	$31,900	n/a
48	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$60,390	$35,060	80
49	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$59,980	$35,120	120
50	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$59,770	$35,960	150
51	Prescott, Arizona	$59,630	$40,020	110
52	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$59,590	$52,980	110
53	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$59,490	$44,020	50
54	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$59,290	$36,110	440
55	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$59,050	$40,660	60
56	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$59,010	$34,650	1,810
57	Wichita, Kansas	$58,980	$33,500	290
58	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$58,550	$51,400	260
59	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$58,500	$38,450	690
60	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$58,420	$29,950	390
61	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$58,300	$43,640	180
62	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$58,280	$29,520	910
63	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$58,240	$33,990	60
64	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$58,210	$29,630	480
65	Bellingham, Washington	$58,160	$35,090	190
66	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$58,140	$38,330	290
67	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$57,670	$41,220	1,650
68	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$57,230	$27,760	60
69	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$57,230	$40,180	100
70	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$57,160	$19,640	50
71	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$57,140	$39,610	80
72	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$57,000	$36,670	2,330
73	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$56,920	$37,280	2,790
74	Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan	$56,900	$26,740	130
75	Bend, Oregon	$56,690	$33,860	70
76	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$56,650	$35,480	290
77	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$56,630	$40,950	110
78	Tacoma, Washington	$56,610	$42,160	460
79	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$56,260	$36,580	60
80	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$56,140	$29,620	430
81	Danville, Virginia	$55,920	$27,520	50
82	Charleston, West Virginia	$55,870	$41,350	140
83	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$55,770	$35,570	2,710
84	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$55,760	$41,550	180
85	Spokane, Washington	$55,750	$34,950	300
86	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$55,520	$20,370	3,530
87	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$55,420	$33,390	670
88	Honolulu, Hawaii	$55,390	$27,620	520
89	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$55,360	$29,090	1,710
90	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$55,260	$33,260	120
91	Olympia, Washington	$55,140	$35,170	130
92	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$55,080	$25,550	80
93	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$54,980	$38,820	630
94	Tucson, Arizona	$54,840	$30,940	420
95	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$54,750	$39,490	140
96	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$54,690	$38,870	120
97	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$54,580	$38,590	40
98	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,520	$28,150	1,120
99	Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$54,480	$31,310	40
100	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$54,370	$28,730	80