Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary biological science 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 biological science teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $154,320, Visalia-Porterville, California is the highest paying city for postsecondary biological science teachers. It is followed by San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California (average annual salary $135,230). 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 postsecondary biological science teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Visalia-Porterville, California	$154,320	$77,100	40
2	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$135,230	$67,090	420
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$128,320	$76,210	390
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$128,080	$60,380	3,540
5	Ithaca, New York	$127,940	$68,710	370
6	Camden, New Jersey	$123,230	$66,530	210
7	El Paso, Texas	$121,250	$48,090	140
8	Honolulu, Hawaii	$120,960	$55,250	560
9	Salem, Oregon	$120,940	$60,230	30
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$120,690	$46,290	200
11	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$120,490	$76,400	n/a
12	Salt Lake City, Utah	$118,970	$61,920	330
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$113,130	$51,840	1,420
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$110,710	$63,850	250
15	Provo-Orem, Utah	$110,110	$86,930	120
16	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$107,930	$63,520	40
17	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$107,130	$61,390	200
18	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$107,120	$50,870	200
19	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$107,060	$67,770	170
20	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$106,840	$63,640	100
21	Worcester, Massachusetts	$106,710	$65,840	270
22	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$106,260	$71,780	150
23	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$106,140	$83,090	120
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$106,020	$60,050	530
25	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$105,400	$64,600	130
26	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$105,110	$52,800	170
27	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$105,110	$57,830	40
28	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$105,080	$50,750	50
29	Fresno, California	$104,200	$63,140	90
30	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$103,330	$59,840	300
31	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$103,010	$60,460	90
32	Tucson, Arizona	$102,890	$48,190	140
33	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$102,500	$61,490	200
34	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$102,290	$50,570	390
35	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$102,230	$50,990	140
36	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$102,090	$46,010	270
37	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$101,960	$47,390	130
38	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$101,950	$47,010	80
39	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$101,090	$52,500	90
40	Rochester, New York	$101,070	$52,490	370
41	Knoxville, Tennessee	$100,970	$58,410	210
42	Lincoln, Nebraska	$100,910	$59,160	210
43	Corpus Christi, Texas	$100,690	$52,940	60
44	Johnson City, Tennessee	$100,640	$64,150	40
45	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$100,570	$52,000	50
46	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$100,410	$54,300	50
47	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$100,300	$66,090	260
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$100,170	$59,610	890
49	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$99,970	$38,180	330
50	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$99,620	$29,590	50
51	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$98,640	$50,140	140
52	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$98,440	$49,590	n/a
53	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$97,980	$52,690	70
54	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$97,740	$59,260	270
55	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$97,570	$57,020	100
56	St Louis, Missouri	$96,660	$58,950	490
57	New Haven, Connecticut	$96,350	$58,970	190
58	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$96,000	$46,160	320
59	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$95,520	$59,750	530
60	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$95,180	$50,440	2,200
61	Waterbury, Connecticut	$92,210	$59,590	n/a
62	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$91,560	$49,130	70
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$91,320	$45,940	1,390
64	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$90,150	$60,220	940
65	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$88,680	$45,400	1,380
66	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$88,230	$51,420	450
67	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$88,080	$52,570	60
68	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$87,750	$44,280	1,370
69	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$86,890	$47,120	350
70	Erie, Pennsylvania	$86,490	$54,090	50
71	Madison, Wisconsin	$85,950	$51,530	410
72	Lafayette, Indiana	$85,860	$46,140	110
73	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$85,490	$57,090	90
74	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$85,460	$51,300	340
75	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$85,160	$41,350	360
76	Fargo, North Dakota	$85,090	$61,970	50
77	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$84,910	$47,360	180
78	Kansas City, Missouri	$84,800	$50,450	300
79	Springfield, Massachusetts	$84,560	$56,020	280
80	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$84,520	$43,120	330
81	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$83,880	$50,190	460
82	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$83,690	$60,100	70
83	Utica-Rome, New York	$83,650	$42,850	50
84	Lubbock, Texas	$83,500	$57,980	90
85	St Cloud, Minnesota	$83,370	$63,710	40
86	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$83,330	$52,600	1,080
87	Reading, Pennsylvania	$83,280	$50,400	40
88	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$83,270	$50,050	40
89	Richmond, Virginia	$83,140	$51,950	440
90	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$83,070	$50,570	70
91	Tallahassee, Florida	$83,030	$51,490	110
92	Columbus, Ohio	$82,740	$47,610	310
93	Akron, Ohio	$82,710	$46,480	90
94	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$82,580	$42,790	520
95	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	$82,340	$45,640	30
96	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$82,340	$37,320	200
97	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$82,290	$57,060	100
98	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$82,230	$41,670	40
99	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$82,130	$49,280	270
100	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$81,980	$50,600	430

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postsecondary biological science teachers.