Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary chemistry 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 chemistry teachers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $125,420, El Paso, Texas is the highest paying city for postsecondary chemistry teachers. It is followed by Salt Lake City, Utah (average annual salary $125,100). 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 chemistry teachers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	El Paso, Texas	$125,420	$50,530	40
2	Salt Lake City, Utah	$125,100	$61,510	160
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$124,850	$65,260	1,610
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$124,520	$78,850	220
5	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$123,020	$52,210	50
6	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$116,940	$65,450	30
7	Ithaca, New York	$113,020	$59,280	100
8	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$112,840	$61,410	50
9	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$111,570	$48,170	60
10	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$110,280	$46,540	120
11	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$109,560	$82,010	40
12	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$108,570	$64,210	230
13	Madison, Wisconsin	$108,420	$54,620	140
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$107,770	$62,320	300
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$107,330	$46,500	420
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$106,380	$63,540	140
17	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$105,780	$81,740	60
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$104,490	$57,380	540
19	New Haven, Connecticut	$104,460	$77,280	100
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$104,220	$58,590	390
21	Tucson, Arizona	$102,680	$59,210	70
22	Fargo, North Dakota	$102,250	$85,120	30
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$102,200	$55,960	70
24	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$101,930	$64,520	140
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$101,170	$62,960	50
26	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$101,010	$63,410	170
27	Worcester, Massachusetts	$100,780	$62,150	50
28	Fresno, California	$100,570	$80,620	40
29	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$100,160	$47,730	110
30	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$99,680	$54,050	80
31	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$99,120	$62,870	160
32	St Louis, Missouri	$98,560	$58,490	180
33	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$98,390	$55,600	40
34	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$98,200	$60,200	90
35	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$97,370	$64,750	80
36	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$97,350	$48,900	60
37	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$97,130	$39,320	90
38	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$96,970	$57,390	100
39	Knoxville, Tennessee	$96,640	$50,970	100
40	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$96,560	$53,010	1,540
41	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$96,360	$51,360	60
42	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$96,010	$61,070	130
43	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$94,640	$56,880	70
44	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$93,690	$52,480	50
45	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$93,610	$47,410	480
46	Columbia, South Carolina	$93,200	$50,020	60
47	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$92,190	$55,950	40
48	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$91,850	$52,800	50
49	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$90,710	$47,660	290
50	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$89,990	$58,710	360
51	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$89,640	$59,050	80
52	Kansas City, Missouri	$89,400	$57,640	90
53	Toledo, Ohio	$87,970	$34,230	80
54	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$87,510	$37,220	40
55	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$86,560	$59,530	370
56	Richmond, Virginia	$86,170	$51,200	260
57	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$85,230	$48,860	40
58	Springfield, Massachusetts	$85,160	$61,640	110
59	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$85,110	$57,210	200
60	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$85,000	$53,580	80
61	Columbia, Missouri	$84,960	$41,800	60
62	Lubbock, Texas	$84,830	$41,320	70
63	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$84,790	$55,370	240
64	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$84,660	$55,760	960
65	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$84,040	$52,360	60
66	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$83,300	$58,660	230
67	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$82,900	$49,610	50
68	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$82,850	$62,310	100
69	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$82,360	$52,580	80
70	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$82,190	$53,290	80
71	Terre Haute, Indiana	$81,860	$47,150	40
72	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$81,510	$54,830	40
73	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	$81,300	$56,260	50
74	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$81,220	$53,270	60
75	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$81,140	$38,910	260
76	Syracuse, New York	$81,120	$62,040	90
77	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$80,950	$51,790	50
78	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$80,930	$59,610	100
79	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$80,920	$55,240	40
80	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$80,810	$61,630	490
81	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$80,700	$44,400	80
82	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$80,650	$47,640	210
83	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$80,610	$44,990	40
84	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$80,430	$48,140	40
85	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$80,420	$42,410	240
86	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$80,350	$52,950	210
87	Akron, Ohio	$80,180	$31,450	60
88	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$80,130	$49,220	50
89	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$79,990	$64,060	50
90	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$79,920	$64,870	30
91	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$79,850	$56,700	30
92	Bloomington, Illinois	$79,840	$45,870	40
93	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$79,670	$47,260	160
94	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$79,610	$49,100	30
95	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$79,410	$49,010	30
96	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$79,400	$62,810	40
97	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$79,260	$38,180	40
98	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$79,140	$57,190	50
99	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$79,140	$42,930	80
100	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$79,070	$54,280	30

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