Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Business Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary business 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 business teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $213,240, Auburn-Opelika, Alabama is the highest paying city for postsecondary business teachers. It is followed by Ann Arbor, Michigan (average annual salary $178,550). 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 business teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$213,240	$61,490	120
2	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$178,550	$105,780	280
3	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$173,890	$63,950	150
4	Salt Lake City, Utah	$162,170	$48,170	200
5	Ithaca, New York	$160,800	$62,870	230
6	Logan, Utah	$157,640	$95,460	50
7	Visalia-Porterville, California	$154,320	$77,100	30
8	Stockton, California	$140,590	$102,040	120
9	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$140,200	$60,880	50
10	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$139,000	$38,110	60
11	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$136,480	$68,540	60
12	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$136,370	$50,850	110
13	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$135,530	$65,600	190
14	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$134,400	$48,290	70
15	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$133,990	$67,140	120
16	Lubbock, Texas	$133,500	$24,680	290
17	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$133,430	$61,930	350
18	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$133,370	$59,320	90
19	Columbia, South Carolina	$133,300	$46,540	240
20	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$133,150	$57,160	150
21	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$132,220	$62,530	120
22	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$130,580	$62,630	40
23	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$130,460	$40,090	280
24	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$129,910	$49,160	150
25	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$129,650	$41,960	460
26	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$129,150	$49,680	7,740
27	Flagstaff, Arizona	$128,310	$50,510	40
28	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$127,130	$65,700	520
29	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$126,270	$40,200	50
30	Binghamton, New York	$126,230	$48,250	100
31	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$125,050	$62,960	50
32	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$120,510	$50,480	650
33	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$118,460	$55,740	40
34	Anchorage, Alaska	$118,340	$51,950	70
35	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$116,680	$46,870	50
36	Tallahassee, Florida	$112,270	$64,330	160
37	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$111,660	$68,330	130
38	Fargo, North Dakota	$110,960	$68,280	90
39	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$109,520	$57,420	840
40	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$109,430	$50,380	170
41	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$109,380	$41,410	2,970
42	Fresno, California	$108,920	$64,030	80
43	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$108,890	$46,390	50
44	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$108,630	$20,340	60
45	Gainesville, Florida	$108,100	$34,030	210
46	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$107,390	$64,440	90
47	Madison, Wisconsin	$107,090	$63,290	250
48	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$106,930	$52,920	50
49	Evansville, Kentucky	$106,640	$48,420	50
50	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$106,600	$60,370	90
51	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$106,480	$62,200	200
52	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$106,270	$48,120	180
53	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$106,270	$41,460	60
54	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$106,020	$32,290	170
55	Greeley, Colorado	$105,800	$66,010	60
56	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$105,770	$61,200	150
57	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$105,660	$44,960	40
58	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$104,770	$48,200	400
59	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$104,380	$51,460	430
60	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$104,230	$62,380	490
61	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$104,060	$52,060	740
62	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$103,790	$38,450	70
63	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$103,460	$32,950	1,390
64	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$103,450	$46,310	220
65	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$103,260	$46,150	30
66	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$103,000	$57,310	1,790
67	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$102,950	$36,830	120
68	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$102,900	$50,020	290
69	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$102,830	$61,760	980
70	Macon, Georgia	$102,700	$52,280	40
71	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$102,690	$52,000	410
72	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$102,680	$48,850	110
73	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$102,630	$61,990	250
74	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$102,630	$56,400	510
75	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$102,620	$48,240	50
76	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$102,540	$55,600	40
77	Erie, Pennsylvania	$102,420	$47,890	90
78	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$102,130	$46,630	70
79	Springfield, Massachusetts	$102,000	$61,970	340
80	Tucson, Arizona	$101,990	$49,590	150
81	New Haven, Connecticut	$101,950	$78,250	790
82	Manchester, New Hampshire	$101,760	$51,530	60
83	Manhattan, Kansas	$101,510	$51,550	60
84	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$101,090	$32,510	410
85	Rochester, New York	$100,940	$47,250	550
86	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$100,890	$49,980	70
87	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$100,860	$38,140	40
88	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$100,750	$59,450	1,650
89	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$100,240	$57,570	370
90	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$100,130	$58,370	160
91	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$99,940	$39,050	90
92	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$99,880	$56,920	1,090
93	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$99,260	$77,380	370
94	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$99,090	$52,190	100
95	Akron, Ohio	$98,830	$38,540	220
96	Knoxville, Tennessee	$98,640	$62,910	250
97	Johnson City, Tennessee	$98,570	$61,760	n/a
98	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$98,570	$48,960	130
99	Syracuse, New York	$98,030	$48,960	340
100	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$97,980	$35,450	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postsecondary business teachers.