Highest-paying Cities for Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors

The top 100 highest paying cities for adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors (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 adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $110,860, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington is the highest paying city for adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors. It is followed by Modesto, California (average annual salary $105,580). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$110,860	$57,640	380
2	Modesto, California	$105,580	$72,580	80
3	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$103,020	$61,770	40
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$97,860	$49,580	120
5	Salem, Oregon	$96,750	$57,310	60
6	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$95,890	$76,090	90
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$92,200	$54,010	70
8	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$90,810	$43,060	40
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$85,650	$46,230	270
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$85,560	$49,050	1,040
11	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$85,350	$53,660	n/a
12	Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$84,820	$50,740	n/a
13	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$84,700	$51,620	n/a
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$84,340	$57,200	750
15	Corpus Christi, Texas	$84,090	$45,170	300
16	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$83,350	$56,110	360
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,960	$48,680	170
18	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$80,840	$55,780	80
19	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$80,830	$57,090	180
20	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$80,650	$30,530	40
21	New Haven, Connecticut	$79,110	$60,060	40
22	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$79,100	$46,890	2,840
23	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$78,850	$53,420	40
24	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$78,720	$55,280	50
25	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$78,150	$38,300	600
26	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$78,100	$47,250	50
27	Visalia-Porterville, California	$77,290	$72,550	40
28	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$76,990	$56,100	50
29	St Louis, Missouri	$76,770	$44,020	490
30	Stockton, California	$76,200	$68,740	100
31	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$76,130	$57,990	70
32	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$76,120	$49,480	50
33	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$76,070	$51,130	90
34	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$75,330	$47,910	80
35	Redding, California	$75,000	$28,320	80
36	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$74,550	$46,320	210
37	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$73,730	$55,580	190
38	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$73,510	$57,220	70
39	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$73,460	$39,500	2,110
40	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$73,430	$41,200	170
41	Fresno, California	$73,350	$30,330	60
42	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$73,280	$30,210	40
43	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$72,900	$56,260	40
44	Rapid City, South Dakota	$72,100	$42,620	50
45	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$71,760	$47,510	830
46	Waterbury, Connecticut	$71,170	$56,290	50
47	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$70,800	$55,480	60
48	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$70,150	$48,590	30
49	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$69,660	$31,320	430
50	Bismarck, North Dakota	$69,470	$59,240	60
51	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$69,130	$40,310	50
52	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$68,680	$52,690	390
53	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$68,620	$40,390	n/a
54	Sussex County, Delaware	$68,430	$61,600	90
55	Camden, New Jersey	$68,410	$44,170	230
56	Kansas City, Missouri	$68,080	$38,830	100
57	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$67,330	$47,860	30
58	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$67,250	$48,620	40
59	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$66,990	$34,070	160
60	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$66,420	$47,010	100
61	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$66,040	$48,010	230
62	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$66,020	$18,670	90
63	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$65,950	$41,910	n/a
64	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$65,870	$29,450	70
65	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$65,760	$51,090	50
66	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$65,730	$36,630	30
67	Syracuse, New York	$65,690	$41,790	90
68	Dover, Delaware	$65,490	$19,280	100
69	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$65,300	$38,460	40
70	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$65,060	$41,290	70
71	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$64,930	$39,060	520
72	Lewiston, Washington	$64,840	$39,400	80
73	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$64,410	$39,640	470
74	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,370	$50,640	750
75	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$63,530	$50,280	40
76	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$63,420	$35,760	n/a
77	St Cloud, Minnesota	$63,000	$46,760	40
78	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$62,940	$46,780	300
79	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,920	$38,440	730
80	Terre Haute, Indiana	$62,900	$32,660	30
81	Salisbury, Maryland	$62,860	$62,620	110
82	Napa, California	$62,810	$40,000	n/a
83	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$62,650	$40,750	90
84	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$62,610	$35,650	3,450
85	Duluth, Wisconsin	$62,590	$40,580	50
86	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$62,490	$32,700	3,750
87	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$62,400	$41,590	240
88	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$62,090	$28,850	1,540
89	Charlottesville, Virginia	$62,070	$52,040	40
90	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$61,880	$42,660	110
91	Ithaca, New York	$61,810	$37,600	40
92	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$61,710	$47,010	40
93	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$61,640	$47,970	40
94	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$61,600	$39,970	50
95	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$61,530	$34,770	50
96	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$61,470	$40,870	110
97	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$61,350	$37,560	520
98	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$61,150	$37,930	70
99	Janesville, Wisconsin	$61,050	$35,530	30
100	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$60,860	$45,190	50

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